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TheOther95Percent

(1,035 posts) Thu Nov 15, 2018, 01:37 PM Nov 2018

ME-2 Flips From Red to Blue - Jared Golden Winner

https://www.pressherald.com/2018/11/15/final-ranked-choice-vote-count-slated-for-noon/

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ME-2 Flips From Red to Blue - Jared Golden Winner (Original Post) TheOther95Percent Nov 2018 OP

nice NewJeffCT Nov 2018 #1

First Run of Maine's New Ranked Voting System TheOther95Percent Nov 2018 #2

All states should do this. Saves money from costly recounts. Funtatlaguy Nov 2018 #3

It wasn't a surprise. The Republican sued to stop forced run off so they grantcart Nov 2018 #4

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)

1. nice

Reply to TheOther95Percent (Original post)

Thu Nov 15, 2018, 01:38 PM

Nov 2018

was this expected?

TheOther95Percent

(1,035 posts)

2. First Run of Maine's New Ranked Voting System

Reply to NewJeffCT (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 15, 2018, 01:44 PM

Nov 2018

Jared Golden was in a 4-way race and no one got 50 percent of the vote. Thus, the ME SOS did an instant run-off. The 2nd and 3rd choices of the candidates with the least number of votes were added to the final count until a winner breached the 50 percent mark.

Funtatlaguy

(10,868 posts)

3. All states should do this. Saves money from costly recounts.

Reply to TheOther95Percent (Reply #2)

Thu Nov 15, 2018, 01:47 PM

Nov 2018

grantcart

(53,061 posts)

4. It wasn't a surprise. The Republican sued to stop forced run off so they

Reply to NewJeffCT (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 15, 2018, 01:51 PM

Nov 2018

Expected to lose.

With no previous track record we weren't sure but the usual rule of thumb is that people who like the incumbent will vote for them but the undecided votes will almost all ways split against the incumbent.

Going to second choice votes is as undecided as you can get.

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