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Jackson attended his first political event in October of 2016, this event was a presentation by Candidate Tom Arnold in Honolulu, Hawaii.  There he met fellow Libertarians for the first time.  Aside from this event Jackson was not politically active (Facebook posts not withstanding) in 2016 or 2017.

Like many Americans, Jackson believes the electoral process in the United States could use some improvement.  The two biggest issues with the electoral process are campaign expenditures and under-representation of the American public.  He believes that at least one of these issues can be tackled with a change from a First-Past-The-Post system to a Ranked-Choice-Voting system (there are other voting systems Jackson is interested in, but RCV seems most likely to be implemented in the near future).  He believes that since RCV allows voters to rank the candidates in order of preference, the voters would be better represented no matter which candidate ended up victorious because the system requires at least a simple majority to win.  Furthermore, because candidates would need to worry about becoming the first, second, or third choices of all constituents in their regions, the candidates would focus on why their policies are more beneficial than the policies of their opponents instead of simply bashing the other party or parties.  Therefore, Jackson holds the conviction that a system like RCV would provide both better representation and better political candidates to choose from.