THE OTHER PARTY WINS, SOME
MIGHT CALL THAT
ANTIDEMOCRATIC.
BUT LET’S CALL IT ALASKA.
AND BRING IN REINCE PRIEBUS
WHO SERVED AT CHAIR OF THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE AND CHIEF OF STAFF
FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP.
YOU ARE A GENIUS WITH
POLITICS, YOU COULD PUT ME
IN A ROOM FOR A MONTH AND
MAKE MY EXPLAIN RANK CHOICE
VOTING, I COULD NOT DO IT.
FOR OTHERS, YOU CAN TELL US
WHAT IT IS.
HELP US FIGURE IT OUT.
>> SURE.
YOU KNOW IT IS CONFUSING.
IT IS COMPLICATED.
BUT THINK OF IT THIS WAY
THEY TRY TO ATTEMPT TO DO AN
INSTANCE RUN OFF.
REALLY QUICK.
THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE
RUNNING.
EVERY VOTER HAS TO RANK
THOSE THREE PEOPLE IN ORDER
ONE, TWO, THREE.
AND FIRST PLACE, IF SOMEONE
GETS OVER 50% THAT PERSON
WINS, BUT IF SOMEONE DOESN’T
GET UNDER 50%, THE THIRD
PLACE FINISHER, LET’S SAY
THAT WAS CANDIDATE NUMBER
THREE, TO MAKE IT EASE
EDROPS OUT.
NOW YOU LOOK AT CANDIDATE
3’S VOTES, YOU LOOK AT WHO
THE SECOND -- HOW MANY
SECOND PLACE VOTES THAT
CANDIDATE GOT, WHO THOSE
SECOND PLACE VOTES WERE
GOING TO, THOSE VOTES GO TO
ONE OF THE OTHER TWO
REMAINING CANDIDATES.
BASICALLY, YOU HAVE
POTENTIALLY A PERSON WINNING
LIKE IN ALASKA, WHO WAS A
DEMOCRAT, THAT ONLY GOT 40%
OF THE VOTE, THE OTHER TWO
CANDIDATES TWO REPUBLICANS
GOT 60% OF THE VOTE.
THIS TAKES AWAY A GENUINE
MANDATE BETWEEN TWO
CANDIDATES AND TAKES AWAY A
GENUINE MANDATE FROM THE
VOTERS IN ANY PARTICULAR
STATE.
IT IS UNBELIEVE ABILY WRONG
AND CONFUSING TO SAY THE
LEAST.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BECAUSE YOU DID SUCH A GOOD
JOB OF EXPLAINING IT, I
PROBABLY THE CYNIC IN ME
WOULD UNDERSTAND WHY
CALIFORNIA OR MASSACHUSETTS
MIGHT WANT THAT.
BUT YOU TAUGHT IN ALASKA
THEY ARE NOT ELECTRIC BLUE
STATES WHY WOULD THEY OPT
FOR THIS FORM OF DEMOCRACY?
>> IT MAKES NO SENSE.
I AM NOT SURE WHY THEY THINK
THAT YOU KNOW, PERHAPS IT
SAVES MONEY?
YOU DON’T HAVE TO COME BACK
60 DAYS LATER, ALTERNATIVE
IS A RUN OFF.
IF YOU HAVE 3 PEOPLE RUNNING
NO ONE GETS OVER 50%, THIRD
PLACE DROPS YOU ON YOU THEN
HAVE AN INFORMED CHOICE
BETWEEN TWO CANDIDATES,
SOMEONE WILL GET OVER 50%
THAT CANDIDATE WINS YOU GET
THE MANDATE FROM THE VOTERS
BETWEENS TWO CANDIDATES.
THAT IS THE ONE OF THE ONLY
REASONS FOR DOING THIS.
I THINK IT IS A BAD IDEA, A
CONTINUATION LIKE YOU SAY OF
THIS ISSUE OF FASCISM AND
WHAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE
DOING.
IF I COULD MAKE A COMMENT ON
THAT, WHAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE
REALLY DOING HERE, THEY ARE
DEFINING THE RULES.
THEY ARE DEFINING WHAT
FASCISM MEANS FOR THE REST
OF THE COUNTRY, MEANS A LOT
OF THINGS, NONE OF THEM ARE
GOOD.
BUT ONE AS YOU POINT OUT IS
CENTRALIZE AUTHORITY.
WRITING OFFY 3 300 BILLION
IN LOANS AND MAKING OTHER
PEOPLE PAY FOR IT.
BUT THEY ARE ALSO MAKING --
WINNING IN SOME WAYS OF
DEFINING THE RULES OF THE
GAME, THEY ARE DEFINING WHAT
DEMOCRACY MEANS, THEY ARE
DEFINDING WHEN LIFE BEGINS,
THEY ARE MAKING OUR COUNTRY
BELIEVE IN SOME PLACES THAT
YOU KNOW, GENDER IS -- BIRTH
GENDER MEANS NOTHING.
IN OR SCHOOLS ANY MORE.
AND GUESS WHAT, CORPORATE
AMERICA IS HELPING PAY FOR
THIS.
AND THE NFL AND NBA AND
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL,
SOCIAL MEDIA, EVERYONE IS
COMPLICIT.
WE AS CONSERVATIVES SITTING
BACK ONE DAY SAYING WHAT THE
HECK JUST HAPPENED.
IF YOU CAN’T ROLE THE
CONTROL THE RULES OF THE
GAME YOU WENT WIN, IN MANY
WAYS THE DEMOCRATS ARE
TRYING TO CONTROL THE
DEFINITIONS OF THE VERY
IMPORTANT THINGS, THAT IS
WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
TREY: YOU KNOW, THERE IS A
LOT OF CRITICISM THAT
REPUBLICANS’ TO MAKE VOTING
OR DIFFICULT AND COMPLEX,
DESPITE YOUR BEST EFFORT,
RANK VOICE VOTING IS COMPLEX
AND DIFFICULT FOR MANY OF US
TO UNDERSTAND.
THANK YOU REINCE PRIEBUS FOR
JOINING US ON A SUN SAY