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# Ranked Choice, Election Reform, and the New York City Vote 

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[Walter Olson](/people/walter-olson)

Senior Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

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Megan McArdle 

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David Daley 

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![John Ketcham](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2025-07/john-ketcham.jpg?itok=YKmveMAI) 

John Ketcham 

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

The dramatic outcome of the New York City mayoral primary, in which Zohran Mamdani outpaced former governor Andrew Cuomo and then clinched the win with second-choice votes from other candidates, has drawn attention to the city’s use of ranked-choice voting. Several other major cities also use ranked-choice voting, as do Maine and Alaska. What lessons does the New York City primary hold for this and other electoral reforms?

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