How does Top 3 benefit me?
Top 3 creates real competition so the parties and candidates have to listen to everyday people. It also makes it harder for party insiders, activists, or special interest groups to control who wins.
Every voter gets an equal say in the outcome. The election winner is the candidate that best and most fairly reflects the voters’ choices.
Top starts with an all-voter primary so every voter gets a say regarding which candidates advance in every contest and offers more choices on the general election ballot.
Every preference each voter gives matters. Every head-to-head preference a voter marks is counted in that matchup. If you prefer A over B, your preference counts in A vs. B. If you prefer A over C, your preference counts in A vs. C. If you prefer B over C, your preference counts in B vs. C. That means your views do not disappear because of an elimination round and each comparison is counted directly and publicly verifiable. It also means that voters can express their preferences honestly. Voting your true preferences cannot help a candidate you prefer less defeat a candidate you prefer more.
Head-to-head matchups are like a round-robin sports tournament. Each matchup is worth the same, so all candidates compete on a level playing field. Candidates have a reason to appeal to and respect more voters. Top 3 changes the incentives. A candidate cannot focus only on a narrow base and ignore everyone else. Even if a voter may not support that candidate in one matchup, the same voter might still help that candidate in another matchup.
Top 3 reduces vote-splitting and risks of spoilers in the general election. Each finalist is counted in direct head-to-head matchups. A party or viewpoint with two candidates in the general election is not disadvantaged or advantaged simply because it has two finalists instead of one.
Top 3 incentivizes different kinds of candidates to run and encourages campaigns that will bring people together.
Transparent counting mechanisms you can see and verify.
