MOREFIELD: A Way To Prevent Third-Party Spoilers That Republicans Irrationally Hate

Scott Morefield, a senior columnist, argues on the eve of the midterm elections that Republicans should stop opposing ranked-choice voting, which he sees as a remedy for third-party candidates siphoning off conservative votes. He expects heavy GOP losses in the vote, which he attributes to a Middle East war and broken promises on deportations and Epstein disclosure, according to Daily Caller.

Under the system, voters order the candidates by preference. When nobody wins a majority of first choices, the weakest candidate drops out and those ballots shift to each voter's next-ranked option, repeating until someone reaches 50 percent. Morefield says Lisa Murkowski, the usual target of critics, would have won in Alaska in 2022 even under a plurality rule, so she makes a poor argument against the method.

His main point is that Libertarians draw mostly from Republicans. In Texas, where Ken Paxton and James Talarico are close, Libertarian Ted Brown has polled between 2 and 3 percent, enough potentially to hand Democrats the seat. He says Libertarians could also matter in Iowa, Kansas and Ohio. Greens hurt Democrats less, he says, and he considers ranked-choice voting preferable to Georgia's runoff elections.

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