RCV News: Study: Ranked-choice voting reduces pull of “electability,” boosts women and minority candidates
Oct 29
1 min read
A new UC Berkeley Haas study, forthcoming in Management Science, finds that ranked choice voting led voters in experiments to back their favorite candidate more often than one they saw as more electable. Across about 6,500 U.S. adults, that shift raised vote shares for women, racial minorities, and LGBTQ+ candidates by 2 to 7 percentage points. The researchers note the elections were simulated and the shifts modest, and they call for better voter education about how RCV works.
