Denver's Experiment in Ranked-Choice Voting

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It's very important to recognize that this was a different method than is currently being pursued in the US today. That was the Bucklin method, which is terribly vulnerable to strategic voting and does not have the same majority guarantees. For more: http://archive.fairvote.org/?page=2077

In reply to by Greg Dennis (not verified)

Excellent point! The history of voting systems is one of constant evolution and we will continue to try and develop more democratic systems.

 

In reply to by Greg Dennis (not verified)

No, Bucklin is not terribly vulnerable to strategic voting. It's quite decent. Instant runoff voting (aka "ranked choice voting") is vastly worse.

https://www.rangevoting.org/StratHonMix

Thanks for the additional information, Clay. I assume we will be hearing a lot more regarding innovating strategies in coming years.

 

Fascinating post, Alex! I had no idea we had ever experimented with ranked voting.

Thanks, Laura. I was pretty surprised when I first heard about it.

Alex, have you seen any record of the original legal language from Denver on this Bucklin/Grand Junction method? I’d love to see their description.

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