Our country has become increasingly and vehemently polarized over the past three decades to the detriment of all, as the two major political parties cater to the extremes within their constituencies. Moderate third party candidates would be preferable to many, yet they are not chosen for a simple reason: voting for a third party gives an advantage to either the Republican or Democrat candidates. Ranked choice voting would allow a far more significant number of voters the ability to show that they prefer alternatives to the current system while still giving them the reassurance that they can support a major party candidate should their first choice not receive sufficient votes on a wider scale. That in itself would provide the impetus for change, as Republican and Democrat politicians would be forced to soften their positions to appeal to more voters.
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