Bloomington Uses Ranked-Choice Voting for City Races. Now Voters Will Decide Whether to Keep it.
U.S. politics in general has become toxic, polarized and dysfunctional. Ranked choice voting helps mitigate these problems by giving voters more choices, and incentivizing candidates to talk to more voters and focus on issues most voters care about instead of personal attacks on their opponents. RCV also helps improve representation so elected officials better reflect the communities they serve.
From the Star Tribune:
"Supporters of ranked-choice voting argue the system can help reduce acrimony in politics by giving candidates an incentive to reach out to more voters, including people who might have their opponents’ yard signs sitting outside. They say ranked-choice voting gives residents more choices, improves representation for women and people of color, and reduces overall election costs.
'This is really about giving voters more choice and more power,' Calbone said."