reidfleming2k20 t1_j6j2zqf wrote on January 30, 2023 at 6:16 PM

Reply to comment by EveryDayIsAGif in Debating ranked-choice voting in Vermont by orange_wires

Yes I understand, but what I'm saying is that a lot of the votes in that 52% were from people who were confused about the process and absolutely did not want Kiss to be the mayor.

EveryDayIsAGif t1_j6j3pwn wrote on January 30, 2023 at 6:20 PM

may be so - I was not following the story at the time. To me the major tell is that those same Burlingtonians who repealed ranked choice in 2010 voted to reinstate it in 2021.

reidfleming2k20 t1_j6j4yk1 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 6:28 PM

I really doubt it was the same people. Enough time had passed that people either forgot, or weren't around the first time. Otherwise it wouldn't have taken 12 years (and they wouldn't have limited it to city councilors).

EveryDayIsAGif t1_j6j64yj wrote on January 30, 2023 at 6:35 PM

actually, the city councilor vote was vetoed by Miro. Ranked choice was passed by the voters directly and with strong support. Personally, I trust that sort of a result

reidfleming2k20 t1_j6j7e10 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 6:43 PM

I don't know if I'd characterize 64% as "strongly" on a binary vote, especially when it's only a 16 point bump from the repeal vote 11 years earlier. And these threads are directly proving my point that a lot of proponents of the system weren't around in 2009.