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[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

but what if I really like the independent treasurer running but also recognize the importance of unseating the republicans in current power and want democratic nominees for everything else?

Well, I'd suggest voting in the democratic primary and selecting a bad candidate for the treasurer and the good candidates for the other offices. If you're lucky, others will vote the same way in the primary and the bad treasurer candidate you voted for will appear on the general election ballot along with the good democratic candidates for all the other offices.

This means that your preferred independent candidate would have a better chance of winning the office when the general election rolls around as will your preferred candidates for the other offices.

[–] DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"Well I'd suggest voting in the democratic primary and selecting a bad candidate for the treasurer and the good candidates for the other offices"

You don't understand how this is ridiculous and not at all the way it should be? Come on now...

We need ranked choice anything else is complete corruption.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah... if the strategy ends up giving people you don't want in office extra votes, that just seems completely backwards. It just increases the chances that the worst candidate gets elected, which to me sounds worse than just having the wrong party win.