“Is There a Better Way to Vote, Post-Trump?”
Andrew McGill at the Atlantic.
Category Archives: alternative voting systems
“Why Nearly a Fifth of Arizona GOP Voters Were Disenfranchised By Early Voting – And How To Fix It”
FairVote blog:
What happened was that Arizona has early voting — and many voters took advantage of it. That’s good for making sure you cast your vote, especially given Arizona’s indefensibly long lines on Election Day that resulted in… Continue reading
“Trump Moves into Majority Position in GOP Nomination Contest”
FairVote:
Over the past six months, FairVote has analyzed a number of Republican presidential nomination polls and collaborated with the College of William and Mary on our own national poll, with an eye toward understanding who would likely… Continue reading
“A fair way to choose a Republican nominee”
Ramesh Ponnuru:
But the rules in the Republican primaries, as we are now seeing, are not ideally designed to create consensus. Trump hasn’t won a majority in any contest so far — and he could in theory keep failing… Continue reading
“Campaign civility under preferential and plurality voting”
Todd Donovan, Caroline Tolbert, and Kellen Gracey have written this article for Electoral Studies. Here is the abstract:
We present reasons to expect that campaigns are less negative under preferential voting. We then examine if preferential voting systems affect how… Continue reading
“Quadratic Election Law”
Eric Posner and Nick Stephanopoulos have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The standard form of electoral system in the United States—plurality voting with one person, one vote—suffers from countless defects, most of which stem from its… Continue reading
“Without an Instant Runoff, Trump Favored to Win GOP Nomination”
Rob Richie crunches the numbers.
Should Republicans Consider Ranked Choice Voting for their 2020 Primaries?
“National Poll Highlights What Republican Voters Really Think”
Release:
The College of William of Mary and the nonpartisan electoral reform organization FairVote have released a report on a national survey offering new insights into voter preferences and views on electoral reform. In partnership with YouGov and scholars… Continue reading
How Would Trump Do in SC If We Had Ranked Choice Voting?
“Why O’Malley Second Choices Matter in Iowa — and Huckabee’s May Not”
“How Mike Bloomberg could win as independent presidential candidate”
Rob Richie:
This weekend news broke that former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg is exploring a potential independent bid for president. A Morning Consult poll shows his appeal is at this point limited to about 15%, but it’s… Continue reading