ranked choice

English

A ranked-choice ballot

Noun

ranked choice (uncountable)

1. (politics, often attributively) Any voting system in which voters rank their candidates (or options) in order of preference on their ballots.

   Synonyms: preferential voting, ranked voting

   ranked-choice ballot; ranked-choice voting

   • 2010 November 11, Zusha Elinson, Gerry Shih, “The Winning Strategy in Oakland: Concentrate on Being 2nd or 3rd Choice”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The results — on the 31-column spreadsheet that Ms. Quan held in her hands — testified to the power of finishing second in a ranked-choice election. […] Campaign strategists said Ms. Quan had taken advantage of a ranked-choice system that was used in Oakland for the first time.

   • 2022 September 1, Adam Serwer, “Republicans Have Only Themselves to Blame for Their Alaskan Defeat”, in The Atlantic‎^[2]:

     The election was the first in Alaska to utilize ranked-choice voting, a system adopted by the state’s voters in 2020. […] Ranked choice is more efficient than holding a runoff election, and its backers insist that it offers a better reflection of voters’ preferences.

Hyponyms

• alternative vote
• Borda count
• Copeland's method
• instant-runoff voting
• positional voting
• Schulze method
• single transferable vote

 

Translations

any voting system in which voters rank their candidates (or options) in order of preference on their ballots

• Hungarian: preferenciális/rangsorolásos/rangsorolt szavazás

See also

• ranked ballot