2018 Washington 10th CD Straw Poll: Difference between revisions

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[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 participatedweb|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.
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== Results ==
[[File:2018 straw poll results WA 10th CD.png|thumb|Straw poll results]]
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.<ref>{{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> Raw scores for the 34 eligible voters:
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