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...ranking as many tickets as possible when they vote, voters can minimize the chance that their ballots become “exhausted”—or rendered inconsequential—during the runoff process...
...course candidates should seek to garner as many first-choice votes as possible, but they should also not ignore voters who are clearly supporting other tickets. Instead, campaigns should try to grab students’ second-place votes, which can be influential if the election requires a runoff...
...INSTANT RUNOFF...
...first 24 hours of voting . » Voters ranked an average of 3.54 tickets on their ballot, out of 6 eligible tickets. » The winning candidate (Petersen-Sundquist) had just 37% (1,314/3,519) of first-place votes, but achieved 54% (1710/3139) of the final redistributed votes under the instant-runoff system » 3 voters ranked “no candidate” as their first choice and a real candidate as their second choice. » Petersen-Sundquist’s campaign Facebook group achieved 513 Harvard undergraduate members, the most out of any ticket. » 35 student groups officially endorsed...
...Instant-Runoff' Voting Leaves Room for Campaign Strategy" to read more about how instant-runoff voting could impact this year's election...