Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) was on the ballot this year in six states and voters are currently rejecting the controversial voting measure across the board. Earlier this year Mountain States Policy Center released a video exploring the problems with RCV. Based on the 2024 election results, it looks like Americans across the country agree with our concerns.
51% of Alaska voters are supporting the repeal of its new RCV process (narrowly adopted in 2020). 69% of Idaho voters are rejecting Prop1 to require a Top 4 and RCV. 60% of Oregon voters are rejecting Measure 117 to require RCV. 55% of Colorado voters are rejecting Prop 131 to require a Top 4 and RCV. 54% of Nevada voters are rejecting Measure 3 to require a Top 5 and RCV. 68% of Missouri voters are approving a constitutional amendment to prohibit Ranked Choice Voting. The only place to support RCV during the 2024 election was the city of Washington, D.C. for local elections (72% support for I-83).
Voters across the country also are rejecting proposals to replace partisan primaries with open primaries. 58% of Arizona voters are rejecting Prop 140 to require open primaries. 66% of South Dakota voters are rejecting a constitutional amendment to require a Top 2 open primary. 52% of Montana voters are rejecting a constitutional amendment to require a Top 4 open primary. 61% of Montana voters are also rejecting a constitutional amendment to require 50% support to win an election (using possible RCV or runoff election).
By rejecting Ranked Choice Voting, the message from voters this year appears to be a desire to keep voting simple with one vote per race while keeping partisan primaries intact.
(Please note these election percentages may change in the coming days)