{"id":2514092,"date":"2025-11-24T15:14:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T20:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-consider-dramatic-change-to-primary-process-for-2028-using-system-that-boosted-mamdani\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T15:15:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T20:15:54","slug":"democrats-consider-dramatic-change-to-primary-process-for-2028-using-system-that-boosted-mamdani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-consider-dramatic-change-to-primary-process-for-2028-using-system-that-boosted-mamdani\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Consider Dramatic Change to Primary Process for 2028, Using System That Boosted Mamdani"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-consider-dramatic-change-to-primary-process-for-2028-using-system-that-boosted-mamdani%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2514092&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Democratic Party is reportedly considering <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >implementing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-yang-has-commanding-lead-in-nyc-mayoral-race-poll-shows\/\" title=\"Andrew Yang Has Commanding Lead In NYC Mayoral Race, Poll Shows\">ranked-choice voting<\/a><\/a> for the 2028 Democratic presidential primaries, inspired by its recent success in New York City, where Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani benefited from the system.Ranked-choice voting allows voters to rank candidates by preference, ensuring votes are not wasted if a chosen candidate is eliminated. This voting system requires a candidate to secure over 50% of votes; if no one achieves this, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and their votes redistributed according to next preferences, repeating until a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ranked-choice-voting-promises-unity-but-struggles-to-find-backing-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Ranked ... voting promises unity but struggles to find backing - Washington Examiner\">majority winner emerges<\/a>. Advocates argue that ranked-choice voting encourages more positive campaigns, reduces acrimony, and offers better chances for grassroots and outsider candidates. Democratic National Committee officials, including chair Ken Martin, have discussed the proposal, though some prefer deferring to state decisions. Approval from both the DNC and state parties would be necessary before implementation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>If it was good for New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, it must be good for the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>So goes the logic behind a proposal to implement ranked-choice voting in the 2028 Democratic president primaries.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/11\/24\/democrats-ranked-choice-voting-2028-primaries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-washington-post-nbc-news-all-forced-to-retract-false-claims-about-trump-lawyer-rudy-giuliani\/\" title=\"New York Times, Washington Post, NBC News All Forced To Retract False Claims About Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani\">citing unnamed sources<\/a>, top Democratic Party officials, including Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin, have met with advocates of the system.<\/p>\n<p>One argument in favor of the system was that voters&rsquo; choices would not be wasted after their preferred candidates are eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m totally open to ranked-choice voting,&rdquo; one DNC member said.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>A second DNC member took the other view: &ldquo;We should follow the lead of the states. They know better.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats identified in the report spoke positively of the idea.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It favors positive politics rather than negative politics, and that&rsquo;s a great thing for the Democratic Party primaries,&rdquo; Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Oftentimes, there&rsquo;s a sense of acrimony and bitterness that can last decades. Think about the race between Hillary and Bernie Sanders,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden pollster Celinda Lake said the system &ldquo;gives a better chance to new faces, outsider candidates, people with grassroots movements, people who run positive campaigns, people who have something new to offer. It really meets the moment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Implementing ranked-choice voting would require approval from the DNC. Approvals would also be required from state parties.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;Report: Democrats are now considering implementing ranked-choice voting for the 2028 Democratic Presidential Primaries<\/p>\n<p>Via: Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yZY63IoV1u\">pic.twitter.com\/yZY63IoV1u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheCalvinCooli1\/status\/1992775780133396620?\">November 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In this system, voters pick their first choice as well as multiple other picks in order of preference &mdash; that could come into play if their first choice is not elected, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/politics\/nyc-primary-results-ranked-choice-voting-mamdani-cuomo-all-races\/6322129\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WNBC-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ranked-choice voting kicks in if no candidate receives 50 percent of the votes to win an outright majority<\/p>\n<p>If that happens, the first round of ranked-choice voting eliminates the candidate with the lowest total of votes. The second-choice votes of voters who chose the eliminated candidates are then distributed accordingly and the totals are tallied again.<\/p>\n<p>The candidate with the least number of votes is then eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>This process continues, dipping as low on the list of picks as needed in the selections made by voters, until there are only two candidates left. The one with the most votes wins.<\/p>\n<p>For example, on election night, Mamdani was in first place in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary with 43.5 percent of the vote, well ahead of the second-place finisher, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.<\/p>\n<p>Once all the other candidates were eliminated through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-poll-trump-backed-kelly-tshibaka-leads-alaska-senate-race-lisa-murkowski-losing-in-reelection-bid\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Poll: Trump-Backed Kelly Tshibaka Leads Alaska Senate Race, Lisa Murkowski Losing in Reelection Bid\">ranked-choice system<\/a>, Mamdani ended up with 56 percent of the vote while Cuomo&rsquo;s  was 43.5 percent.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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This reasoning supports a proposal to introduce ranked-choice voting in the 2028 Democratic presidential primaries. According to an Axios report citing anonymous sources, senior Democratic officials-including DNC chair Ken Martin-have met with advocates of this voting method. One key advantage mentioned is that voters&#8217; preferences wouldn&#8217;t be wasted if their top choices are eliminated. &#8220;I&#8217;m completely open to ranked-choice voting,&#8221; said one DNC member.<\/p>\n<p>However, another DNC member expressed a different opinion: &#8220;We should follow the lead of the states since they understand better.&#8221; Some Democrats interviewed spoke favorably about the idea. Maryland Representative Jamie Raskin noted that it encourages positive rather than negative campaigning, which would be beneficial for Democratic primaries. He referenced past bitter contests like Hillary Clinton versus Bernie Sanders as examples of divisiveness lasting years.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden&#8217;s pollster Celinda Lake added that ranked-choice voting offers greater opportunities for new candidates, grassroots campaigns, and those running positive campaigns with fresh ideas-it fits today&#8217;s political climate well.<\/p>\n<p>Adopting this system would require approval from both the DNC and state parties.<\/p>\n<p>In ranked-choice voting, voters rank candidates by preference rather than selecting just one. If no candidate wins more than 50% initially, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and their supporters&#8217; next choices are redistributed among remaining candidates. This elimination and redistribution process continues until only two remain; whoever has more votes at that point wins.<\/p>\n<p>For example, on election night in New York City&#8217;s mayoral primary, Mamdani led with 43.5% over former Governor Andrew Cuomo&#8217;s second place finish. After all other candidates were eliminated through ranked-choice tabulation, Mamdani secured 56% of final votes compared to Cuomo&#8217;s 43.5%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2514093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mamdani-for-nov.-24-2025.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[41461,3685,67617,40565,36329],"class_list":["post-2514092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-2028-election","tag-democrats","tag-mamdani-system","tag-political-reform","tag-primary-process"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mamdani-for-nov.-24-2025.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2514092"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2514096,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514092\/revisions\/2514096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2514093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2514092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2514092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2514092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}