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House_District_28 (Alaska; 2022-11-08)

🔗 2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_28     (tags: { from-bolson , actual , 2022 , 2022-11 , AK , local , Alaska-2022 })

Below is the ABIF from the "2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_28" election (House_District_28 (Alaska; 2022-11-08))

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

Results

🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_28

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 Sumner, Jesse M.
Approval Sumner, Jesse M.
IRV/RCV Sumner, Jesse M.
STAR Sumner, Jesse M.
Condorcet/Copeland Sumner, Jesse M.
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FPTP result

"FPTP" is "First-past-the-post", also known as "plurality" or "choose-one"
2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_28 FPTP results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_28/FPTP#FPTP

  • FPTP Winner: Sumner, Jesse M. with 2,168 first-place votes (30.5%)
  • Runner-up: Menard, Steve with 1,522 first-place votes (21.4%)
  • Margin of victory: 646 votes (9.1 percentage points)
  • First-place votes
    • Sumner, Jesse M.: 2,168 votes (30.5 %)
    • Menard, Steve: 1,522 votes (21.4 %)
    • Allen, Rachel M.: 1,273 votes (17.9 %)
    • Wright, Jessica: 852 votes (12.0 %)
    • Write-in: 107 votes (1.5 %)
  • Blanks: 1,176 (16.6 %)
  • Total ballots: 7,098

Approval voting results

2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_28 approval voting results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_28/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: Sumner, Jesse M.
  • Approval Results:
    • Sumner, Jesse M. — 2,168 approvals (30.54% of ballots) (✅ winner)
    • Menard, Steve — 1,522 approvals (21.44% of ballots)
    • Allen, Rachel M. — 1,273 approvals (17.93% of ballots)
    • Wright, Jessica — 852 approvals (12.0% of ballots)
    • Write-in — 107 approvals (1.51% of ballots)
  • Total: 7,098 ballots (5,922 total approvals)

IRV/RCV results

2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_28 IRV/RCV result permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_28/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: Sumner, Jesse M. with 2,168 votes (30.5%) in final round
  • Runner-up: Menard, Steve with 1,522 votes (21.4%) in final round
  • Exhausted ballots in final round: 3,408 (48.0%)
  • Number of rounds: 4
  • Ballots counted in final round: 3,690 (52.0%)
  • Majority of ballots: 3,550 (50.0%)
  • Total ballots: 7,098
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
Overview:
Active ballots: 7,098 (100.0%)

Exhausted ballots: 1,176 (16.6%)
Counted ballots: 5,922 (83.4%)
Winning threshold: 2,962 (41.73%)
 		Overview:
Active ballots: 7,098 (100.0%)

Exhausted ballots: 1,283 (18.1%)
Counted ballots: 5,815 (81.9%)
Winning threshold: 2,908 (40.97%)
 		Overview:
Active ballots: 7,098 (100.0%)

Exhausted ballots: 2,135 (30.1%)
Counted ballots: 4,963 (69.9%)
Winning threshold: 2,482 (34.97%)
 		Overview:
Active ballots: 7,098 (100.0%)

Exhausted ballots: 3,408 (48.0%)
Counted ballots: 3,690 (52.0%)
Winning threshold: 1,846 (26.01%)
Sumner, Jesse M.: 2,168 (30.5%)
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 Sumner, Jesse M.: 2,168 (30.5%)
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 Sumner, Jesse M.: 2,168 (30.5%)
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 IRV/RCV winner:
Sumner, Jesse M.: 2,168 (30.5%)✅
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Menard, Steve: 1,522 (21.4%)
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 Menard, Steve: 1,522 (21.4%)
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 Menard, Steve: 1,522 (21.4%)
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 Menard, Steve: 1,522 (21.4%) (🛑eliminated)
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Allen, Rachel M.: 1,273 (17.9%)
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 Allen, Rachel M.: 1,273 (17.9%)
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 Allen, Rachel M.: 1,273 (17.9%) (🛑eliminated)
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 Allen, Rachel M.
Wright, Jessica: 852 (12.0%)
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 Wright, Jessica: 852 (12.0%) (🛑eliminated)
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 Wright, Jessica Wright, Jessica
Write-in: 107 (1.5%) (🛑eliminated)
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 Write-in Write-in Write-in

