Ranked Choice Voting for Endorsements & Primaries:

• Implement ranked choice voting (RCV) within party primaries, endorsements, and internal elections.

• Forces parties to adapt to the 21st century by opening up the process to more candidates and ideas.

• Builds voter enthusiasm and turnout by ensuring candidates can transfer support between bases.

Break Party Elitism:

• End the cliquish, exclusionary culture of endorsements decided in “smoke-filled rooms.”

• Democrats especially must return to being a true big-tent party—open to farmers, labor, and rural voters once again.

Encourage Competition & New Leadership:

• Without reforms, parties will remain stagnant, recycling the same ideas and politicians.

• RCV ensures that the candidates with the broadest support rise to the top, not just those with insider backing.

Protect Democracy Against Entrenchment:

• Career politicians should not treat Congress as a lifetime appointment.

• Open primaries and endorsements to as many participants as possible, fostering a healthier democracy.

Hybrid System Potential:

• Combining ranked choice with first-past-the-post voting can help maintain clarity while improving fairness.

• Encourages unusual and interesting results that strengthen parties with new energy and ideas.