I still wouldn't call a 51.5% vs 49.5% a clear victory.

We really need to asking why was Ms. Palin a viable candidate in the first place.

But yes, RVC is going to improve American democracy--a little.

Back in my political days, I tried to get my party to adopt RCV in its internal elections. Man--oh--man, did I ever get a lot of blowback. Almost got kicked of the party. Today, all Canadian political parties have RCV in their internal elections. Now we just need to move the general election in that direction.

But we need to move beyond RCV.