“Here’s one simple way to minimize the chaos at the Republican National Convention”

Monkey Cage:

In the summer, the Republican Party may host a “contested convention” for the first time in 40 years. To win the presidential nomination, a candidate must win the votes of a majority of the convention’s 2,472 delegates. Donald Trump, the only candidate with a plausible path toward securing this majority, is currently projected to fall short.

Trump will undoubtedly assert that his delegate plurality ought to earn him the nomination. In fact, he claimed in March that riots might ensue if he were denied the nomination. Trump’s opponents are undeterred, needless to say.

Ultimately, the party’s Convention Rules Committee must choose a voting process that the party will use to settle these impending disputes. They should consider a voting procedure that will both minimize conflict and produce a fair outcome: instant-runoff voting (IRV).

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