Top Three expands choice in the primary. Head-to-head matchups in the general election make elections fairer by treating every voter and candidate equally.
Ohioans want a strong economy, good jobs, and affordable housing. We want safe streets, healthy communities, and great schools for our children. We want competent, fair, thoughtful leaders who have our backs when times are tough.
But our political system is failing to deliver.
Ohioans deserve better choices and an election system where all our voices are heard equally.
WHY TOP 3 IS BETTER
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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 who best and most fairly reflects the voters’ choices.
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With Top 3 candidates must work to earn every vote.
When elections aren’t competitive, people get divided and stop caring. With fair competition, we find common ground.
To win in Top 3 candidates need support from many different voters, not just their party’s base. That means less toxic politics and more problem-solving that appeals across groups.
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Most of us live in places where we do not have a meaningful say in which candidate wins. We deserve a system where competition between our political parties means that their platforms speak to the interests of ordinary people, rather than to partisans, activists, or special interests.
In our current system, politicians cater to partisans and special interests to win a primary and then change their message to appeal to other voters to win a general election. This makes it hard to keep leaders accountable to the voters.
With Top 3, the best strategy is the same from the start: appeal to the most voters overall.
Every voter is heard and every vote is counted.
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Under our current system, many people feel like they must vote for someone they don’t like in order to stop someone else from winning.
With Top 3, you can vote honestly for the candidates you like most AND still have a say on the ones you like least.
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In head-to-head matchups, no candidates are eliminated. Every head-to-head contest among candidates is worth as much as every other. This means a candidate with a small but loud group of supporters doesn’t win just because other voters split their support among several similar candidates that most people like better.
It also means voters can support a third-party candidate without worrying it will hurt the chances of their preferred major party candidate.
In current elections, the major party candidates are just competing against each other (if they’re competing at all). In Top 3, the major party candidates compete on a fair playing field against all of the other candidates on the ballot.
Winning in head-to-head matchups matters equally regardless of the candidates’ party affiliation.
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