Maine Ranked Choice Voting Initiative Approved
I'm very proud of my state. We also voted to legalize marijuana.RCV was especially relevant to Maine because our Republican governor, Paul LePage, won his seat -- twice -- with around 35%-45% of the vote, primarily due to votes being split between the Democratic and Independent candidates (a.k.a The Spoiler Effect).To me, LePage and his path to election and re-election closely mirrors Trump and his campaign. He ran on "telling it like it is", "being a businessman, not a politician", and "draining the swamp". He has said some really horrible things about minorities and his fellow politicians, he's vetoed a record number of bills, and he's held very controversial policy stances.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/us/controversial-gov-paul-...http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/10/06/samantha_bee_...Edit: I never meant to imply blame of any candidate in creating the Spoiler Effect, and as such I modified my comment to reflect this.