If IRV was instituted in the primaries and caucuses, that would totally stop the horserace element and drastically reduce attacks by one candidate against another. If you had to think about not only your core supporters but also whether you are preferred as a second or third choice, you wouldn't want to alienate supporters of other candidates.
The Center for Voting and Democracy has been to court several times to make sure that it doesn't fall through the cracks. Hard to say what Newsome's administration will do but they can't use the excuse that they didn't have enough time to implement, like the past crowd did.
Because our rulers don't want it, and there are plenty of rank-and-file people who aren't really pro-democracy--they're pro-winning, which is quite different.
Instituting IRV in general elections will be a huge task. But doing so in Dem primaries would be a good stepping stone, a presumably a lot easier to accomplish.
Great question: Why aren't we making this happen?
It's time to start!
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Hopefully by the time our next Dem President retires in 2012 after two terms, we will have this in place!
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