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== Results ==
There were 16 candidates on the ballot, with 2 slots for write-ins. (Write-ins are shown in italics in the chart below.)
Under all three voting systems, Rand Paul was the winner, with Ted Cruz in second place. Under Plurality, satirical candidate Gil Fulbright came in third, but he was much lower in the Approval and Score rankings. Hillary Clinton came in last, with no support under any system.▼
▲Under all three voting systems, Rand Paul was the winner, with Ted Cruz in second place. Under Plurality, satirical write-in candidate [https://honestgil.com/ Gil Fulbright] came in third, but he was much lower in the Approval and Score rankings.
Several of the candidates who got low scores in the Plurality election received significantly higher scores in the Approval and Score elections. ▼
▲Several of the candidates who got low scores in the Plurality election received significantly higher scores in the Approval and Score elections.
One voter wrote-in Hillary Clinton, with a score of zero, putting her in last place under all voting systems.
Raw score totals:
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▲{{Graph:Chart|width=900|height=400
|xAxisTitle=Candidate|yAxisTitle=Votes (% of possible)|legend=Legend|type=rect
|y1Title=Plurality
Line 144 ⟶ 145:
|y2=57.1, 51.2, 1.5, 6.9, 10.1, 17.8, 9.6, 1.2, 6.5, 3.3, 3.2, 2.2, 1.8, 0.4, 0.8, 0.3, 0.5, 0.4, 0.3, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.0
|y3=62.6, 54.7, 1.3, 14.7, 21.0, 27.6, 18.0, 6.2, 17.4, 11.5, 10.8, 8.7, 7.9, 5.7, 5.6, 4.6, 4.0, 0.4, 0.3, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.0
}}--><br />[[File:2015 RLC totals.svg|800x800px]]
== Analysis ==
The raw ballots were published by CES, making it possible to analyze voter behavior
Every voter approved of at least one candidate, though 3 (0.4%) did not vote in the plurality election, and 10 (1.3%) did not score any candidate.
* In the Approval election:▼
** There were 1.8 approvals per ballot on average, with a maximum of 14 on one ballot.▼
** 70% of voters bullet-voted for only one candidate <br />▼
<!--{{Graph:Chart|width=600|height=300
|xAxisTitle=Number of candidates approved|yAxisTitle=Voters (%)|type=rect|showValues=format:.1r
|x=1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
|y=69.70, 9.88, 7.83, 6.03, 3.59, 1.80, 0.39, 0.39, 0.26, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.13
|colors=#ff7f0e
}}-->[[File:2015 RLC approvals per ballot.svg]]
* 70% of voters [[W:Bullet voting|bullet-voted]] for only one candidate
=== Score election ===
The most common behavior was to bullet-vote for only one candidate, leaving the rest blank, while the second most common behavior was to score every candidate on the ballot (not including write-ins):
<!--{{Graph:Chart|width=600|height=200
|xAxisTitle=Number of candidates rated|yAxisTitle=Voters (%)|type=rect|showValues=format:.2r
|x=0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
|y=1.28, 44.03, 4.11, 3.72, 2.82, 2.05, 2.31, 0.51, 0.77, 0.9, 0.13, 0.64, 0.77, 1.41, 2.57, 5.65, 25.55, 0.77
|colors=#2ca02c
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[[File:2015 RLC ratings per ballot.svg]]Explicit scores were distributed somewhat evenly, but blanks dominated the distribution, especially when blanks for write-ins (which are inevitable) are included:
<!--{{Graph:Chart|width=400|height=200
|xAxisTitle=Scores|yAxisTitle=Ballots (%)|type=rect|showValues=format:.2r
|x=0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
|y=29.42, 19.46, 11.75, 12.69, 10.53, 16.16
|colors=#2ca02c
}}-->
[[File:2015 RLC score distribution.svg]]
<!--{{Graph:Chart|width=400|height=200
|xAxisTitle=Scores|yAxisTitle=Ballots (%)|legend=Legend|type=stackedrect
|x= 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
|y3= 8.52, 5.64, 3.40, 3.67, 3.05, 4.68
|y2= 37.81, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
|y1= 33.23, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
|y3Title=Explicit votes
|y2Title=Blanks
|y1Title=Blanks (write-ins)
|colors=#7f7f7f, #8c564b, #2ca02c
}}-->
[[File:2015 RLC score distribution with blanks.svg]]
* 26% of voters rated all 16 candidates on the ballot
*39% of voters explicitly used the full range of scores available
*4% of voters explicitly min/max voted (Approval-style votes, where all candidates get either maximum or minimum scores).
*50% of voters implicitly min/max voted (giving maximum scores to one or more candidates and leaving the rest blank)
==References==
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== External links ==
* https://www.rangevoting.org/RLCstrawPoll2015.html<br />
[[Category:Score voting elections]]
[[Category:Approval voting elections]]
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