Ranked Vote: What are the Nation's Top Issues Most Needing to be Addressed (US)(2020-Edition)?

Sorry for the delay here. I have you down for the following:

G. Debt And Deficits
W5. Increasing Demands for Socialistic Policies
W6. Supreme Court Packing
W7. Need for a Constitutional Convention
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Didn't include the last item you listed.
Let's make sure to stay in line with the site rules.

 

Heh, somewhat differing ranks, but it looks like we have similar reasoning for how we prioritized things.
I definitely agree that it really helps out a lot in handling a lot of different issues if we first have decent
systems for acquiring and assessing knowledge but also I'd add similarly decent systems
for making decisions and coming to consensus after that knowledge is acquired.

But anyway, thanks for voting, got it!

 

Heh, when we had the ice-cream vote, no-one nominated that one.
But given that the winner of the vote was Chocolate and given that tied for second
were Chocolate and Vanilla Swirl and Chocolate Chip Mint... yeah, I'd say that
Death by Chocolate would have definitely ended up in good company at the top
of the list with them if not the new outright winner as you suggested...
Chocolate and its various variants are well beloved here.

 

Posting the results shortly.

Spoiler: Votes So Far

C, J, M, N, V, G, A
F, Q, R, T, B, C, U, W, S, G, P, V, K, A, I, E, D, M, O, H, J, L, N
M, R, Q, L, O, J, E, G, P, N, C, I, K, A, V, F, B, T, H
Q, X, W, T, C, B, A, R, V, J
C, Q, E, J, R, N, M, O, D, F, I, S, V, H, L, K, B, W, G, A, X, P, T, U
Q, K, L, X, E, F, H, P, C, O
Q, D, H, L, K, V
T, Q, K, H, L, Z
W0, W1, W2, W3, W4, W5
X
W
P, L, X, W0, K, Q
W, X
Q, K, W0, C, G, P, R, X, V, S, F, E
Q, C, M, D, J
G, W5, W6, W7
U, J, X, W4, B, C, E, G
Q, K, S, E, H

 

Results...

Biggest National Issue Coming out of 2020:

Q. COVID-19 Pandemic and Economic Fallout​

Not too surprising there... I mean, it wasn't even close...
Option Q (COVID-19) beats out the runner-up in a one-on-one race 10-3 (a 7-point spread)!
Which is, quite the decisive victory.

Speaking of the runner-up... second most pressing issue (just as it did 2 years ago) goes to C. Partisan Dysfunction in Congress. Third is K. Healthcare, and following that we have a tie between J. Fake News and Disinformation and X. China for fourth. Somewhat of a pattern there, other than C and maybe J, all the top issues can all be argued to be COVID-related, which makes perfect sense actually... its a world-wide once-in-a-life-time life-changing crises we're dealing with...

Changed up the formatting a bit for this one. Let me know how it turned out. Any ties are grouped together based on the background shading.

Spoiler: Ballots

Spoiler: Options

A. Immigration
B. Back-room Dealing in Politics
C. Partisan Dysfunction in Congress
D. Campaign Finance Laws
E. Gerrymandering
F. Unemployment and Underemployment in General
G. Debt And Deficits
H. Economic and Social Inequality
I. Automation-Induced Job-Loss
J. Fake News and Disinformation
K. Healthcare
L. Global Warming
M. Partisanship in General
N. General Lack of Meaningful Civil Discourse
O. Executive Branch Corruption
P. Damaged Credibility of our Federal Government
Q. COVID-19 Pandemic and Economic Fallout
R. Lack of Trust in our Democratic Institutions (Courts, Elections, Intelligence Agencies, Free Press, etc)
S. Infrastructure
T. Too Much Involvement in Foreign Regional Conflicts
U. Leftist Censorship/Monopoly on Media and Social Media
V. Cyber Security
W. Election Security
X. China

Write-ins:

Z. Neoliberal Policies (Low Taxes, Low Spending, and Limited Regulation)
W0. Lack of a Strong Economic Recovery with Full Employment and Rising Incomes
W1. Increasing Government Regulations
W2. Tax Rate Increases
W3. Energy Security, Availability, and Cost
W4. Crime, Violence, and Police Protection
W5. Increasing Demands for Socialistic Policies
W6. Supreme Court Packing
W7. Need for a Constitutional Convention

Ranked Vote: Discussion Thread

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Not much else to say really. W. Election Security did do a bit better in Plurality and Instant Runoff, but otherwise all three methods ended up matching up pretty closely this time. If anyone has any questions about the results, let's chat! Else, hope to see you in the next one. Thanks a lot to all who participated!

-Meta