But the chamber remains in GOP hands because Michigan Democrats could not reunify after a bruising primary. Kick away a winnable race in Michigan and, in this scenario, Ohio, Iowa or Nebraska also becomes a must. Ranked choice voting wouldn’t have stopped that entirely; important, contentious issues were at stake. Then, El-Sayed, Stevens and the others would have had every incentive to build a coalition through second choices to reach 50%. Democrats would be in a better position to win races they absolutely must win if they adopted ranked choice voting in primaries like Michigan’s this.