The Maine Secretary of State's Office says neither incumbent Jared Golden nor challenger Austin Theriault received more than half the vote in the U.S. House race.
If I’m honest, it sounds like a mess. More and more, I’m thinking that STAR is a better system.
It seems that most people voted against STAR voting too: https://ballotpedia.org/Results_for_ranked-choice_voting_(RCV)_and_electoral_system_ballot_measures,_2024
It might be more useful to advocate for approval voting, especially since there was a recent Veritasium video that expressed support for it and it seems to meet good criteria.
Regardless, this discussion is in the context of [email protected] so maybe we should focus the discussion on “Ranked Choice Voting”.