FairVote Minnesota

Making every vote count

What's your favorite benefit of Ranked Choice Voting?
Rank your preferences: 1st Choice2nd Choice3rd Choice
Less partisan polarization
More choices for voters
Upholds majority rule

Single Seat Election

Example from the 1990 Irish presidential election.

Since no candidate has reached the threshold required to win (50% + 1 of the votes), a runoff is required. Austin Currie received the fewest votes, so he is eliminated and the 2nd choice votes (on the ballots that listed him as the 1st choice) are redistributed to the other candidates.

Irish Vote Count Chart

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