Ranked-choice voting is used for elections in 2 states, 3 counties, and 46 cities across America. When including party primaries, special elections, and ballots for military and overseas voters, ranked-choice voting is used in a total of 62 jurisdictions across 24 states. Nearly 1,000 U.S. elections have been conducted using RCV since 2004.
To view a full list of elections in which voters rank candidates for public office, click here.
Exit surveys and opinion polling across states and cities demonstrate that voters like ranked-choice voting, find it easy to rank candidates, and prefer this method of voting over other systems.
Alaska (2022)
- 85% said RCV is simple. 62% supported Alaska’s new primary system.
Maine (2018)
- 61% supported keeping or expanding RCV
Arlington, VA (2024)
- 88% of voters said RCV was easy
- 67% supported using RCV in future elections
Boulder, CO (2023)
- 86% said it was easy to rank their ballots
- 77% were satisfied with their voting experience
Virginia Republicans (2022)
- 56% who voted in primaries using RCV preferred it to single-choice elections.
20 Utah cities (2021)
- 86% were satisfied with their voting experience
- 81% found RCV easy
Minneapolis, MN (2021)
- 88% of voters found RCV simple
- 76% wanted to continue using RCV
New York City (2021)
- 95% found their ballot simple to complete
- 77% supported using RCV in future local elections
Payson and Vineyard, UT (2019)
- 82% wanted to use RCV again
Eastpointe, MI (2019)
- 85% found RCV simple to use
- 70% wanted to keep using it
Santa Fe, NM (2018)
- 94% were very or somewhat satisfied with RCV
- 71% supported RCV in future elections
San Francisco, CA (2004)
- 86% understood RCV well during its first use
- 61% preferred RCV over the prior method.
Source: https://fairvotemn.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/RCV-Exit-Polls-2024.pdf
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