In fact, it turns the incentives around, says Kellar: Because a ranked-choice system automatically transfers people's votes to their second, third or later choice of candidates if their first choice loses, candidates are forced to treat everyone as a potential supporter.
That hope is one big reason why US foundations, philanthropists and individual donors have been pouring money into ranked-choice reform efforts for the better part of a decade.
Proponents have high hopes that this cross-partisan momentum will continue. 'I think we're going to see every jurisdiction using ranked-choice voting in 10 years,' declares Rob Richie, CEO of the ranked-choice research and advocacy organization FairVote.
It reduces the incentive to be divisive as a strategy,' says Anna Kellar, director of the League of Women Voters of Maine and a leader in the 2016 drive that got the reform adopted in that state.
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