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House_District_7 (Alaska; 2022-11-08)

πŸ”— 2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_7     (tags: { from-bolson , actual , 2022 , 2022-11 , AK , local , Alaska-2022 })

Below is the ABIF from the "2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_7" election (House_District_7 (Alaska; 2022-11-08))

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

Results

πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_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"
2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_7 FPTP results permalink:
πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_7/FPTP#FPTP

  • FPTP Winner: Ruffridge, Justin with 3,605 first-place votes (48.4%)
  • Runner-up: Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" with 3,188 first-place votes (42.8%)
  • Margin of victory: 417 votes (5.6 percentage points)
  • First-place votes
    • Ruffridge, Justin: 3,605 votes (48.4 %)
    • Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron": 3,188 votes (42.8 %)
    • Write-in: 61 votes (0.8 %)
  • Blanks: 589 (7.9 %)
  • Total ballots: 7,443

Approval voting results

2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_7 approval voting results permalink:
πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_7/approval#approval
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Note β€” 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 — 3,605 approvals (48.43% of ballots) (βœ… winner)
    • Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" — 3,188 approvals (42.83% of ballots)
    • Write-in — 61 approvals (0.82% of ballots)
  • Total: 7,443 ballots (6,854 total approvals)

IRV/RCV results

2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_7 IRV/RCV result permalink:
πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_7/IRV#IRV
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Note β€” 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 3,605 votes (48.4%) in final round
  • Runner-up: Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" with 3,188 votes (42.8%) in final round
  • Exhausted ballots in final round: 589 (7.9%)
  • Number of rounds: 1
  • Ballots counted in final round: 6,854 (92.1%)
  • Majority of ballots: 3,722 (50.0%)
  • Total ballots: 7,443
Round 1
Overview:
Active ballots: 7,443 (100.0%)

Exhausted ballots: 589 (7.9%)
Counted ballots: 6,854 (92.1%)
Winning threshold: 3,428 (46.06%)
IRV/RCV winner:
Ruffridge, Justin: 3,605 (48.4%)βœ…
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Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron": 3,188 (42.8%) (πŸ›‘eliminated)
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Write-in: 61 (0.8%) (πŸ›‘eliminated)
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STAR results

2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_7 STAR results permalink:
πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_7/STAR#STAR
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Note β€” 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: Ruffridge, Justin
  • Finalists: Ruffridge, Justin vs Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron"
  • Runoff result:
    • Ruffridge, Justin: 3,605 votes (48.4%)
    • Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron": 3,188 votes (42.8%)
    • No preference: 650 voters (8.7%)
  • Total stars allocated: 13,708
  • Total ballots: 7,443
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(one star above is approximately 274 stars allocated by voters)
  • First round:
    • β˜…#0: Ruffridge, Justin received 7,210 stars (52.6%) from 3,605 voters (48.4%)
    • β˜…#1: Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" received 6,376 stars (46.5%) from 3,188 voters (42.8%)
    • β˜…#2: Write-in received 122 stars (0.9%) from 61 voters (0.8%)
  • Finalists:
    • β˜…Ruffridge, Justin (βœ… winner) preferred by 3,605 of 7,443 voters
    • β˜…Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" preferred by 3,188 of 7,443 voters
    • β˜…No preference between the finalists: 650

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_7 Condorcet/Copeland results permalink:
πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_7/pairwise#pairwise
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Note β€” 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: Ruffridge, Justin
  • Runner-up: Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" (beats all other candidates except Ruffridge, Justin)
  • Smallest margin: Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" over Write-in (3,188-61; margin: 3,127)
  • Largest margin: Ruffridge, Justin over Write-in (3,605-61; margin: 3,544)
  • Pairwise ties: none
  • Total ballots: 7,443

Win-loss-tie (Condorcet/Copeland) table

2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_7 w-l-t table permalink:
πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_7/pairwise#wlt
House_District_7 (Alaska; 2022-11-08) pairwise matchups
Ruffridge, Justin
(2-0-0)
Ruffridge, Justin
2 victories ⇣
Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron"
(1-1-0)
Ruffridge, Justin: 3,605(48.4%)
Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron": 3,188(42.8%)
(No preference: 650; 8.7%)
Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron"
⇽ 1 loss / 1 victory† ⇣
Write-in
(0-2-0)
Ruffridge, Justin: 3,605(48.4%)
Write-in: 61(0.8%)
(No preference: 3,777; 50.7%)
Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron": 3,188(42.8%)
Write-in: 61(0.8%)
(No preference: 4,194; 56.3%)

Pairwise tournament (Copeland ordered)

2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_7 pairwise diagram permalink:
πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-House_District_7/pairwise#dot

%3 Ruffridge, Justin Ruffridge, Justin 2-0-0 (2 wins, 0 losses, 0 ties) Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" 1-1-0 Ruffridge, Justin->Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron" ← Ruffridge, Justin: 3605 Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron": 3188 Write-in Write-in 0-2-0 Ruffridge, Justin->Write-in ← Ruffridge, Justin: 3605 Write-in: 61 Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron"->Write-in ← Gillham, Ronald D. "Ron": 3188 Write-in: 61

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

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