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House_District_7 (Alaska; 2022-08-16)

🔗 2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_7     (tags: { from-bolson , actual , 2022 , AK , local , Alaska-2022 , 2022-08 })

Below is the ABIF from the "2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_7" election (House_District_7 (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_7

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 Ruffridge, Justin
Approval Ruffridge, Justin
IRV/RCV Ruffridge, Justin
STAR Ruffridge, Justin
Condorcet/Copeland Ruffridge, Justin
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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_7 FPTP results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_7/FPTP#FPTP

  • FPTP Winner: Ruffridge, Justin with 2,682 first-place votes (48.8%)
  • Runner-up: Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" with 2,040 first-place votes (37.1%)
  • Margin of victory: 642 votes (11.7 percentage points)
  • First-place votes
    • Ruffridge, Justin: 2,682 votes (48.8 %)
    • Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron": 2,040 votes (37.1 %)
  • Blanks: 777 (14.1 %)
  • Total ballots: 5,499

Approval voting results

2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_7 approval voting results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_7/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: Ruffridge, Justin
  • Approval Results:
    • Ruffridge, Justin — 2,682 approvals (48.77% of ballots) (✅ winner)
    • Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" — 2,040 approvals (37.1% of ballots)
  • Total: 5,499 ballots (4,722 total approvals)

IRV/RCV results

2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_7 IRV/RCV result permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_7/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: Ruffridge, Justin with 2,682 votes (48.8%) in final round
  • Runner-up: Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" with 2,040 votes (37.1%) in final round
  • Exhausted ballots in final round: 777 (14.1%)
  • Number of rounds: 1
  • Ballots counted in final round: 4,722 (85.9%)
  • Majority of ballots: 2,750 (50.0%)
  • Total ballots: 5,499
Round 1
Overview:
Active ballots: 5,499 (100.0%)

Exhausted ballots: 777 (14.1%)
Counted ballots: 4,722 (85.9%)
Winning threshold: 2,362 (42.95%)
IRV/RCV winner:
Ruffridge, Justin: 2,682 (48.8%)✅
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Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron": 2,040 (37.1%) (🛑eliminated)
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STAR results

2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_7 STAR results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_7/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: Ruffridge, Justin
  • Finalists: Ruffridge, Justin vs Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron"
  • Runoff result:
    • Ruffridge, Justin: 2,682 votes (48.8%)
    • Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron": 2,040 votes (37.1%)
    • No preference: 777 voters (14.1%)
  • Total stars allocated: 4,722
  • Total ballots: 5,499
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  • First round:
    • ★#0: Ruffridge, Justin received 2,682 stars (56.8%) from 2,682 voters (48.8%)
    • ★#1: Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" received 2,040 stars (43.2%) from 2,040 voters (37.1%)
  • Finalists:
    • ★Ruffridge, Justin (✅ winner) preferred by 2,682 of 5,499 voters
    • ★Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" preferred by 2,040 of 5,499 voters
    • ★No preference between the finalists: 777

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_7 Condorcet/Copeland results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_7/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: Ruffridge, Justin
  • Runner-up: Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" (beats all other candidates except Ruffridge, Justin)
  • Smallest margin: Ruffridge, Justin over Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" (2,682-2,040; margin: 642)
  • Largest margin: Ruffridge, Justin over Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" (2,682-2,040; margin: 642)
  • Pairwise ties: none
  • Total ballots: 5,499

Win-loss-tie (Condorcet/Copeland) table

2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_7 w-l-t table permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_7/pairwise#wlt
House_District_7 (Alaska; 2022-08-16) pairwise matchups
Ruffridge, Justin
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Ruffridge, Justin
1 victory ⇣
Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron"
(0-1-0)
Ruffridge, Justin: 2,682(48.8%)
Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron": 2,040(37.1%)
(No preference: 777; 14.1%)

Pairwise tournament (Copeland ordered)

2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_7 pairwise diagram permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_7/pairwise#dot

%3 Ruffridge, Justin Ruffridge, Justin 1-0-0 (1 wins, 0 losses, 0 ties) Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" 0-1-0 Ruffridge, Justin->Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" ← Ruffridge, Justin: 2682 Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron": 2040

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

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