[EL] Ballot Exhaustion in Maine RCV Primary

[Kogan, Vladimir]

Hi Doug,

You are correct about the California system (at least the San Francisco and Oakland system). However, one of the things we found was that the “exhaustion” is only partly driven by people who ranked three candidates and had all of those eliminated prior to the final round. Are also many who don’t rank three candidates (and have the choices they do rank eliminated) or rank the same candidate(s) as choice one, two, and/or three.

We also give the example of Portland (Maine) in the conclusion of our paper. In the 2011 mayoral election, voters could rank up to 15 candidates. The ballot exhaustion rate was still 18%.

I think expecting voters to be able to rank more than their top three in a lower-profile local election (or a party primary) is unrealistic.

Vlad

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