DNC Schemes Ranked-Choice: Saving Dems From 2020 Flashbacks
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- •Democratic National Committee boss Ken Martin and allies discussed ranked-choice voting expansion for 2028 primaries in secret meetings.
- •Rep. Jamie Raskin and pollster Celinda Lake argued the system would make primaries nicer and reduce hate leftover from Hillary vs. Bernie fights.
- •Ranked-choice voting, championed in New York City and states like Alaska and Maine, lets voters rank candidates to avoid wasted votes.
- •DNC still faces pushback over longer ballots, slower lines, and thorny state law changes needed to make ranked-choice a reality.
In a secret powwow at a DNC breakfast, Democratic VIPs like Ken Martin, Jamie Raskin, and Biden pollster Celinda Lake casually pitched ranked-choice voting as the magic bong hit to fix their 2016/2020 primary mess. Inspired by NYC’s Zohran Mamdani’s win and the fairytale lands of Alaska, Maine, and Minneapolis, advocates promised this ranked voting wizardry would unite the party, save votes from exile, and finally drown out 'Hillary vs. Bernie' bitterness haunting Democrats like a bad 'Friendship Ended' meme. But with the DNC’s 450 members and state election laws acting as The Matrix’s oracle, this logistical Rubik’s cube might stall longer than your worst DMV visit.
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DNC wants ranked-choice voting to stop party drama but warns it might turn primaries into the 12-hour poll version of The Lord of the Rings marathon nobody asked for.
Ranking candidates is the DNC’s new cardio: lots of circles, confusion, and occasional camaraderie with a chance of chaos every four years.
If you thought 2020 primaries were messy, wait until the DNC's ranked-choice voting turns every ballot into a choose-your-own-adventure game nobody won.
Source: Axios | Published: 11/24/2025 | Author: Holly Otterbein
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