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Senate_District_C (Alaska; 2022-11-08)

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

Below is the ABIF from the "2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_C" election (Senate_District_C (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-Senate_District_C

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 Stevens, Gary
Approval Stevens, Gary
IRV/RCV Stevens, Gary
STAR Stevens, Gary
Condorcet/Copeland Stevens, Gary
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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_C FPTP results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_C/FPTP#FPTP

  • FPTP Winner: Stevens, Gary with 7,867 first-place votes (49.7%)
  • Runner-up: Smith, Heath with 4,353 first-place votes (27.5%)
  • Margin of victory: 3,514 votes (22.2 percentage points)
  • First-place votes
    • Stevens, Gary: 7,867 votes (49.7 %)
    • Smith, Heath: 4,353 votes (27.5 %)
    • Jones, Walter H.: 1,623 votes (10.2 %)
    • Write-in: 132 votes (0.8 %)
  • Blanks: 1,861 (11.8 %)
  • Total ballots: 15,836

Approval voting results

2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_C approval voting results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_C/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: Stevens, Gary
  • Approval Results:
    • Stevens, Gary — 7,867 approvals (49.68% of ballots) (✅ winner)
    • Smith, Heath — 4,353 approvals (27.49% of ballots)
    • Jones, Walter H. — 1,623 approvals (10.25% of ballots)
    • Write-in — 132 approvals (0.83% of ballots)
  • Total: 15,836 ballots (13,975 total approvals)

IRV/RCV results

2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_C IRV/RCV result permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_C/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: Stevens, Gary with 7,867 votes (49.7%) in final round
  • Runner-up: Smith, Heath with 4,353 votes (27.5%) in final round
  • Exhausted ballots in final round: 1,861 (11.8%)
  • Number of rounds: 1
  • Ballots counted in final round: 13,975 (88.2%)
  • Majority of ballots: 7,919 (50.0%)
  • Total ballots: 15,836
Round 1
Overview:
Active ballots: 15,836 (100.0%)

Exhausted ballots: 1,861 (11.8%)
Counted ballots: 13,975 (88.2%)
Winning threshold: 6,988 (44.13%)
IRV/RCV winner:
Stevens, Gary: 7,867 (49.7%)✅
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Smith, Heath: 4,353 (27.5%) (🛑eliminated)
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Jones, Walter H.: 1,623 (10.2%) (🛑eliminated)
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Write-in: 132 (0.8%) (🛑eliminated)
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STAR results

2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_C STAR results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_C/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: Stevens, Gary
  • Finalists: Stevens, Gary vs Smith, Heath
  • Runoff result:
    • Stevens, Gary: 7,867 votes (49.7%)
    • Smith, Heath: 4,353 votes (27.5%)
    • No preference: 3616 voters (22.8%)
  • Total stars allocated: 41,925
  • Total ballots: 15,836
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  • First round:
    • ★#0: Stevens, Gary received 23,601 stars (56.3%) from 7,867 voters (49.7%)
    • ★#1: Smith, Heath received 13,059 stars (31.1%) from 4,353 voters (27.5%)
    • ★#2: Jones, Walter H. received 4,869 stars (11.6%) from 1,623 voters (10.2%)
    • ★#3: Write-in received 396 stars (0.9%) from 132 voters (0.8%)
  • Finalists:
    • ★Stevens, Gary (✅ winner) preferred by 7,867 of 15,836 voters
    • ★Smith, Heath preferred by 4,353 of 15,836 voters
    • ★No preference between the finalists: 3616

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_C Condorcet/Copeland results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_C/pairwise#pairwise
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Note — Pairwise comparisons derived from top-choice-only ballots
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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: Stevens, Gary
  • Runner-up: Smith, Heath (beats all other candidates except Stevens, Gary)
  • Smallest margin: Jones, Walter H. over Write-in (1,623-132; margin: 1,491)
  • Largest margin: Stevens, Gary over Write-in (7,867-132; margin: 7,735)
  • Pairwise ties: none
  • Total ballots: 15,836

Win-loss-tie (Condorcet/Copeland) table

2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_C w-l-t table permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2022-11-08_Alaska-Senate_District_C/pairwise#wlt
Senate_District_C (Alaska; 2022-11-08) pairwise matchups
Stevens, Gary
(3-0-0)
Stevens, Gary
3 victories ⇣
Smith, Heath
(2-1-0)
Stevens, Gary: 7,867(49.7%)
Smith, Heath: 4,353(27.5%)
(No preference: 3,616; 22.8%)
Smith, Heath
⇽ 1 loss / 2 victories† ⇣
Jones, Walter H.
(1-2-0)
Stevens, Gary: 7,867(49.7%)
Jones, Walter H.: 1,623(10.2%)
(No preference: 6,346; 40.1%)
Smith, Heath: 4,353(27.5%)
Jones, Walter H.: 1,623(10.2%)
(No preference: 9,860; 62.3%)
Jones, Walter H.
⇽ 2 losses / 1 victory† ⇣
Write-in
(0-3-0)
Stevens, Gary: 7,867(49.7%)
Write-in: 132(0.8%)
(No preference: 7,837; 49.5%)
Smith, Heath: 4,353(27.5%)
Write-in: 132(0.8%)
(No preference: 11,351; 71.7%)
Jones, Walter H.: 1,623(10.2%)
Write-in: 132(0.8%)
(No preference: 14,081; 88.9%)

Pairwise tournament (Copeland ordered)

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

%3 Stevens, Gary Stevens, Gary 3-0-0 (3 wins, 0 losses, 0 ties) Smith, Heath Smith, Heath 2-1-0 Stevens, Gary->Smith, Heath ← Stevens, Gary: 7867 Smith, Heath: 4353 Jones, Walter H. Jones, Walter H. 1-2-0 Stevens, Gary->Jones, Walter H. ← Stevens, Gary: 7867 Jones, Walter H.: 1623 Write-in Write-in 0-3-0 Stevens, Gary->Write-in ← Stevens, Gary: 7867 Write-in: 132 Smith, Heath->Jones, Walter H. ← Smith, Heath: 4353 Jones, Walter H.: 1623 Smith, Heath->Write-in ← Smith, Heath: 4353 Write-in: 132 Jones, Walter H.->Write-in ← Jones, Walter H.: 1623 Write-in: 132

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

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