- Average turnout of all eligible voters for 2008 Republican presidential primaries through February 5: 12.6%. After February 5, when John McCain effectively secured nomination: 8.4%.
- Average turnout for 2008 Democratic presidential primaries through February 5: 17.7%. After February 5: 23.6%.
- Share of popular vote won by John McCain through February 5: 39%. Share of delegates won by McCain through February 5: 75%. *
Showing posts with label Ranked Choice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ranked Choice. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
FairVote: If you proportionally allocate, they will come
From the FairVote blog: How Winner-Take-All Rules in Presidential Primaries Squash Turnout
Friday, February 6, 2009
Instant Runoff Voting
A FairVote Innovative Analysis by Rob Richie and David Segal
Facts in Focus:
* Michael Steele was in second place when the Republican National Committee chair race was reduced to four candidates on January 30 but he picked up more than twice as many votes as his chief opponent from the supporters of the third and fourth place candidates after they dropped out.
* The Academy of Motion Pictures has used the choice voting method of proportional representation for all their major Oscar nominations since the 1930s. Academy voters rank potential nominees in order of preference, and more than four in five have at least one of their top-ranked choices win a nomination.
* Instant runoff voting has been adopted for student elections by more than 40 American colleges and universities. Tens of thousands of students rank their choices every year, often in highly competitive races with many candidates. Instant runoff voting will be used to accommodate five candidates for mayor in Burlington's second IRV election for mayor this March.
To read more, click here.
Facts in Focus:
* Michael Steele was in second place when the Republican National Committee chair race was reduced to four candidates on January 30 but he picked up more than twice as many votes as his chief opponent from the supporters of the third and fourth place candidates after they dropped out.
* The Academy of Motion Pictures has used the choice voting method of proportional representation for all their major Oscar nominations since the 1930s. Academy voters rank potential nominees in order of preference, and more than four in five have at least one of their top-ranked choices win a nomination.
* Instant runoff voting has been adopted for student elections by more than 40 American colleges and universities. Tens of thousands of students rank their choices every year, often in highly competitive races with many candidates. Instant runoff voting will be used to accommodate five candidates for mayor in Burlington's second IRV election for mayor this March.
To read more, click here.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
New Report: IRV in San Francisco, 2004-2006
Francis Neely and Corey Cook examine San Francisco voters’ experience with instant runoff voting (IRV) from 2004-2006. Demographic influences on ranking the candidates – do certain demographic groups rank more candidates than others for example – are found to be very limited. Overall voters are found to have adapted relatively well to IRV. American Politics Research, July 2008. Read the report.
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