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Line 1: [https://www.counted.vote Counted] (which advocates ~~for~~ [[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 ~~participated~~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. Line 5: == Results == [[File:2018 straw poll results WA 10th CD.png\|thumb\|Straw poll results]] ~~The~~Under all three voting systems, the Independent Progressive candidate won by a large margin, and the Republican candidate came in last~~, under all 3 voting systems~~. 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 == Line 18 ⟶ 51: * 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]]