2012 Occupy Wall Street polls: Difference between revisions

In 2012, the Politics and Electoral Reform Working Group of [[W:Occupy Wall Street|Occupy Wall Street]] conducted experimental surveys in New York City to investigate how voters behave under four different voting methods: [[First Past the Post electoral system|Plurality voting]], [[Approval voting]], [[Score voting]] (0-5), and [[Instant-runoff voting|Instant-Runoff Voting]] (with a maximum of 3 rankings).<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|title=Podcast 2013-05-27: Follow-up with Occupy Wall Street's TJ Frawls|url=https://electology.org/podcasts/2013-05-27_tj_frawls|work=The Center for Election Science|date=20152013-05-2527|access-date=2018-09-23|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Results from Occupy Wall Street voting methods study|url=https://groups.google.com/d/msg/electionscience/1cFXfrwU_CE/aGreAqJh4rYJ|website=Google Groups|access-date=2018-09-23|date=2013-03-11|last=|first=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Press release: Occupy Wall Street Politics & Electoral Reform Working Group Releases Report on First Voting Experiment Survey Sample, Prepares for Election Day Alternative Voting Study|url=http://www.paercom.net/downloads/files/Press%20Release.pdf|date=July 2012|access-date=2018-09-23|website=|last=|first=|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20130728110015/http://www.paercom.net/downloads/files/Press%20Release.pdf|archive-date=2013-07-28|dead-url=}}</ref> The polls were taken using custom software on iPads.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|title=Occupy Wall Street's TJ Frawley on how to fix the US Electoral System - Manhattan Libertarian Party|url=http://manhattanlp.org/occupy-wall-streets-tj-frawley-on-how-to-fix-the-us-electoral-system/|work=Manhattan Libertarian Party|date=2013-01-09|access-date=2018-09-23|language=en-US}}</ref>

No adjustment was made to correct for the unrepresentativeness of the voters; who were primarily OWS participants;<ref name=":2" /> it was just to compare voting behavior under different systems.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Podcast 2012-08-20: Interview with Occupy Wall Street’s TJ Frawls on Electoral System Pilot Poll|url=https://electology.org/podcasts/2012-08-20_tj_rawls|work=The Center for Election Science|date=20152012-0508-2520|access-date=2018-09-23|language=en}}</ref>