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The sad thing is, Ranked Choice Voting isn't even the scientific consensus. The theorists have settled around cardinal and almost-cardinal methods (which IRV=RCV isn't), and the advocates who follow theorists have settled on Approval. But money backs RCV, so voting legislation pushes RCV.

RCV in the US: "2 states, 1 county, 26 cities outside of Utah and 23 Utah cities" https://www.fairvote.org/rcv#where_is_ranked_choice_voting_u...

Approval in the US: Fargo and St. Louis

RCV campaigners hijacked public perception of the science. As an analogy, people don't believe in global warming because they have evaluated the evidence; they believe it because the scientists tell them to. RCV campaigners skipped the scientists and manufactured a false consensus around RCV. So RCV is what the common person associates with voting method reform.