No more spoiler effect. In regular voting, a third candidate can "split" the vote and hand the win to someone most people didn't want. With ranked choice, your backup preferences always count — so voting your conscience never backfires.

Winners need real majority support. Regular voting can elect someone with just 30% of the vote if the other 70% is split. Ranked choice keeps running until someone earns more than half — so the winner has broader approval.

It rewards candidates everyone can live with. Because candidates need second-choice votes to win, they have to appeal beyond their core fans. In elections, this encourages less divisive campaigns. In your friend group, it finds the option most people are genuinely happy with.