5. "The final 2 were 2 of the more mainstream candidates." In response to In response to 4 Thu Jul-08-21 05:36 PM by Soldado
RCV actually allowed 1 of them to leap frog from 3rd to 2nd over the candidate who had the most support among progressive activists and politicians.
The jury is still out on RCV, but the consensus is that it favors the least polarizing candidates. And for many people, the candidate proposing the least “radical” policies (in their eyes) is the safer bet.
I think RCV will backfire on progressives like many open primaries have, even though progressive activists are the most vehement proponents of both. It’s not because either system is inherently biased against further left leaning candidates. But it’s because progressives think they’re a larger segment of the electorate than they actually are (see the 2020 primary for a stark example). And those systems actually facilitate more consolidation to the mean/middle, where the majority of voters lie.