2015 Republican Liberty Caucus straw poll: Difference between revisions

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In 2015, the Center for Election Science (CES) handled the Republican Liberty Caucus straw poll, using three different voting methods: [[First Past the Post electoral system|Plurality voting]], [[Approval voting]], [[Score voting]] (0-5).<ref>{{Cite web|title=CES Conducts the Republican Liberty Caucus Straw Poll|url=https://electology.org/blog/ces-conducts-republican-liberty-caucus-straw-poll|website=The Center for Election Science|date=2015-10-14|access-date=2018-12-16|language=en}}</ref> There were 779 voters and all voters used all three voting methods. The Republican Liberty Caucus chose the approvalApproval voting results as the official results.
 
== Results ==
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|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
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== Analysis ==
The raw ballots were published by CES, making it possible to analyze voter behavior:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://results.electology.org/RLC2015/RLCNC_2015_StrawPoll.csv|website=results.electology.org|access-date=2018-12-16|title=RLCNC_2015_StrawPoll.csv|date=|last=|first=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref>
 
* 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 />
 
==References==