A substantial share of Portland residents who voted in last week’s election left their preference for mayor or City Council entirely blank.
  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPM
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    4 days ago

    The thing is, the system completely changed to a point where it’s not comparable.

    Old system:

    5 city council members, elected city wide, vote for one person per seat, first past the post.

    New system:

    12 city council members, elected 3 per district, rank 6, top 3 elected.

    So there’s more representation district by district, in fact, this is the very first time my district has had representation on the city council.

    • voiceofchris @lemmy.world
      2·
      4 days ago

      If you cannot compare the previous voter engagement to the current voter engagement then why title your post in such a way? Why blame ranked choice voting for “cratering” voter engagement if you have no metric by which to judge that?

      • jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPM
        1·
        4 days ago

        Because the title of the post a) comes from the original source and b) also has nothing to do with previous elections.

        1 in 5 voters, in this election, failed to vote on the ranked choice options when presented.