Fascinating that the survey also found that ~80% thought RCV was easy to use; similar number understood the process; 76% thought a majority winner was important. Yet the numbers supporting RCV in general much lower, and just 36% wanted to expand its use #mepolitics
https://twitter.com/mikeshepherdme/status/1321780544200417280
I do wonder how many people actually know which races RCV applies to. In my experience, even some folks fairly active in politics don’t know that it’s not used for the gubernatorial election, for example. Next time @fairvote should ask if ppl know that before asking abt expanding
Majority of Maine Republicans continue to oppose RCV, even when they say they understand it, find it easy to use, and mostly agree that a majority winner is important. 58% of Rs refused to make a 2nd choice for Senate, vs 36% Ds or Is.
30% of Linn voters had no 2nd choice, compared to just 7% of Savage voters. In a close race, it seems like GOP opposition to RCV could be very risky for Collins here. There weren’t very many 1st round votes for Linn in this poll, but Collins needs all the 2nd choices she can get
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