Jared Golden wins ranked-choice count for Maine's 2nd District

[poweRob]

Yet another Dem pick up...

Jared Golden wins ranked-choice count for Maine's 2nd District

Democrat Jared Golden has won the ranked-choice count for Maine's 2nd Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent Bruce Poliquin.

This is the first U.S. House seat to be determined by ranked-choice voting.

Golden won with just over 50 percent of the vote after the ranked-choice tabulation Thursday afternoon. Golden won by just over 2,900 votes.​

*edit... I believe this makes it 35 to this point the number of seat Dems gained and Repubs lost.

 

[haymarket]

And the Big Blue Wave keeps on claiming GOP victims.

 

[Chomsky]

Yet another Dem pick up...

Jared Golden wins ranked-choice count for Maine's 2nd District

Democrat Jared Golden has won the ranked-choice count for Maine's 2nd Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent Bruce Poliquin.

This is the first U.S. House seat to be determined by ranked-choice voting.

Golden won with just over 50 percent of the vote after the ranked-choice tabulation Thursday afternoon. Golden won by just over 2,900 votes.​

*edit... I believe this makes it 35 to this point the number of seat Dems gained and Repubs lost.

Wow. CNN, and I believe 538.com, had that in the Red column. I think that makes for a solid +38 pick-up, the way it's going. Nice!

 

[Eriech]

Golden did not "win". This cannot stand. Bad for Maine , worse for the country. Rank choice will be a cancer that spreads throughout the country.

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[Lord Tammerlain]

Golden did not "win". This cannot stand. Bad for Maine , worse for the country. Rank choice will be a cancer that spreads throughout the country.

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Rank choice will represent the will of the people. Ensuring at the winner represents the choice of at least 50% of the voters

 

[Slavister]

Rank choice will represent the will of the people. Ensuring at the winner represents the choice of at least 50% of the voters

Yes, it makes way more sense than the alternative and in fact would allow us to get away from 2-party system if a good-enough 3rd party candidate runs!

Voting for your preferred candidate without fearing of "throwing away" your vote is very powerful.

 

[Eriech]

Yes, it makes way more sense than the alternative and in fact would allow us to get away from 2-party system if a good-enough 3rd party candidate runs!

Voting for your preferred candidate without fearing of "throwing away" your vote is very powerful.

Yes, having 2 votes is very powerful.

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[Saladin4]

Golden did not "win". This cannot stand. Bad for Maine , worse for the country. Rank choice will be a cancer that spreads throughout the country.

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Sore Loser...Deal with it

 

[JMR]

Golden did not "win". This cannot stand. Bad for Maine , worse for the country. Rank choice will be a cancer that spreads throughout the country.

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Republicans are wildly against rank choice. It interferes with their system of winning office without the backing of the population.

 

[Skeptic Bob]

I am a huge proponent of ranked choice. It certainly doesn’t violate the US Constitution. I haven’t a clue about Maine’s Constituion, though.

 

[Greenbeard]

Golden did not "win". This cannot stand. Bad for Maine , worse for the country. Rank choice will be a cancer that spreads throughout the country.

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Sure he did. More of his constituents preferred he represent them than the alternative.

 

[Eriech]

Sore Loser...Deal with it

Poliquin needs to fight this all the way to the Supreme Court if it needs to go that far. Rank choice violated Maine's constitution. Maine needs a citizen initiative to ban all future citizen initiatives. It has become a cheap playground for Bloomberg, Soros types to try out schemes to be later brought to the rest of the country.

Poliquin received the most votes.

Maine evidently is tired of winning. Hope Poliquin is not.

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[Saladin4]

Poliquin needs to fight this all the way to the Supreme Court if it needs to go that far. Rank choice violated Maine's constitution. Maine needs a citizen initiative to ban all future citizen initiatives. It has become a cheap playground for Bloomberg, Soros types to try out schemes to be later brought to the rest of the country.

Poliquin received the most votes.

Maine evidently is tired of winning. Hope Poliquin is not.

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Soros?....Doubt he'd bother much with a backwater like Maine...He is too busy controlling all the worldwide finances with a cabal of Jews.....Be afraid

 

[Saladin4]

Poliquin needs to fight this all the way to the Supreme Court if it needs to go that far. Rank choice violated Maine's constitution. Maine needs a citizen initiative to ban all future citizen initiatives. It has become a cheap playground for Bloomberg, Soros types to try out schemes to be later brought to the rest of the country.

Poliquin received the most votes.

Maine evidently is tired of winning. Hope Poliquin is not.

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Poliquin is a loser...Maybe trump will give him a job

 

[Eriech]

Soros?....Doubt he'd bother much with a backwater like Maine...He is too busy controlling all the worldwide finances with a cabal of Jews.....Be afraid

Backwaters like Maine are where the camel gets his nose under the tent; cheap media market, low populatuon.


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