Ranked Choice Voting in Australia and America: Do Voters Follow Party Cues?

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Autor(a) principal: Reilly, Benjamin
Data de Publicação: 2021
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v9i2.3889
Resumo: Ranked choice voting (RCV) is experiencing a surge of interest in the United States, highlighted by its 2018 use for Congressional elections in Maine, the first application of a ranked ballot for national-level elections in American history. A century ago, the same system was introduced in another federal, two-party continental-sized democracy: Australia. RCV’s utility as a solution to inter-party coordination problems helps to explain its appeal in both countries, underscoring the potential benefits of a comparative analytical approach. This article examines this history of adoption and then turns to a comparison of recent RCV elections in Maine with state elections in New South Wales and Queensland, the two Australian states which share the same form of RCV as that used in the United States. This comparison shows how candidate and party endorsements influence voters’ rankings and can, over time, promote reciprocal exchanges between parties and broader systemic support for RCV. Such cross-partisan support helps explain the stability of RCV in Australia, with implications for the system’s prospects in the United States.
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spelling Ranked Choice Voting in Australia and America: Do Voters Follow Party Cues?Australia; democracy; elections; electoral system; preferential voting; ranked choice voting; United States of AmericaRanked choice voting (RCV) is experiencing a surge of interest in the United States, highlighted by its 2018 use for Congressional elections in Maine, the first application of a ranked ballot for national-level elections in American history. A century ago, the same system was introduced in another federal, two-party continental-sized democracy: Australia. RCV’s utility as a solution to inter-party coordination problems helps to explain its appeal in both countries, underscoring the potential benefits of a comparative analytical approach. This article examines this history of adoption and then turns to a comparison of recent RCV elections in Maine with state elections in New South Wales and Queensland, the two Australian states which share the same form of RCV as that used in the United States. This comparison shows how candidate and party endorsements influence voters’ rankings and can, over time, promote reciprocal exchanges between parties and broader systemic support for RCV. Such cross-partisan support helps explain the stability of RCV in Australia, with implications for the system’s prospects in the United States.Cogitatio2021-06-15info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v9i2.3889oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3889Politics and Governance; Vol 9, No 2 (2021): The Politics, Promise and Peril of Ranked Choice Voting; 271-2792183-2463reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/3889https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v9i2.3889https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/3889/3889Copyright (c) 2021 Benjamin Reillyhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessReilly, Benjamin2022-12-22T15:16:47Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3889Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:22:29.651350Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Ranked Choice Voting in Australia and America: Do Voters Follow Party Cues?
spellingShingle Ranked Choice Voting in Australia and America: Do Voters Follow Party Cues?
Reilly, Benjamin
Australia; democracy; elections; electoral system; preferential voting; ranked choice voting; United States of America
title_short Ranked Choice Voting in Australia and America: Do Voters Follow Party Cues?
title_full Ranked Choice Voting in Australia and America: Do Voters Follow Party Cues?
title_fullStr Ranked Choice Voting in Australia and America: Do Voters Follow Party Cues?
title_full_unstemmed Ranked Choice Voting in Australia and America: Do Voters Follow Party Cues?
title_sort Ranked Choice Voting in Australia and America: Do Voters Follow Party Cues?
author Reilly, Benjamin
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Australia; democracy; elections; electoral system; preferential voting; ranked choice voting; United States of America
topic Australia; democracy; elections; electoral system; preferential voting; ranked choice voting; United States of America
description Ranked choice voting (RCV) is experiencing a surge of interest in the United States, highlighted by its 2018 use for Congressional elections in Maine, the first application of a ranked ballot for national-level elections in American history. A century ago, the same system was introduced in another federal, two-party continental-sized democracy: Australia. RCV’s utility as a solution to inter-party coordination problems helps to explain its appeal in both countries, underscoring the potential benefits of a comparative analytical approach. This article examines this history of adoption and then turns to a comparison of recent RCV elections in Maine with state elections in New South Wales and Queensland, the two Australian states which share the same form of RCV as that used in the United States. This comparison shows how candidate and party endorsements influence voters’ rankings and can, over time, promote reciprocal exchanges between parties and broader systemic support for RCV. Such cross-partisan support helps explain the stability of RCV in Australia, with implications for the system’s prospects in the United States.
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