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ranked choice en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (attributive, often, uncountable) Any voting system in which voters rank their candidates (or options) in order of preference on their ballots.
    • 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. 2010 November 11, Zusha Elinson, Gerry Shih, “The Winning Strategy in Oakland: Concentrate on Being 2nd or 3rd Choice”, in The New York Times:
    • 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. 2022 September 1, Adam Serwer, “Republicans Have Only Themselves to Blame for Their Alaskan Defeat”, in The Atlantic:
    • ranked-choice ballot; ranked-choice voting

Hyponyms

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

Relateds

ranked ballot

Synonyms

preferential voting · ranked voting

Translations (4)

es por orden preferencial (any voting system in which voters rank their candidates (or options) in order of preference on their ballots) · es ranqueado (any voting system in which voters rank their candidates (or options) in order of preference on their ballots) · hu preferenciális/rangsorolásos/rangsorolt szavazás (any voting system in which voters rank their candidates (or options) in order of preference on their ballots) · es rankeado (any voting system in which voters rank their candidates (or options) in order of preference on their ballots)