From San Francisco to Henderson, NC, exit polls in each of the five jurisdictions that have adopted IRV find support in the 71-89% range.
http://www.instantrunoff.com/exitpoll.php
Exit Poll Surveys Show Voters
Like Instant Runoff Voting
Like Instant Runoff Voting
- San Francisco, California First used in November 2004 in elections for city council
- Burlington, Vermont: First used in March 2006 in elections for mayor
- Takoma Park, Maryland: First used in January 2007 in electing a city council vacancy
- Cary, North Carolina: First used in October 2007 in elections for city council and mayor
- Hendersonville, North Carolina: First used in November 2007 in elections for city council
Jurisdiction | Understand IRV well or fairly well | Prefer IRV to city’s prior system2 | Knew how to rank candidates before coming to vote |
San Francisco1 | 87% | 82% | 69% |
Burlington | 89%3 | 78% | 90% |
Takoma Park | 88% | 89%4 | 84% |
Cary | 95% | 72% | 76% |
Hendersonville | 86% | 71% | 65% |
- Subsequent surveys in San Francisco in 2005 and 2006 showed continued high levels of support
- Some voters had no opinion. Percentages of those expressing support for IRV over old system were: San Francisco (61%), Burlington (63%), Takoma Park (89%), Cary (68%) and Hendersonville (67%).
- Measures voters who did not find the ballot confusing
- 76% said would like IRV for all local and state elections; an additional 13% support it for local elections
Exit poll survey sources:
San Francisco, CA
http://www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/election/Elections_Pages/SFSU-PRI_RCV_final_report_June_30.pdf
Burlington VT
http://www.betterballotcampaign.org/sites/fairvotemn.org/files/burlington_exit_poll_results.pdf
Takoma Park, MD
http://www.fairvote.org/reports/researchreports/takoma_2007exit_summary.pdf
Cary and Hendersonville, NC
http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/cobb/IRV%20Results_Tables.pdf
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