The Consensus Choice candidate defeats every other candidate head-to-head. This is different from current plurality and Instant Runoff systems, where the winner might be unpopular when compared head-to-head to other candidates.

Candidates must win support from all sides to succeed—not just from their party’s base. This discourages extremism and division.

By incentivizing collaboration over division, Consensus Choice Voting ensures that our leaders represent all of us—not just the loudest factions.

Voters can rank candidates honestly because the Consensus Choice winner is determined by direct head-to-head comparisons based on the voters' preferences. It is impossible for a voter's second or third choice to affect their first choice in any of their head-to-head matchups.

Cuts down on "spoilers", losing candidates whose presence in the election changes who wins, because it compares every candidate directly against each other. This means that a losing candidate's presence in the election won't cause a superior candidate to lose, so candidates are free to run without worries of "spoiling" the election.