Ranked Choice Voting | C-SPAN Classroom

Ranked choice voting explained

New America hosted a discussion on ranked-choice voting (RCV), a system which takes voters' preferences among all candidates into account if no candidate receives a majority. Grace Ramsey, director of RepresentUS, discusses how ranked choice voting works.

Description

This bell ringer explores ranked choice voting and how it can be used as a tool to reduce political polarization.

Bell Ringer Assignment

CLIP 1: Based on the clip, what is ranked choice voting?
CLIP 1: According to Grace Ramsey, how are votes generally recorded and counted in ranked choice voting?
CLIP 2: What does Evan McMullin say about the impact of political polarization on self-governance? What examples does he provide?
CLIP 2: What solution does the speaker offer "to find common ground with their rivals?" How and why will this solution impact policy?