Between 2010 and 2019, there were around 156 local level elections held in the United States that utilized ranked choice voting. In those elections, around 34 percent of candidates were women, and around 48 percent of open seats were won by women.
Ranked choice voting is a system of voting in which voters rank multiple candidates by preference. There are different ways of attributing value to voting choice (first, second, third choice, etc.), but generally speaking, if no single candidate has a majority, the candidate with the lowest share of the vote is eliminated. In an electoral situation with three candidates, the votes of people who voted for the third-ranked candidate as their first choice are redistributed to the remaining two candidates based on who voters chose as their second choice. In elections with more than three candidates, this process can be repeated until a winner is found.
Ranked choice voting outcomes for women in local elections in the United States from 2010 to 2019
Characteristic
Percent of women candidates
Percent of seats won by women
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Local elections in which ranked-choice voting was used
Supplementary notes
Number of ranked choice voting elections held in each location between 2010 and 2019:
Berkeley: 16
Oakland: 22
San Francisco: 27
San Leandro: 10
Telluride: 3
Cambridge: 10
Takoma Park: 5
Portland: 3
Eastpoint: 1
Minneapolis: 30
St. Louis Park: 1
St. Paul: 16
Buncombe: 1
Cumberland: 1
Rowan: 1
Las Cruces: 3
Santa Fe: 4
Payson: 1
Vineyard: 1
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RepresentWomen. (2020). Ranked choice voting outcomes for women in local elections in the United States from 2010 to 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1369203/ranked-choice-voting-women-outcomes/
RepresentWomen. "Ranked Choice Voting Outcomes for Women in Local Elections in The United States from 2010 to 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Jul 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1369203/ranked-choice-voting-women-outcomes/
RepresentWomen, Ranked choice voting outcomes for women in local elections in the United States from 2010 to 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1369203/ranked-choice-voting-women-outcomes/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Ranked choice voting outcomes for women in local elections in the United States from 2010 to 2019 [Graph], RepresentWomen, July 24, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1369203/ranked-choice-voting-women-outcomes/