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House_District_11 (Alaska; 2022-08-16)

🔗 2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_11     (tags: { from-bolson , actual , 2022 , AK , local , Alaska-2022 , 2022-08 })

Below is the ABIF from the "2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_11" election (House_District_11 (Alaska; 2022-08-16))

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Voting methods: FPTP • approval • IRV • STAR • Pairwise • All methods

Results

🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_11

Below are the results of the election represented above using various election methods with abiftool/abiflib. The detected ballot type from the ABIF above is "choose_one". Some methods may transform these ballots for analysis; see method notices for details. Resubmit the ABIF with "Transform ballots" turned off to minimize the transformations.

Method Winner
FPTP Coulombe, Julie
Approval Coulombe, Julie
IRV/RCV Coulombe, Julie
STAR Coulombe, Julie
Condorcet/Copeland Coulombe, Julie
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FPTP result

"FPTP" is "First-past-the-post", also known as "plurality" or "choose-one"
2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_11 FPTP results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_11/FPTP#FPTP

  • FPTP Winner: Coulombe, Julie with 2,335 first-place votes (37.3%)
  • Runner-up: Featherly, Walter T. with 2,079 first-place votes (33.2%)
  • Margin of victory: 256 votes (4.1 percentage points)
  • First-place votes
    • Coulombe, Julie: 2,335 votes (37.3 %)
    • Featherly, Walter T.: 2,079 votes (33.2 %)
    • Bieling, Ross P.: 925 votes (14.8 %)
  • Blanks: 929 (14.8 %)
  • Total ballots: 6,268

Approval voting results

2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_11 approval voting results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_11/approval#approval
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Note — Approvals inferred from choose_one ballots
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Approval results are derived by treating each voter's single top choice as their only approval. Lower preferences are not available on choose_one ballots.

  • Approval Winner: Coulombe, Julie
  • Approval Results:
    • Coulombe, Julie — 2,335 approvals (37.25% of ballots) (✅ winner)
    • Featherly, Walter T. — 2,079 approvals (33.17% of ballots)
    • Bieling, Ross P. — 925 approvals (14.76% of ballots)
  • Total: 6,268 ballots (5,339 total approvals)

IRV/RCV results

2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_11 IRV/RCV result permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_11/IRV#IRV
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Note — IRV/RCV applied to choose_one ballots (no transfers)
Details

These ballots indicate only a single top choice per voter. IRV/RCV on choose_one ballots cannot transfer votes or use lower preferences, so the result is equivalent to plurality on first choices.

  • IRV/RCV Winner: Coulombe, Julie with 2,335 votes (37.3%) in final round
  • Runner-up: Featherly, Walter T. with 2,079 votes (33.2%) in final round
  • Exhausted ballots in final round: 1,854 (29.6%)
  • Number of rounds: 2
  • Ballots counted in final round: 4,414 (70.4%)
  • Majority of ballots: 3,135 (50.0%)
  • Total ballots: 6,268
Round 1 Round 2
Overview:
Active ballots: 6,268 (100.0%)

Exhausted ballots: 929 (14.8%)
Counted ballots: 5,339 (85.2%)
Winning threshold: 2,670 (42.60%)
 		Overview:
Active ballots: 6,268 (100.0%)

Exhausted ballots: 1,854 (29.6%)
Counted ballots: 4,414 (70.4%)
Winning threshold: 2,208 (35.23%)
Coulombe, Julie: 2,335 (37.3%)
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 IRV/RCV winner:
Coulombe, Julie: 2,335 (37.3%)✅
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Featherly, Walter T.: 2,079 (33.2%)
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 Featherly, Walter T.: 2,079 (33.2%) (🛑eliminated)
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Bieling, Ross P.: 925 (14.8%) (🛑eliminated)
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 Bieling, Ross P.

STAR results

2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_11 STAR results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_11/STAR#STAR
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Note — STAR interpretation from choose_one ballots
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Choose_one ballots provide only each voter's top choice and no ratings. STAR results shown here are computed without true ratings and should be interpreted cautiously.

  • STAR winner: Coulombe, Julie
  • Finalists: Coulombe, Julie vs Featherly, Walter T.
  • Runoff result:
    • Coulombe, Julie: 2,335 votes (37.3%)
    • Featherly, Walter T.: 2,079 votes (33.2%)
    • No preference: 1854 voters (29.6%)
  • Total stars allocated: 10,678
  • Total ballots: 6,268
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  • First round:
    • ★#0: Coulombe, Julie received 4,670 stars (43.7%) from 2,335 voters (37.3%)
    • ★#1: Featherly, Walter T. received 4,158 stars (38.9%) from 2,079 voters (33.2%)
    • ★#2: Bieling, Ross P. received 1,850 stars (17.3%) from 925 voters (14.8%)
  • Finalists:
    • ★Coulombe, Julie (✅ winner) preferred by 2,335 of 6,268 voters
    • ★Featherly, Walter T. preferred by 2,079 of 6,268 voters
    • ★No preference between the finalists: 1854

NOTE: Since ratings or stars are not present in the provided ballots, allocated stars are estimated using a Borda-like formula.

Condorcet/Copeland results

2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_11 Condorcet/Copeland results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_11/pairwise#pairwise
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Note — Pairwise comparisons derived from top-choice-only ballots
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Pairwise/Condorcet comparisons use only each voter's top choice from choose_one ballots. No lower preferences are available, so many matchups will show a large 'No preference' count.

  • Winner: Coulombe, Julie
  • Runner-up: Featherly, Walter T. (beats all other candidates except Coulombe, Julie)
  • Smallest margin: Featherly, Walter T. over Bieling, Ross P. (2,079-925; margin: 1,154)
  • Largest margin: Coulombe, Julie over Featherly, Walter T. (2,335-2,079; margin: 256)
  • Pairwise ties: none
  • Total ballots: 6,268

Win-loss-tie (Condorcet/Copeland) table

2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_11 w-l-t table permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_11/pairwise#wlt
House_District_11 (Alaska; 2022-08-16) pairwise matchups
Coulombe, Julie
(2-0-0)
Coulombe, Julie
2 victories ⇣
Featherly, Walter T.
(1-1-0)
Coulombe, Julie: 2,335(37.3%)
Featherly, Walter T.: 2,079(33.2%)
(No preference: 1,854; 29.6%)
Featherly, Walter T.
⇽ 1 loss / 1 victory† ⇣
Bieling, Ross P.
(0-2-0)
Coulombe, Julie: 2,335(37.3%)
Bieling, Ross P.: 925(14.8%)
(No preference: 3,008; 48.0%)
Featherly, Walter T.: 2,079(33.2%)
Bieling, Ross P.: 925(14.8%)
(No preference: 3,264; 52.1%)

Pairwise tournament (Copeland ordered)

2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_11 pairwise diagram permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_11/pairwise#dot

%3 Coulombe, Julie Coulombe, Julie 2-0-0 (2 wins, 0 losses, 0 ties) Featherly, Walter T. Featherly, Walter T. 1-1-0 Coulombe, Julie->Featherly, Walter T. ← Coulombe, Julie: 2335 Featherly, Walter T.: 2079 Bieling, Ross P. Bieling, Ross P. 0-2-0 Coulombe, Julie->Bieling, Ross P. ← Coulombe, Julie: 2335 Bieling, Ross P.: 925 Featherly, Walter T.->Bieling, Ross P. ← Featherly, Walter T.: 2079 Bieling, Ross P.: 925

Voting methods: FPTP • approval • IRV • STAR • Pairwise • All methods

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