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Senate_District_A (Alaska; 2022-11-08)

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

Below is the ABIF from the "2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_A" election (Senate_District_A (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-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 "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 Stedman, Bert K.
Approval Stedman, Bert K.
IRV/RCV Stedman, Bert K.
STAR Stedman, Bert K.
Condorcet/Copeland Stedman, Bert K.
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"
2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_A FPTP results permalink:
πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_A/FPTP#FPTP

  • FPTP Winner: Stedman, Bert K. with 8,902 first-place votes (61.6%)
  • Runner-up: Sheldon, Mike with 3,941 first-place votes (27.3%)
  • Margin of victory: 4,961 votes (34.3 percentage points)
  • First-place votes
    • Stedman, Bert K.: 8,902 votes (61.6 %)
    • Sheldon, Mike: 3,941 votes (27.3 %)
    • Write-in: 98 votes (0.7 %)
  • Blanks: 1,514 (10.5 %)
  • Total ballots: 14,455

Approval voting results

2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_A approval voting results permalink:
πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_A/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: Stedman, Bert K.
  • Approval Results:
    • Stedman, Bert K. — 8,902 approvals (61.58% of ballots) (βœ… winner)
    • Sheldon, Mike — 3,941 approvals (27.26% of ballots)
    • Write-in — 98 approvals (0.68% of ballots)
  • Total: 14,455 ballots (12,941 total approvals)

IRV/RCV results

2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_A IRV/RCV result permalink:
πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_A/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: Stedman, Bert K. with 8,902 votes (61.6%) in final round
  • Runner-up: Sheldon, Mike with 3,941 votes (27.3%) in final round
  • Exhausted ballots in final round: 1,514 (10.5%)
  • Number of rounds: 1
  • Ballots counted in final round: 12,941 (89.5%)
  • Majority of ballots: 7,228 (50.0%)
  • Total ballots: 14,455
Round 1
Overview:
Active ballots: 14,455 (100.0%)

Exhausted ballots: 1,514 (10.5%)
Counted ballots: 12,941 (89.5%)
Winning threshold: 6,471 (44.77%)
IRV/RCV winner:
Stedman, Bert K.: 8,902 (61.6%)βœ…
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Sheldon, Mike: 3,941 (27.3%) (πŸ›‘eliminated)
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Write-in: 98 (0.7%) (πŸ›‘eliminated)
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STAR results

2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_A STAR results permalink:
πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_A/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: Stedman, Bert K.
  • Finalists: Stedman, Bert K. vs Sheldon, Mike
  • Runoff result:
    • Stedman, Bert K.: 8,902 votes (61.6%)
    • Sheldon, Mike: 3,941 votes (27.3%)
    • No preference: 1612 voters (11.2%)
  • Total stars allocated: 25,882
  • Total ballots: 14,455
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(one star above is approximately 518 stars allocated by voters)
  • First round:
    • β˜…#0: Stedman, Bert K. received 17,804 stars (68.8%) from 8,902 voters (61.6%)
    • β˜…#1: Sheldon, Mike received 7,882 stars (30.5%) from 3,941 voters (27.3%)
    • β˜…#2: Write-in received 196 stars (0.8%) from 98 voters (0.7%)
  • Finalists:
    • β˜…Stedman, Bert K. (βœ… winner) preferred by 8,902 of 14,455 voters
    • β˜…Sheldon, Mike preferred by 3,941 of 14,455 voters
    • β˜…No preference between the finalists: 1612

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-Senate_District_A Condorcet/Copeland results permalink:
πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_A/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: Stedman, Bert K.
  • Runner-up: Sheldon, Mike (beats all other candidates except Stedman, Bert K.)
  • Smallest margin: Sheldon, Mike over Write-in (3,941-98; margin: 3,843)
  • Largest margin: Stedman, Bert K. over Write-in (8,902-98; margin: 8,804)
  • Pairwise ties: none
  • Total ballots: 14,455

Win-loss-tie (Condorcet/Copeland) table

2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_A w-l-t table permalink:
πŸ”—https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_A/pairwise#wlt
Senate_District_A (Alaska; 2022-11-08) pairwise matchups
Stedman, Bert K.
(2-0-0)
Stedman, Bert K.
2 victories ⇣
Sheldon, Mike
(1-1-0)
Stedman, Bert K.: 8,902(61.6%)
Sheldon, Mike: 3,941(27.3%)
(No preference: 1,612; 11.2%)
Sheldon, Mike
⇽ 1 loss / 1 victory† ⇣
Write-in
(0-2-0)
Stedman, Bert K.: 8,902(61.6%)
Write-in: 98(0.7%)
(No preference: 5,455; 37.7%)
Sheldon, Mike: 3,941(27.3%)
Write-in: 98(0.7%)
(No preference: 10,416; 72.1%)

Pairwise tournament (Copeland ordered)

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

%3 Stedman, Bert K. Stedman, Bert K. 2-0-0 (2 wins, 0 losses, 0 ties) Sheldon, Mike Sheldon, Mike 1-1-0 Stedman, Bert K.->Sheldon, Mike ← Stedman, Bert K.: 8902 Sheldon, Mike: 3941 Write-in Write-in 0-2-0 Stedman, Bert K.->Write-in ← Stedman, Bert K.: 8902 Write-in: 98 Sheldon, Mike->Write-in ← Sheldon, Mike: 3941 Write-in: 98

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

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