This evening the Lehighton Area Democratic Club members held a presidential candidate straw poll. The poll was a “ranked choice vote” in which the candidates are ranked in the order of preference. Maine is now using this method for electing members of Congress. If no one wins a majority, then the last place candidate is eliminated and his or her second choices are redistributed.
That process continues until someone gains a majority.
We thought it would be both interesting and educational to conduct our poll that way. It didn’t work out quite as planned. Members were given a ballot with 12 of the best known candidates in alphabetical order. To simplify things, each person was asked to list his or her top five choices.
When the ballots were counted, Biden had received a clear majority, so there was no need to redistribute the votes of the other choices. Besides Biden, votes were cast for Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, Mayor Pete, and Kamela Harris.
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