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House_District_8 (Alaska; 2022-08-16)

🔗 2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_8     (tags: { from-bolson , actual , 2022 , AK , local , Alaska-2022 , 2022-08 })

Below is the ABIF from the "2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_8" election (House_District_8 (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_8

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 Carpenter, Ben
Approval Carpenter, Ben
IRV/RCV Carpenter, Ben
STAR Carpenter, Ben
Condorcet/Copeland Carpenter, Ben
Election results summary showing voting method winners
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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_8 FPTP results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_8/FPTP#FPTP

  • FPTP Winner: Carpenter, Ben with 4,555 first-place votes (68.1%)
  • First-place votes
    • Carpenter, Ben: 4,555 votes (68.1 %)
  • Blanks: 2,137 (31.9 %)
  • Total ballots: 6,692

Approval voting results

2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_8 approval voting results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_8/approval#approval
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Note — Approvals inferred from choose_one ballots
Details

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: Carpenter, Ben
  • Approval Results:
    • Carpenter, Ben — 4,555 approvals (68.07% of ballots) (✅ winner)
  • Total: 6,692 ballots (4,555 total approvals)

IRV/RCV results

2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_8 IRV/RCV result permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_8/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: Carpenter, Ben with 4,555 votes (68.1%) in final round
  • Exhausted ballots in final round: 2,137 (31.9%)
  • Number of rounds: 1
  • Ballots counted in final round: 4,555 (68.1%)
  • Majority of ballots: 3,347 (50.0%)
  • Total ballots: 6,692
Round 1
Overview:
Active ballots: 6,692 (100.0%)

Exhausted ballots: 2,137 (31.9%)
Counted ballots: 4,555 (68.1%)
Winning threshold: 2,278 (34.04%)
IRV/RCV winner:
Carpenter, Ben: 4,555 (68.1%)✅
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STAR results

2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_8 STAR results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_8/STAR#STAR
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Note — STAR interpretation from choose_one ballots
Details

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: Carpenter, Ben
  • Finalists: Carpenter, Ben vs None
  • Runoff result:
    • Carpenter, Ben: 4,555 votes (68.1%)
    • None: 0 votes (0.0%)
    • No preference: 2137 voters (31.9%)
  • Total stars allocated: 4,555
  • Total ballots: 6,692
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  • First round:
    • ★#0: Carpenter, Ben received 4,555 stars (100.0%) from 4,555 voters (68.1%)
  • Finalists:
    • ★Carpenter, Ben (✅ winner) preferred by 4,555 of 6,692 voters
    • ★None preferred by 0 of 6,692 voters
    • ★No preference between the finalists: 2137

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_8 Condorcet/Copeland results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_8/pairwise#pairwise
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Note — Pairwise comparisons derived from top-choice-only ballots
Details

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: Carpenter, Ben
  • Pairwise ties: none
  • Total ballots: 6,692

Win-loss-tie (Condorcet/Copeland) table

2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_8 w-l-t table permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_8/pairwise#wlt
House_District_8 (Alaska; 2022-08-16) pairwise matchups
Carpenter, Ben
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Pairwise tournament (Copeland ordered)

2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_8 pairwise diagram permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-House_District_8/pairwise#dot

%3 Carpenter, Ben Carpenter, Ben 0-0-0 (0 wins, 0 losses, 0 ties)

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

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