jordanlund@lemmy.worldM to Portland@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoPortland’s ranked-choice debut causes voter engagement to crater; 1 in 5 who cast ballots chose no one for City Councilwww.oregonlive.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkPortland’s ranked-choice debut causes voter engagement to crater; 1 in 5 who cast ballots chose no one for City Councilwww.oregonlive.comjordanlund@lemmy.worldM to Portland@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squareempireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days agohttps://results.oregonvotes.gov/ResultsSW.aspx?type=CTYALL&cty=26&map=CTY and click “Local Results For State Contests” 56.8% (213,693) Yes / 43.2% (162,466) No so not as big of a change as I thought. But I guarantee it made a difference, because if I saw that bullshit above on my ballot i’d be very inclined to vote against doing it again.
https://results.oregonvotes.gov/ResultsSW.aspx?type=CTYALL&cty=26&map=CTY and click “Local Results For State Contests”
56.8% (213,693) Yes / 43.2% (162,466) No
so not as big of a change as I thought. But I guarantee it made a difference, because if I saw that bullshit above on my ballot i’d be very inclined to vote against doing it again.