These polls are an independent, unofficial analysis of ballot data from real public elections. For multi-winner elections, the results presented here may differ slightly from the official results due to minor variations in counting rules. We are always interested in adding more elections as data become available, though converting ballot data to a usable format often requires significant effort, so there is generally a backlog.
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge has used ranked-choice voting since 1941 to elect its
9-member city council and 6-member school committee. The city
computerized its elections several years ago, making ballot data available.
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- Cambridge, MA 2013 City Council Election917,759VoteResults
- Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election915,828VoteResults
- Cambridge, MA Nov 13, 2009 City Council Election915,937VoteResults
- Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election913,633VoteResults
- Cambridge, MA 2005 City Council Election916,070VoteResults
- Cambridge, MA 2003 City Council Election920,080VoteResults
- Cambridge, MA 2001 City Council Election917,125VoteResults
- Cambridge, MA 1999 City Council Election918,777VoteResults
- Cambridge, MA 1997 City Council Election916,879VoteResults
- Cambridge, MA 2013 School Committee Election616,592VoteResults
- Cambridge, MA 2011 School Committee Election615,280VoteResults
- Cambridge, MA Nov 13, 2009 School Committee Election615,416VoteResults
- Cambridge, MA 2007 School Committee Election613,276VoteResults
- Cambridge, MA 2005 School Committee Election615,470VoteResults
- Cambridge, MA 2003 School Committee Election618,698VoteResults
- Cambridge, MA 2001 School Committee Election616,489VoteResults
- Cambridge, MA 1999 School Committee Election617,961VoteResults
- Cambridge, MA 1997 School Committee Election616,386VoteResults
San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco uses ranked-choice voting to elect its 11-member board of
supervisors, as well as several executive positions. Oakland, Berkeley,
and San Leandro elect city councils and mayors this way. The first few
San Francisco elections are shown here; more recent results for
San Francisco and the
East Bay are available.
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- 2005 San Francisco Assessor/Recorder1199,363VoteResults
- 2004 San Francisco City Supervisor District 1128,787VoteResults
- 2004 San Francisco City Supervisor District 5135,109VoteResults
- 2004 San Francisco City Supervisor District 7131,639VoteResults
- 2004 San Francisco City Supervisor District 11123,176VoteResults
Student government elections
A number of universities use ranked-choice voting. Stanford University
and the University of California, Davis and Berkeley have made ballot
data available.
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- ASUCD Senate Election - November 200562,146VoteResults
- ASUCD Winter 2005 Senate Election83,718VoteResults
- ASUCD Senate - Fall 200463,584VoteResults
- ASUCD Senate - Winter 2004 Election64,068VoteResults
- ASUCD Senate Fall 2003 Election62,447VoteResults
- ASSU President 200114,075VoteResults
- Stanford Sophomore Class Presidents 200111,022VoteResults
- ASUC 2001 Academic VP Election (UC Berkeley)15,656VoteResults
- ASUC 2002 Academic VP Election (UC Berkeley)16,175VoteResults
- ASUC 2003 Academic VP Election (UC Berkeley)17,140VoteResults
- ASUC 2004 Academic VP Election (UC Berkeley)15,851VoteResults
- ASUC 2005 Academic VP Election (UC Berkeley)15,884VoteResults
- ASUC 2001 Executive VP Election (UC Berkeley)16,057VoteResults
- ASUC 2002 Executive VP Election (UC Berkeley)16,046VoteResults
- ASUC 2003 Executive VP Election (UC Berkeley)17,359VoteResults
- ASUC 2004 Executive VP Election (UC Berkeley)16,444VoteResults
- ASUC 2005 Executive VP Election (UC Berkeley)16,156VoteResults
- ASUC 2001 External VP Election (UC Berkeley)15,808VoteResults
- ASUC 2002 External VP Election (UC Berkeley)16,207VoteResults
- ASUC 2003 External VP Election (UC Berkeley)17,144VoteResults
- ASUC 2004 External VP Election (UC Berkeley)16,220VoteResults
- ASUC 2005 External VP Election (UC Berkeley)15,927VoteResults
- ASUC 2001 President Election (UC Berkeley)16,711VoteResults
- ASUC 2002 President Election (UC Berkeley)17,567VoteResults
- ASUC 2003 President Election (UC Berkeley)17,984VoteResults
- ASUC 2004 President Election (UC Berkeley)16,968VoteResults
- ASUC 2005 President Election (UC Berkeley)16,426VoteResults
- ASUC 2002 Student Advocate Election (UC Berkeley)14,357VoteResults
- ASUC 2004 Student Advocate Election (UC Berkeley)14,890VoteResults
- ASUC 2005 Student Advocate Election (UC Berkeley)14,528VoteResults
- ASUC 2001 Senator Election (UC Berkeley)206,885VoteResults
- ASUC 2002 Senator Election (UC Berkeley)208,080VoteResults
- ASUC 2003 Senator Election (UC Berkeley)208,418VoteResults
- ASUC 2004 Senator Election (UC Berkeley)207,181VoteResults
- ASUC 2005 Senator Election (UC Berkeley)206,916VoteResults
Burlington, VT
Burlington held ranked-choice mayoral elections in 2006 and 2009.
They use an elegant rule for handling duplicate rankings, which can
occur on paper ballots. DemoChoice cannot process duplicates directly,
but they can be preprocessed to give the same result.
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Ireland
Ireland has used ranked-choice voting to elect its parliament from
multi-member constituencies since 1922, and began computerizing
elections in 2002.
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New Zealand
New Zealand began using ranked-choice voting in local elections in
2004 and has made ballot data available.
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- New Zealand, Chalmers Community Board, 200462,036VoteResults
- New Zealand, Dunedin Mayor, 2004145,720VoteResults
- New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 200435,210VoteResults
- New Zealand, Dunedin City, Hills Ward, 2004310,594VoteResults
- New Zealand, South Dunedin Ward, 2004414,113VoteResults
- New Zealand, Canterbury District Health Board, 20047108,866VoteResults
- New Zealand, Mosgiel Subdivision, 200444,741VoteResults
- New Zealand, Otago Peninsula Community Board, 200461,789VoteResults
- New Zealand, Porirua City, Eastern Ward, 200453,782VoteResults
- New Zealand, Porirua City, Mayoralty, 2004113,099VoteResults
- New Zealand, Porirua City, Northern Ward, 200456,288VoteResults
- New Zealand, Porirua City, Western Ward, 200432,631VoteResults
- New Zealand, Saddle Hill Community Board, 200462,005VoteResults
- New Zealand, Taieri Subdivision, 200411,716VoteResults
- New Zealand, Waikouaiti Coast-Chalmers Ward, 200413,320VoteResults
New Mexico
Santa Fe adopted ranked-choice voting in 2018. Las Cruces planned
to follow in 2019.
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