Opinion: Ranked choice voting could have saved Democrats from their governor's race mess
Mar 20
1 min read
With eight Democrats splitting the vote in California's 2026 primary for governor, two Republicans led the polls, raising the prospect of Democrats being shut out of November entirely. LA Times reporter James Rainey argues that ranked choice voting, already used in San Francisco, Oakland, Alaska, and elsewhere, would prevent this by letting voters rank candidates so the most broadly supported ones advance.
