National Political Leaders
National Political Leaders
Elizabeth Warren
Massachusettes U.S. Senator
John McCain
Former Arizona U.S. Senator
Barack Obama
Former U.S. President
Andrew Yang
Former Democratic Presidential Candidate, American entrepreneur, politician, political commentator, philanthropist and author.
Jo Jorgensen
Former Libertarian Presidential Candidate, political activist and academic
Gary Herbert
Former Governor of Utah
- Both major party presidential nominees in 2008 had taken leadership roles in supporting RCV, including in this radio ad in 2002 by Sen. John McCain (R) and this pro-RCV legislation sponsored by Barack Obama in 2002
- Major party presidential candidates have backed ranked choice voting, including in: these video clips from Bernie Sanders (in 2019) and Andrew Yang (in 2019); these op-eds from Elizabeth Warren (n 2020), Howard Dean (in 2016) and Bill Weld (in 2020) and the leadership role and public statements of Deval Patrick and John Kerry in a 2020 ballot measure campaign
- Minor party presidential candidates supporting ranked choice voting in the 2000's include: Libertarian Party nominees Gary Johnson and Jo Jorgensen; Green Party nominees Jill Stein, Howie Hawkins, Ralph Nader, Cynthia McKinney and David Cobb; and independent Evan McMullin
- Former Minnesota governor Arne Carlson (R) and U.S. Senator Dave Durenberger coauthored this 2020 oped supporting ranked choice voting in their state.
- In 2020, Utah governor Gary Herbert (R) explained his support for ranked choice voting for primaries in this TV news story In 2019, Maine governor Janet Mills (D) explained her approval of legislation to expand RCV to presidential elections.
- Hundreds of state legislators and Members of Congress have sponsored ranked choice voting legislation
