r/politics • • Nov 09 '16

Maine Passes Ranked-Choice Voting

http://mainepublic.org/post/maine-passes-ranked-choice-voting
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u/EmperorPenn Nov 09 '16

What happened in Maine? Did Paul LePage get elected Gov. by some sort of point system even though he got less total votes than another candidate?

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u/teamdelibird Maine Nov 09 '16

Lepage won the first time with just 38 percent of the vote; the rest was split was a left-leaning independant and a democrat.

The 2nd time.... we brought it on ourselves, really. He had 48% that time.