Sarah Palin loses in bid to be a House member from Alaska. In the special election Democrat Mary Peltola wins. Mostly ran on abortion rights.
And they used what you call ranked voting, what we call preferential voting, and America would greatly improve if its adoption was general there.
So true, but most voters aren't aware of it and the two major parties would never allow it, same as with public financing of federal election campaigns being fully funded, because they know it would spell the end of their winning elections and their stranglehold on federal elections.