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CMV: Ranked choice voting is the best system for elections in a representative democracy.

Ranked choice, otherwise known as single transferrable vote, or instant runoff is my ideal system for representative democracy for the following reasons.

First, it helps ease the burden of third, fourth, etc parties by keeping them competitive with the larger more established parties. 

Second, it's more representative of how the electorate wants to be governed. No candidate can win without a majority of support from their district/state/town.

Third, it ends the need for multiple voting sessions in places where run off elections are either possible or commonplace.

Fourth, it allows for an expansion of the overton window and an influx of new ideas when previously held positions of popular parties start to fail.

Fifth, it helps prevent "gaming" the system by strategically voting for a candidate you THINK will win instead of whom you desire.

Sixth, it eliminates the need for primary elections.

Whelp that's my list, please try and change my view.
gpt
The main problem with RCV is that it still mostly has the same flaw as standard plurality voting where a third-party candidate can split the vote causing the candidate who a majority of voters prefer to be eliminated and a fringe candidate that the vast majority of voters vote against ends up winning.

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Here is an example election with 4 candidates, The columns correspond to the percentage of voters who selected that candidate as their nth choice/rank. (For columns that add to less than 100%, the corresponding voters left that rank blank.)

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|Candidate/Rank|1st|2nd|3rd|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|Alice|27%|6%|8%|
|Bob|26%|5%|12%|
|Charlie|24%|8%|10%|
|Debora|23%|70%|1%|

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In traditional voting, Alice wins with an extremely slim plurality of 27% of the vote. Under RCV, Debora (Who 93% of voters selected as either their 1st or 2nd choice) is eliminated instantly in the first 'round' , and the votes are transferred to the 2nd choice selections. Bob is eliminated next, and Charlie ends up winning despite the majority (58%) of voters voting AGAINST him.