Introduction: Electoral Dysfunction and Political Realism

Maloy, J. S.

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“…Most scholars hope that RCV's disadvantage of the demands of ranking will be outweighed by its advantage of greater choice and expression of preferences. To a greater extent than under runoff, under RCV voters are “empowered” to vote sincerely for the candidates they prefer, with minimal strategic considerations (Maloy, 2019, pp. 79–81, 176–186).…”

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Come‐from‐behind victories under ranked‐choice voting and runoff: The impact on voter satisfaction

Cerrone

McClintock

2023

Politics & Policy

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Both ranked‐choice voting (RCV) and runoff seek to prevent the election of candidates with only minority support by enabling more broadly approved rivals to win through come‐from‐behind victories (CFBVs). Although CFBVs are intrinsic to RCV and runoff, they have received little scholarly attention. This study suggests that, amid voters' status quo bias, CFBVs provoke dissatisfaction. In a survey experiment fielded on U.S. voters, CFBVs under RCV significantly reduced satisfaction, while there was a weaker negative effect under runoff. Similarly, RCV was repealed or faced a visible repeal attempt in the vast majority of U.S. jurisdictions that experienced a CFBV in the first or second use of the rule. This was not the case for runoff. We encourage greater voter education, including regarding the rationale for and mechanics of CFBVs under RCV as well as consideration of runoff and other rules that encourage the election of candidates with majority support.Related ArticlesMcCarthy, Devin, and Jack Santucci. 2021. “Ranked Choice Voting as a Generational Issue in Modern American Politics.” Politics & Policy 49(1): 33–60. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12390.Nielson, Lindsay. 2017. “Ranked Choice Voting and Attitudes toward Democracy in the United States: Results from a Survey Experiment.” Politics & Policy 45(4): 535–70. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12212.Stiers, Dieter. 2019. “Static and Dynamic Models of Retrospective Voting: A Clarification and Application to the Individual Level.” Politics & Policy 47(5): 859–76. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12324.

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Come‐from‐behind victories under ranked‐choice voting and runoff: The impact on voter satisfaction

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McClintock

2023

Politics & Policy

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“…When ranking is allowed, people are able to reveal not only their first choice but also their second or third. Ranking allows superior expression across options (support for more than one option) and within options (variable levels of support for a given option), as Maloy (2019) elegantly argues. In principle, voters should prefer ranking, since this allows them to express more precisely their views about all the parties and candidates.…”

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Do (many) voters like ranking?

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Do (many) voters like ranking? We address this question through an experimental study performed in four countries: Austria, England, Ireland and Sweden. Respondents were invited to participate in three successive elections. They were randomly assigned to one of four possible voting scenarios and asked to vote. The voting scenarios differed in terms of party supply (three or five parties) and the type of vote choice (vote for one party only or possibility of ranking all parties). After they had voted, respondents were asked about their satisfaction with the party supply and the voting system (using a scale from 0 “not at all satisfied” to 10 “very much satisfied”). We find little difference in overall satisfaction between those elections where people could rank order the parties and those where they could not.

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Introduction: Electoral Dysfunction and Political Realism

Cited by 2 publications

References 18 publications

Come‐from‐behind victories under ranked‐choice voting and runoff: The impact on voter satisfaction

Come‐from‐behind victories under ranked‐choice voting and runoff: The impact on voter satisfaction

Do (many) voters like ranking?

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