Here’s an experiment I cooked up here in the lab in the dead of night: a 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary straw poll using Instant Runoff Voting.
I’ll emphasize that this is experimental, so let’s try it out here in the middle of the night while traffic is low.
Here’s how it will work:
To register to vote, recommend the tip jar.
Every five minutes or so, I will upload registered voters into the poll. Then I’ll update the diary with the list of registered voters.
The registered voter list will consist of (fake) email addresses, e.g. social_democrat@dailykos.com.
When you see the email address corresponding to your user name in the registered voters list in the diary, you can use that email address to VOTE HERE.
This mechanism will limit polling to Daily Kos members and prevent duplicate ballots.
So let’s try this out for a couple of hours to see how it goes.
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REGISTERED VOTERS LIST
Arcparser@dailykos.com
badlands@dailykos.com
BubbaSan@dailykos.com
buckets@dailykos.com
champaigncarl@dailykos.com
CharliePDX@dailykos.com
chicago_minx@dailykos.com
conniptionfit@dailykos.com
costello7@dailykos.com
dangoch@dailykos.com
Deadheadatvs@dailykos.com
DenisL@dailykos.com
Drocedus@dailykos.com
ET3117@dailykos.com
foxtrotsky@dailykos.com
georgelshea@dailykos.com
guinessboy@dailykos.com
Hohenzollern@dailykos.com
Ian_S@dailykos.com
jamesalance@dailykos.com
jazzed@dailykos.com
Jdid@dailykos.com
JeffinQC@dailykos.com
koNko@dailykos.com
macamma@dailykos.com
megcrane@dailykos.com
Miss_Blue@dailykos.com
MJ_via_Chicago@dailykos.com
mkor7@dailykos.com
neznamo@dailykos.com
Pale_Jenova@dailykos.com
PaloAltoPixie@dailykos.com
Pickly@dailykos.com
pixxer@dailykos.com
Railfan@dailykos.com
RaleighDem5@dailykos.com
Reader_Ray@dailykos.com
RIJim@dailykos.com
RustyPatti@dailykos.com
tinaalsgirl@dailykos.com
tomephil@dailykos.com
tonyahky@dailykos.com
TulsaGal@dailykos.com
Unduna@dailykos.com
upper_midwest@dailykos.com
Saturday, Mar 23, 2019 · 5:02:33 PM +00:00 · social democrat
Sorry, fell asleep for a couple of hours! Just woke up and updated the registered voters list. Apologies to CharliePDX@dailykos.com, chicago_minx@dailykos.com, megcrane@dailykos.com, and Pale_Jenova@dailykos.com, who had to wait so long for their registrations to come through.
I think the experiment was a measured success — I’m willing to try this at a more-trafficked time of day to see if we can get more votes.
In terms of results: with 17 votes in, and understanding both that we don’t have enough votes and that a few more might trickle in:
Harris had the most first-ballot votes, but Warren benefitted one more vote from transfers as other candidates were eliminated, which let her tie and then overtake Harris on round 5.
Saturday, Mar 23, 2019 · 5:38:12 PM +00:00 · social democrat
With a couple more votes in, the voting dynamics changed a bit in interesting ways:
Here, Buttigieg looked strong in the first round, but Warren pulled ahead of him when Booker was eliminated. That enabled her to tie Harris, and pull ahead when Sanders was eliminated. She just held on as Buttigieg’s votes splitting 3-2 for Harris left Harris one vote short in the final round.