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[https://www.counted.vote Counted] (which advocates for [[Score voting]]) held a straw poll in the 10th Congressional District of Washington on June 30, 2018, with 34 voters.
[https://www.counted.vote Counted] (which advocates [[Score voting]]) [https://www.counted.vote/cd10_straw_poll held a straw poll in the 10th Congressional District of Washington on June 30, 2018], after giving candidates a chance to speak in front of the voters. 38 people participated, though 4 were rejected as non-eligible voters.<ref>{{Cite web|title=r/EndFPTP - Approval/Score/Plurality straw poll results, Washington's 10th Congressional District|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/EndFPTP/comments/8w6sv2/approvalscoreplurality_straw_poll_results/e5f6fzx/|website=reddit|access-date=2018-09-23|language=en}}</ref>


Ballots included three voting systems: [[First Past the Post electoral system|Plurality/FPTP]], [[Approval voting|Approval]], and [[Score voting|Score]] (0-5), so that voter behavior on the different types of ballots could be compared.
Ballots included three voting systems: [[First Past the Post electoral system|Plurality/FPTP]], [[Approval voting|Approval]], and [[Score voting|Score]] (0-5), so that voter behavior on the different types of ballots could be compared.


== Results ==
[[File:2018 straw poll results WA 10th CD.png|thumb|Straw poll results]]
Under all three voting systems, the Independent Progressive candidate won by a large margin, and the Republican candidate came in last. The Democrat came in 2nd place under FPTP, but under Approval and Score, the Independent Centrist took 2nd place, beating the Democrat. (This was attributed to vote-splitting between the two independents in the plurality election.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />)

Raw scores for the 34 eligible voters:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Livestream: Our candidate forum and straw poll is happening now!|url=https://www.facebook.com/CountedWA/videos/128779187960073|website=Facebook|access-date=2018-09-23|language=en|date=|last=Counted|first=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|
|'''Party'''
|'''Approval'''
|'''Score'''
|'''Plurality'''
|-
|'''Tamborine Borrelli'''
|Independent Progressive
|29
|140
|26
|-
|'''Nancy Dailey Slotnick'''
|Independent Centrist
|12
|67
|2
|-
|'''Denny Heck'''
|Democrat
|8
|58
|6
|-
|'''Joseph Brumbles'''
|Republican
|1
|18
|0
|}

== Analysis ==
They published analyses of voter behavior:
They published analyses of voter behavior:
* [https://www.counted.vote/diving_into_our_straw_poll_data_bullet_anti_voting Bullet voting and anti-bullet voting]
* [https://www.counted.vote/diving_into_our_straw_poll_data_bullet_anti_voting Bullet voting and anti-bullet voting]
* [https://www.counted.vote/diving_into_our_straw_poll_data_min_max_voting Min/Max voting and use of Score's expressiveness]
* [https://www.counted.vote/diving_into_our_straw_poll_data_min_max_voting Min/Max voting and use of Score's expressiveness]
* [https://www.counted.vote/diving_into_our_straw_poll_data_subjective_scales Subjectivity of scales and approval thresholds]
* [https://www.counted.vote/diving_into_our_straw_poll_data_subjective_scales Subjectivity of scales and approval thresholds]
Summary of voter behavior:
[[Category:Elections]]
* 11% of voters [[W:Bullet voting|bullet voted]] (giving the maximum score to one candidate and minimum or blanks to the others).
* 0% of voters anti-voted (giving the minimum score to one candidate and maximum scores to the others).
* 0% of voters min/max voted (approval-style votes, where all candidates get either maximum or minimum scores).
* 42% of voters did not use the full range of scores available.
* Voters did not have the same approval thresholds when converting their score ballots to approval ballots (even with the same score ballots).
One voter remarked “It looks like score voting is going to work out much better”.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|title=Independent Progressive Tamborine Borrelli Sweeps 10th CD Straw Poll|url=https://thesubtimes.com/2018/07/15/__trashed/|work=The Suburban Times|date=2018-07-15|access-date=2018-09-23|language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Score voting elections]]
[[Category:Approval voting elections]]

Latest revision as of 03:58, 23 September 2018

Counted (which advocates Score voting) held a straw poll in the 10th Congressional District of Washington on June 30, 2018, after giving candidates a chance to speak in front of the voters. 38 people participated, though 4 were rejected as non-eligible voters.[1]

Ballots included three voting systems: Plurality/FPTP, Approval, and Score (0-5), so that voter behavior on the different types of ballots could be compared.

Results

Straw poll results

Under all three voting systems, the Independent Progressive candidate won by a large margin, and the Republican candidate came in last. The Democrat came in 2nd place under FPTP, but under Approval and Score, the Independent Centrist took 2nd place, beating the Democrat. (This was attributed to vote-splitting between the two independents in the plurality election.[2][3])

Raw scores for the 34 eligible voters:[2]

Party Approval Score Plurality
Tamborine Borrelli Independent Progressive 29 140 26
Nancy Dailey Slotnick Independent Centrist 12 67 2
Denny Heck Democrat 8 58 6
Joseph Brumbles Republican 1 18 0

Analysis

They published analyses of voter behavior:

Summary of voter behavior:

  • 11% of voters bullet voted (giving the maximum score to one candidate and minimum or blanks to the others).
  • 0% of voters anti-voted (giving the minimum score to one candidate and maximum scores to the others).
  • 0% of voters min/max voted (approval-style votes, where all candidates get either maximum or minimum scores).
  • 42% of voters did not use the full range of scores available.
  • Voters did not have the same approval thresholds when converting their score ballots to approval ballots (even with the same score ballots).

One voter remarked “It looks like score voting is going to work out much better”.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "r/EndFPTP - Approval/Score/Plurality straw poll results, Washington's 10th Congressional District". reddit. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  2. ↑ a b Counted. "Livestream: Our candidate forum and straw poll is happening now!". Facebook. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  3. ↑ a b "Independent Progressive Tamborine Borrelli Sweeps 10th CD Straw Poll". The Suburban Times. 2018-07-15. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
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