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Does Ranked-Choice Voting Affect Attitudes Toward Running for Office?

Does Ranked-Choice Voting Affect Attitudes Toward Running for Office?

Experiments find mostly null effects in the relationship between ranked-choice voting messaging and interest in running for office.

Nov 17, 2021

Jack Santucci, Jamil Scott

What We Know About Ranked-Choice Voting

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What We Know About Ranked-Choice Voting

This report offers the first systematic overview of the modern literature on ranked-choice voting in the United States.

Nov 10, 2021

Lee Drutman, Maresa Strano

Multi-seat Districts and Larger Assemblies Produce More Diverse Racial Representation

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Multi-seat Districts and Larger Assemblies Produce More Diverse Racial Representation

Election results from cities in the U.S. & three other countries suggest larger assembly size and other factors benefit candidates of color.

Sep 14, 2021

Jack Santucci, Matthew S. Shugart, Michael Latner

Ranked-Choice Voting is an Acquired Taste

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Ranked-Choice Voting is an Acquired Taste

A national survey experiment finds most voters, but especially older, Republican, and less educated voters, prefer the single vote to RCV.

Jun 10, 2021

Joseph Anthony, David C. Kimball

Electoral Systems Affect Legitimacy Gaps and Affective Polarization

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Electoral Systems Affect Legitimacy Gaps and Affective Polarization

This report examines the results of an experiment that investigated the effects of different electoral systems on democratic stability.

May 24, 2021

Sean Fischer, Amber Hye-Yon Lee, Yphtach Lelkes

Ranked-Choice Voting is No Refuge for Extreme Candidates

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Ranked-Choice Voting is No Refuge for Extreme Candidates

Survey experiment finds extreme candidates are not viewed as more electable under ranked-choice voting compared to plurality voting.

May 13, 2021

Melissa Baker

Ranked-Choice Voting Delivers Representation and Consensus in Presidential Primaries

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Ranked-Choice Voting Delivers Representation and Consensus in Presidential Primaries

Voters used RCV to nominate the strongest candidate and improve representation of the diverse electorate at the national convention.

Apr 27, 2021

Baodong Liu, Nadia Mahallati, Charles M. Turner

The Missing Link

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The Missing Link

This research examines RCV’s effects on substantive representation and finds minimal effects on fiscal & ideological representation

Mar 19, 2021

Arjun Vishwanath

Does Ranked-Choice Voting Reduce Racial Polarization?

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Does Ranked-Choice Voting Reduce Racial Polarization?

This research shows that switching from first-past-the-post to ranked-choice voting does not reduce the degree of racially polarized voting.

Mar 15, 2021

Yuki Atsusaka, Theodore Landsman

Choosing to “Vote As Usual”

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Choosing to “Vote As Usual”

Americans tend to favor the standard single vote, but views vary with age and experience with alternative voting systems.

Mar 1, 2021

André Blais, Carolina Plescia, Semra Sevi

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Does Ranked-Choice Voting Affect Attitudes Toward Running for Office?

What We Know About Ranked-Choice Voting

Multi-seat Districts and Larger Assemblies Produce More Diverse Racial Representation

Ranked-Choice Voting is an Acquired Taste

Electoral Systems Affect Legitimacy Gaps and Affective Polarization

Ranked-Choice Voting is No Refuge for Extreme Candidates

Ranked-Choice Voting Delivers Representation and Consensus in Presidential Primaries

The Missing Link

Does Ranked-Choice Voting Reduce Racial Polarization?

Choosing to “Vote As Usual”