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Senate_District_A (Alaska; 2022-08-16)

πŸ”— 2022-08-16_Alaska-Senate_District_A     (tags: { from-bolson , actual , 2022 , AK , local , Alaska-2022 , 2022-08 })

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

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Voting methods: IRV β€’ FPTP β€’ approval β€’ STAR β€’ Pairwise β€’ All methods

Results

πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-Senate_District_A

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 "ranked". 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
IRV/RCV Stedman, Bert K.
FPTP Stedman, Bert K.
Approval Stedman, Bert K.
STAR Stedman, Bert K.
Condorcet/Copeland Stedman, Bert K.
Election results summary showing voting method winners
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IRV/RCV results

2022-08-16_Alaska-Senate_District_A IRV/RCV result permalink:
πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-Senate_District_A/IRV#IRV

  • IRV/RCV Winner: Stedman, Bert K. with 5,537 votes (58.6%) in final round
  • Runner-up: Sheldon, Mike with 2,505 votes (26.5%) in final round
  • Exhausted ballots in final round: 1,403 (14.9%)
  • Number of rounds: 1
  • Ballots counted in final round: 8,042 (85.1%)
  • Majority of ballots: 4,723 (50.0%)
  • Total ballots: 9,445
Round 1
Overview:
Active ballots: 9,445 (100.0%)

Exhausted ballots: 1,402 (14.8%)
Overvotes: 1 (0.0%)

Counted ballots: 8,042 (85.1%)
Winning threshold: 4,022 (42.58%)
IRV/RCV winner:
Stedman, Bert K.: 5,537 (58.6%)βœ…
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Sheldon, Mike: 2,505 (26.5%) (πŸ›‘eliminated)
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Overvotes are ballots where multiple candidates are ranked at the same, highest-ranking position.

FPTP result

"FPTP" is "First-past-the-post", also known as "plurality" or "choose-one"
2022-08-16_Alaska-Senate_District_A FPTP results permalink:
πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-Senate_District_A/FPTP#FPTP
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Note β€” Only using first-choices on ranked ballots

  • FPTP Winner: Stedman, Bert K. with 5,537 first-place votes (58.6%)
  • Runner-up: Sheldon, Mike with 2,505 first-place votes (26.5%)
  • Margin of victory: 3,032 votes (32.1 percentage points)
  • First-place votes
    • Stedman, Bert K.: 5,537 votes (58.6 %)
    • Sheldon, Mike: 2,505 votes (26.5 %)
  • Overvotes: 1 (0.0 %)
  • Blanks: 1,402 (14.8 %)
  • Total ballots: 9,445

Approval voting results

2022-08-16_Alaska-Senate_District_A approval voting results permalink:
πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-Senate_District_A/approval#approval
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Note β€” Approval counts estimated from 9,445 ranked ballots using favorite_viable_half method
Details

The 'favorite_viable_half' conversion algorithm: find the candidate with the most first preferences, and then determine the minimum number of figurative seats that would need to be open in order for the candidate to exceed the Hare quota with the given first-prefs. We use this to estimate how many candidates are likely to be viable candidates.

Using first-choice vote totals as a rough guide, approximately 2 candidates appear viable: Stedman, Bert K. and Sheldon, Mike. The approximation then assumes each voter approves up to 1 of their top-ranked viable candidates (half of 2). All candidates ranked at or above the lowest-ranked of each ballot's top viable candidates receive approval (considering up to 1 viable candidates per ballot).

See transformed ballots

Note: For Approval, these choose_many ballots are inferred from ranked ballots.

Conversion method: favorite_viable_half

#------- metadata -------
{ballotcount: 9445}
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{ballotcount_abif_metadata: "9445"}
{is_ranking_to_rating: true}
#------ candlines ------
=[Stedman, Bert K.]:[Stedman, Bert K.]
=[Sheldon, Mike]:[Sheldon, Mike]
#------- votelines ------
5537:[Stedman, Bert K.]/1
2505:[Sheldon, Mike]/1
  • Approval Winner: Stedman, Bert K.
  • Approval Results:
    • Stedman, Bert K. — 5,537 approvals (58.62% of ballots) (βœ… winner)
    • Sheldon, Mike — 2,505 approvals (26.52% of ballots)
  • Total: 9,445 ballots (8,042 total approvals)

STAR results

2022-08-16_Alaska-Senate_District_A STAR results permalink:
πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-Senate_District_A/STAR#STAR
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Note β€” STAR ratings estimated from ranked ballots using Borda scoring method
Details

The ranked ballots have been converted to STAR ratings using Borda scoring: each candidate receives points equal to (number_of_candidates - their_rank). In this election, we have 2 candidates, so the 1st choice gets 1 points, the 2nd choice gets 0 points, etc. These Borda scores are then used as STAR ratings for tabulation by STAR.

  • STAR winner: Stedman, Bert K.
  • Finalists: Stedman, Bert K. vs Sheldon, Mike
  • Runoff result:
    • Stedman, Bert K.: 5,537 votes (58.6%)
    • Sheldon, Mike: 2,505 votes (26.5%)
    • No preference: 1403 voters (14.9%)
  • Total stars allocated: 8,044
  • Total ballots: 9,445
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(one star above is approximately 161 stars allocated by voters)
  • First round:
    • β˜…#0: Stedman, Bert K. received 5,538 stars (68.8%) from 5,538 voters (58.6%)
    • β˜…#1: Sheldon, Mike received 2,506 stars (31.2%) from 2,506 voters (26.5%)
  • Finalists:
    • β˜…Stedman, Bert K. (βœ… winner) preferred by 5,537 of 9,445 voters
    • β˜…Sheldon, Mike preferred by 2,505 of 9,445 voters
    • β˜…No preference between the finalists: 1403

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-Senate_District_A Condorcet/Copeland results permalink:
πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-Senate_District_A/pairwise#pairwise
  • Winner: Stedman, Bert K.
  • Runner-up: Sheldon, Mike (beats all other candidates except Stedman, Bert K.)
  • Smallest margin: Stedman, Bert K. over Sheldon, Mike (5,537-2,505; margin: 3,032)
  • Largest margin: Stedman, Bert K. over Sheldon, Mike (5,537-2,505; margin: 3,032)
  • Pairwise ties: none
  • Total ballots: 9,445

Win-loss-tie (Condorcet/Copeland) table

2022-08-16_Alaska-Senate_District_A w-l-t table permalink:
πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-Senate_District_A/pairwise#wlt
Senate_District_A (Alaska; 2022-08-16) pairwise matchups
Stedman, Bert K.
(1-0-0)
Stedman, Bert K.
1 victory ⇣
Sheldon, Mike
(0-1-0)
Stedman, Bert K.: 5,537(58.6%)
Sheldon, Mike: 2,505(26.5%)
(No preference: 1,403; 14.9%)

Pairwise tournament (Copeland ordered)

2022-08-16_Alaska-Senate_District_A pairwise diagram permalink:
πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-08-16_Alaska-Senate_District_A/pairwise#dot

%3 Stedman, Bert K. Stedman, Bert K. 1-0-0 (1 wins, 0 losses, 0 ties) Sheldon, Mike Sheldon, Mike 0-1-0 Stedman, Bert K.->Sheldon, Mike ← Stedman, Bert K.: 5537 Sheldon, Mike: 2505

Voting methods: IRV β€’ FPTP β€’ approval β€’ STAR β€’ Pairwise β€’ All methods

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