New York City Might Elect a Truly Progressive Mayor—Thanks to Ranked-Choice Voting

With the detention of the week until the main Democratic mayor of New York, one would think that former governor Andrew Kuoma would measure drapes in Mansion Mansion. Real estate developers, corporations such as Doordash, Smattering of Mildroles and even Billy Joel Took into account cash In his company, from his super -pac spends more money than any other external power in the political history of the city. This is on top of its entry into the race with the main advantage of the names that makes up 20- or 30-point lead Recently.

But, according to a new poll, Zochran Mammani is a rebel state assembly and a democratic socialist who Nation Recently co -authored Together with Mary’s candidate New York Comptroller Brad Lander – stretched forward Kuoma for the first time.

And although Mammani deserves merits for what offers a clear, inspiring, progressive message, the fact that it is competitive can also be partially enrolled New York Voting System (RCV) City (RCV). This is a winning system for candidates who would otherwise be postponed or will dispose of each other’s support – and for voters who can finally throw their ballots based on politics rather than pragmatism.

America’s policy has long prevalent (either divorced) Voting first fasting. In it the citizens threw a newsletter for one candidate and the one who receives most of the votes. It seems that this method makes either the choice, which often leads to the solution of voters between the smaller two evil ones. It’s not just Strengthen the bilateral duelle Overall, the election, but it also stimulates the binary choice between two leading candidates.

For the candidates themselves, the system encourages cured earthen companies that share parties and ignite the narcissism of small differences. Progressive Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren entered the main presidential president of the 2020 as allies who have much more common ideologically than their opponents. But there was no selective incentive for any of them to create an alliance with the other. Instead horrible and public Environmental. The rudeness really left one person standing – Joe Biden.

Unlike this, RCV allows candidates to work together. Once the Mammani company reached the fundraisal limit, it urged his fans Adrien Adams is to donate a candidate to the anti-cuke. Adams, in turn, retained the emphasis on criticism, even removal tweet It was perceived as a mamman. These applicants make it clear what they really believe – as NationThe editorial board wrote in our approval – new Yorkers deserve better than Andrew Kuom.

Voting critics claim that it is too confusing, but the successful implementation of the system in other jurisdictions involves otherwise. In a special election in Congress in Alaska 2022. The first state election RCV there, 85 percent of people He who threw the ballots said he considered this method simple. It also allowed Democrats Mary Peltol to fight off the extremist problem from Sarai Palin. Maine also saw promising results of RCV, with 60 percent of voters Promotes the system. Cities such as Minneapolis and Cambridge, Massachusetts, have Got a higher turnout After rooting RCV.

But RCV is as effective as its participants. Ahead of the Main Mayor of New York in 2021, I wrote column Expressing high hopes for how RCV’s debut can redo the city’s policies. But this race became chaotic for other reasons.

Scott Stringer and Diana Morales broke. The propaganda groups had to unleash and re-register-in some cases several times. Were progressive effort to merge around Maya Willie, including belated endorsement From Alexandria Okosio Curtes. Meanwhile, the pragmatists who felt Eric Adams and Andrew Jan lacked the substance, addressed the commissioner Catherine Garcia. If Vili and Garcia were crossed, one of them could defeat Adams. Instead, Adams won the main in the final round A little over 7,000 votes.

This time, the candidates in Mary seems to have learned. Friday Mammani and Lander Crossing each otherEncouraging your fans to engage in the second second. Mammani explained the decision with a refreshing combination of idealism and realism: “It is a necessary step to make sure that we are not just drawing our own companies – we serve the city as a whole.” After that moved Another cross -crossOn Monday, between Mamdani and former MP Michael Blake. And the national progressive movement is much more united than in 2021, with both Occasi-Cortez and Sanders This time approval of Mamman at home.

Having treated each other, as well as the allies, not the opponents, the anti -koom coalition can simply prevail. If anything – The New York Times‘ approval of insufficiency This, when you are narrowed, can be perceived as a promotion of the New York to support Kuom, Lander, the Head Fund of Whitney Tilson, or run around the city.

Nation Has a long -standing history of mayors’ coverage in New York. Although no Mayor New York was chosen to the highest position Since 1869– Only four years after the magazine was founded – the office has long accepted the entertaining consequences for American progress.

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Fiorelllo La Guardia whom Mammdani and Lander called both The greatest mayor In the history of the city, they took the post in the midst of the Great Depression and held the city through World War II. For 12 years of cascading crises, he transformed the city with a bold vision, characterized by expanding public housing and public places, holding back corruption and unwaveringly supporting the reforms of the new transaction.

Now, almost a century later, New York has the opportunity to again bring the city into a new era. And usually, what made such a change will require a difficult choice. But if this happens this time, it will be a ranked choice.

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