STAR results

2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_28 STAR results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_28/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: Sumner, Jesse M.
  • Finalists: Sumner, Jesse M. vs Menard, Steve
  • Runoff result:
    • Sumner, Jesse M.: 2,168 votes (30.5%)
    • Menard, Steve: 1,522 votes (21.4%)
    • No preference: 3408 voters (48.0%)
  • Total stars allocated: 23,688
  • Total ballots: 7,098
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  • First round:
    • ★#0: Sumner, Jesse M. received 8,672 stars (36.6%) from 2,168 voters (30.5%)
    • ★#1: Menard, Steve received 6,088 stars (25.7%) from 1,522 voters (21.4%)
    • ★#2: Allen, Rachel M. received 5,092 stars (21.5%) from 1,273 voters (17.9%)
    • ★#3: Wright, Jessica received 3,408 stars (14.4%) from 852 voters (12.0%)
    • ★#4: Write-in received 428 stars (1.8%) from 107 voters (1.5%)
  • Finalists:
    • ★Sumner, Jesse M. (✅ winner) preferred by 2,168 of 7,098 voters
    • ★Menard, Steve preferred by 1,522 of 7,098 voters
    • ★No preference between the finalists: 3408

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

Condorcet/Copeland results

2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_28 Condorcet/Copeland results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_28/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: Sumner, Jesse M.
  • Runner-up: Menard, Steve (beats all other candidates except Sumner, Jesse M.)
  • Smallest margin: Wright, Jessica over Write-in (852-107; margin: 745)
  • Largest margin: Sumner, Jesse M. over Write-in (2,168-107; margin: 2,061)
  • Pairwise ties: none
  • Total ballots: 7,098

Win-loss-tie (Condorcet/Copeland) table

2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_28 w-l-t table permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_28/pairwise#wlt
House_District_28 (Alaska; 2022-11-08) pairwise matchups
Sumner, Jesse M.
(4-0-0)
Sumner, Jesse M.
4 victories ⇣
Menard, Steve
(3-1-0)
Sumner, Jesse M.: 2,168(30.5%)
Menard, Steve: 1,522(21.4%)
(No preference: 3,408; 48.0%)
Menard, Steve
⇽ 1 loss / 3 victories† ⇣
Allen, Rachel M.
(2-2-0)
Sumner, Jesse M.: 2,168(30.5%)
Allen, Rachel M.: 1,273(17.9%)
(No preference: 3,657; 51.5%)
Menard, Steve: 1,522(21.4%)
Allen, Rachel M.: 1,273(17.9%)
(No preference: 4,303; 60.6%)
Allen, Rachel M.
⇽ 2 losses / 2 victories† ⇣
Wright, Jessica
(1-3-0)
Sumner, Jesse M.: 2,168(30.5%)
Wright, Jessica: 852(12.0%)
(No preference: 4,078; 57.5%)
Menard, Steve: 1,522(21.4%)
Wright, Jessica: 852(12.0%)
(No preference: 4,724; 66.6%)
Allen, Rachel M.: 1,273(17.9%)
Wright, Jessica: 852(12.0%)
(No preference: 4,973; 70.1%)
Wright, Jessica
⇽ 3 losses / 1 victory† ⇣
Write-in
(0-4-0)
Sumner, Jesse M.: 2,168(30.5%)
Write-in: 107(1.5%)
(No preference: 4,823; 67.9%)
Menard, Steve: 1,522(21.4%)
Write-in: 107(1.5%)
(No preference: 5,469; 77.0%)
Allen, Rachel M.: 1,273(17.9%)
Write-in: 107(1.5%)
(No preference: 5,718; 80.6%)
Wright, Jessica: 852(12.0%)
Write-in: 107(1.5%)
(No preference: 6,139; 86.5%)

Pairwise tournament (Copeland ordered)

2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_28 pairwise diagram permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_28/pairwise#dot

%3 Sumner, Jesse M. Sumner, Jesse M. 4-0-0 (4 wins, 0 losses, 0 ties) Menard, Steve Menard, Steve 3-1-0 Sumner, Jesse M.->Menard, Steve ← Sumner, Jesse M.: 2168 Menard, Steve: 1522 Allen, Rachel M. Allen, Rachel M. 2-2-0 Sumner, Jesse M.->Allen, Rachel M. ← Sumner, Jesse M.: 2168 Allen, Rachel M.: 1273 Wright, Jessica Wright, Jessica 1-3-0 Sumner, Jesse M.->Wright, Jessica ← Sumner, Jesse M.: 2168 Wright, Jessica: 852 Write-in Write-in 0-4-0 Sumner, Jesse M.->Write-in ← Sumner, Jesse M.: 2168 Write-in: 107 Menard, Steve->Allen, Rachel M. ← Menard, Steve: 1522 Allen, Rachel M.: 1273 Menard, Steve->Wright, Jessica ← Menard, Steve: 1522 Wright, Jessica: 852 Menard, Steve->Write-in ← Menard, Steve: 1522 Write-in: 107 Allen, Rachel M.->Wright, Jessica ← Allen, Rachel M.: 1273 Wright, Jessica: 852 Allen, Rachel M.->Write-in ← Allen, Rachel M.: 1273 Write-in: 107 Wright, Jessica->Write-in ← Wright, Jessica: 852 Write-in: 107

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

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