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Vice President JD Vance Doesn’t Understand Ranked-Choice Voting
Vance said he wants the candidate with the most votes to win and questioned ranked-choice voting during comments on the Alaska Senate race.
- On Thursday, Vice President JD Vance claimed he does not "understand" ranked-choice voting while discussing the Senate race in Alaska, suggesting elections should rely solely on the candidate who receives the most votes.
- Critics noted the irony of a Yale Law School graduate claiming ignorance of an election method used in Alaska since 2020, with some calling it an indictment against the Ivy League.
- Pod Save America co-host Dan Pfeiffer mocked the comments, writing that "Wait till @JDVance hears about the electoral college," while others noted President Donald Trump won in 2016 despite losing the popular vote to Hillary Clinton.
- Unlike Vance, Americans generally support ranked-choice voting, with polls showing Alaskans favor the method, prompting scrutiny of the Vice President within the White House administration.
- The Texas Observer's special investigative correspondent Steven Monacelli called the comments "yet another indictment against the Ivy League," highlighting critics' broader concern that the candidate with the most votes does not always win.
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JD Vance Seems Confused By A Voting System Used Across America
JD Vance feigned not to understand a perfectly understandable voting system. Ranked-choice voting simply lets voters rank candidates in order of preference. If nobody wins a majority of first-choice votes, the last-place candidate is eliminated, and those ballots are redistributed according to voters' next choices. The process continues until someone wins. Vance told reporters ahead of the Texas rally that ranked-choice voting is "confusing." Bu…
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