If there were no ranked choice, he still would have won in this case. He won the plurality of the votes on the first round (unexpectedly and a massive over performance of the polls)

Granted ranked choice may have made more people feel safer to consider him in the first place, but still worth noting here

They may not have to: there's already a push to "denaturalize citizens," and I'm pretty sure Mamdani is at or near the top of the list for that and subsequent deportation.

yes. ranked choice voting happened in alaska in 2020, and they tried but failed to repeal it in 2024.

although alaska isnt by means a left leaning state, the establishment does not like ranked choice voting

In NYC at least, that would require repealing the amendment to the City Charter - a move that would be extremely unpopular, given that the ballot measure to amend the charter for ranked-choice primaries passed with >70% support (or over 500,000 votes).

Already are.

Tune in to this reposted Atlantic article learn that RCV is "wonkish and confusing", that it has "warped the political calculus of the mayoral campaign" by causing candidates to (horror!) cross-endorse instead of dropping out or running attack ads. Clearly, the article concludes, if a newcomer can defeat a wealthy candidate with 'name recognition', the system must obviously be wrong.

they already are colluding with the gop.