For good reason, Americans are rejecting ranked-choice voting New York City should, too

The ranked-choice voting racket is finally being recognized as a massive fraud — and voters are rejecting it nationwide.That’s one of the untold stories of the latest election.In recent years, numerous states and cities, including New York City, have enacted ranked-choice voting, which forces voters to ditch the tried-and-true system of voting for one candidate.Instead, they have to list every candidate from favorite to least favorite.If no candidate gets a majority, then bureaucrats divvy up people’s backup choices until someone clears 50%.Voters were told this system would make elections less polarizing.In reality, ranked-choice voting is a scheme pushed largely by Democrats to elect more Democrats, and it undermines trust in elections by making voting far more confusing.That’s why so many Americans voted against ranked-choice voting on Nov.

5.All told, eight states had ballot initiatives on the issue.In four of them — Nevada, Colorado, Oregon and Idaho — voters were directly asked to pass ranked-choice voting.

In two others — Arizona and Montana — voters faced ballot measures that would have likely led to this scheme.In all of those six, voters said no, most of them by overwhelming margins.And in Missouri, voters banned the state from ever passing ranked-choice voting.The only major place where ranked-choice voting won on Election Day was Washington, DC, where residents voted to implement it for city races.And in Alaska, an effort to repeal this broken system failed by less than 1,000 votes.This nationwide rejection came despite massive funding from liberal groups to save it.All told, activists spent a staggering $124 million to pass or defend ranked-choice voting; opponents spent just $3.4 million.Voters didn’t buy what the activists were selling because they’ve already seen that ranked-choice voting is a disaster.The stories are almost too numerous to count: In Maine and Alaska, this convoluted system has enabled Democrats to win c...