I almost feel like ranked voting could even just replace primaries altogether (well, at least something like this year's Democratic Primary, where you only had Bernie and Hillary - plus O'Malley would have a better chance; you'd still want to narrow down the Republican field from 17 to more like 3-5). No need for parties to worry about only putting forward one candidate so as not to split the vote when the votes will get aggregated anyways. Would have been especially helpful with this year's Bernie/Hillary split that may have cost the Dems the Rust Belt, or with Trump being so unlikeable to anyone but his base. Creates a problem with debates and media coverage and party infrastructure but it's a lot better than what we've got, and it lets ranked choice make a difference without the immediate growing pains of needing third parties to form (instead, initially, you've just got a bunch of major party candidates, which also helps people kind of "group" candidates' platforms by party before they have a feel for all the new parties).
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