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Ranked Choice Voting Disenfranchises Minorities, Though Favored by Left, Study Finds

Ranked-Choice voting has been found to disproportionately decrease the representation and electoral influence of minority voters, according to a study by Princeton University professor Nolan McCarty.
However, a separate study by FairVote, a nonpartisan group advocating for RCV, reached a different conclusion and found that nonwhite voters tend to rank more candidates than white voters in RCV elections.
The adoption of RCV has sparked a divisive debate, with conservative-leaning groups opposing it and left-leaning groups supporting it.

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Ranked Choice Voting Disenfranchises Minorities, Though Favored by Left, Study Finds - The Michigan Star

Ranked choice voting, in which voters rank candidates on a ballot rather than choose one, may harm black and Native American voters disproportionately, according to a new study by a Princeton University professor.

2 years ago·Lansing, United States

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