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    The next political revolution is hiding in plain sight

    Chris Raleigh
    July 13, 2022
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    In approval voting, each voter may check the boxes next to as many candidates as they wish.

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    Raleigh is director of campaigns and advocacy for the Center of Election Science.

    Consider this scenario: It’s election time, and two candidates are facing off against each other in a general election. Candidate A won their party’s primary with 58 percent support. Candidate B won their party’s primary with 30 percent support. Knowing nothing else, who seems to be the most popular? Who seems to have the more unified party? Who do you think has the upper hand in the general election?

    The numbers 30 percent and 58 percent are not pulled out of thin air. Those are the levels of support for the same candidate, just four years and one revolutionary innovation apart. The change is in large part due to approval voting, and the party to embrace it first will enjoy a significant electoral advantage for the foreseeable future.

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    You're darn tootin': Fargo just revolutionized American elections

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    Peña is operations director and Raleigh is advocacy director at the Center for Election Science, which advocates for the alternative election method known as approval voting.

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