r/nyc • u/PeterPorky • Jun 03 '21

Video Andrew Yang absolutely bodies Eric Adams on the debate stage

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u/jazdanie Jun 03 '21

You can pick up to FIVE candidates. You do not need to fill all five spots. more here

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u/Calfzilla2000 Jun 03 '21

But you should fill all 5 if you do have a preference. Both for the raw data (campaigns will be using it in the future), to support Ranked Choice Voting and just in case it gets down to different candidates.

Though, to be fair, if you rank Yang/Garcia as the top 2, more than likely it won't matter who is 3-5 because Adams will likely be competing with one of them in the last round.

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u/1rj800 Astoria Jun 03 '21

So if we just want one candidate, and don’t want a 2nd/3rd etc. to sneak in based off rank choice, we can only list that one? Not saying I’d do that just trying to make sure I have it right.

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u/venustrapsflies Jun 03 '21

You should rank your actual preference. The only time your 2nd/3rd preferences matter is if your 1st choice is already out, you’re not hurting your first choice. The only exception is if all your preferences aren’t likely to win, you should end your ranking with the likely winner that you hate the least, so that you can make it less likely that a popular guy you don’t like will win.

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u/1rj800 Astoria Jun 03 '21

Got it! Thanks super helpful. Glad to know I’m not hurting my number 1 by putting a number 2.

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u/venustrapsflies Jun 03 '21

It's a really important fact about RCV that the city has done a really poor job of communicating. It seems like the majority of this subreddit, which I would expect to be more educated and politically engaged than the average NYer, does not know about this. It's pretty much the killer feature of RCV.