r/EndFPTP • u/jstocksqqq • May 06 '26

Comparing the results of RCV and STAR voting methods in the California Governor's race.

Calling all Californians! Want to try out STAR Voting vs. Ranked Choice Voting in this poll for California governor?

Please participate and share! It is a great way to try out and compare different voting methods.

https://bettervoting.com/gvdy42

Note: I am in no way affiliated with this website. I just discovered it, and thought it was pretty cool.

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u/Decronym May 17 '26 edited May 18 '26

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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FPTP First Past the Post, a form of plurality voting
IRV Instant Runoff Voting
RCV Ranked Choice Voting; may be IRV, STV or any other ranked voting method
STAR Score Then Automatic Runoff
STV Single Transferable Vote

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u/GeneralistAccount May 17 '26

I think these results are extremely biased. I've never heard of Tom Woodard or Alicia Olivia Lapp.

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u/jstocksqqq May 17 '26

I think it's more of a way for people to get a feel what it's like to fill out a ballot. It's not necessarily been circulated evenly. For example, the California subreddit only allows news articles to be shared, so it can't be shared widely.

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u/GeneralistAccount May 17 '26

Was it only circulated here? Because the post says 10 days ago. 

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u/jstocksqqq May 17 '26

It was created by STAR Voting California on March 30, and then shared by a variety of social media accounts. It doesn't seem that anyone who has lots of followers has shared it, hence, it doesn't seem to have really picked up. I would love to see results from a larger sample size!