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# Mutual Admiration Society
- URL: https://pulpconversations.com/mutual-admiration-society/
- Published: 2025-06-24T12:58:54.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-27T14:18:23.000Z
- Description: RCV is spreading ...
- Author: Vinay Gupta
- Tags: Podcast, #Migrated-1787171093388, #Import 2026-08-19 16:25

Ranked Choice Voting gives voters more power to shape the outcome, not just pick a side.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/67/42/67423e8e-d1c5-4288-976a-2d7a9b94e567/content/images/2026/08/2250a700-bd81-4ebe-971d-9ccc2d50ac01_480x480.gif)

RCV is an election system where voters rank candidates in order of preference instead of picking just one. If no candidate gets over 50% of first-choice votes, the lowest-ranked candidate is eliminated and their votes are redistributed to the next preferred candidate on each ballot.

This process repeats until someone crosses the 50% threshold and wins.

IMHO the format encourages more positive and coalition-driven campaigns - as evidenced by the Bromance between Zohran and Brad.

## The format encourages pre-collaboration.

And it is not limited to today’s Democratic Primary in NYC.

**Minneapolis, MN** – RCV has been credited with increasing representation for communities of color and third-party candidates in city elections.

**Oakland, CA** – RCV played a pivotal role in electing the city’s first female and Asian-American mayor, Jean Quan, in 2010.

**Cambridge, MA** – Using a proportional form of RCV since 1941, it’s a national model for multi-winner elections and diverse representation.

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## Pros

- **Voter Empowerment:** RCV lets voters express nuanced preferences, ranking up to five candidates. This reduces the “wasted vote” problem and can encourage more honest voting.
- **Majority Mandate:** The winner must secure over 50% of the vote, ensuring broader support and legitimacy.
- **Coalition Building:** Candidates are incentivized to appeal beyond their base, seeking to be the second or third choice of rivals’ supporters - see the headline video for an endearing example of this.

## Cons

- **Complexity:** Ballot design, voter education, and tabulation are more complex and costly than traditional voting.
- **Counting Delays:** RCV can slow down results, especially in close races, as rounds of elimination and redistribution are processed.
- **Potential for Voter Confusion:** Voters are not used to this format and don’t understand it well (which itself is very understandable) - so if voters continue to “bullet vote” (pick only one), this undercuts the system’s benefits.

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I can’t vote in NYC because I don’t live within the city limits but if I did I would have to vote for Zohran simply for making this gem of a video via his alter-ego Mr. Cardamom:

Brad also seems like a genuinely nice and open-minded person!

##### Hey Heems and Riz MC - when am I gonna get to see a Mr. Cardamom x Swetshop Boys collabo?