US states are rapidly banning ranked-choice voting †, in efforts to prevent loss of their two-party systems. Campaign finance reform is definitely necessary, but so is the fundamental nature of how citizens choose representation.
†: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting
Just one example would be Tennessee, which recently banned the practice after a Memphis suburb attempted to implement the practice.
https://reason.com/2022/04/28/florida-tennessee-ban-ranked-c...
This is naked anti-democratic power-mongering. The only reason to ban it outright (rather than, say, letting people try it and switch back if they find it "confusing") is because you're afraid that people might get the hang of it and think it should be used for state and national elections as well.
2. People misunderstand that FPTP requires tactical voting as well; are the number of people who will continue to misunderstand RCV if it were to become common higher than the number of people who currently misunderstand FPTP?
Consider that anyone who suggests you to vote third party to "end the two-party system", before the voting system has changed, fundamentally misunderstands how FPTP works as well.
So what do I know, I'm just a moron..?
...thanks for the great Reason/link.