Democracy + Elections
What Oregonians Need to Know About Ranked Choice Voting
Mitigating spoiler candidates and other upsides for Beaver State elections.
Mirroring the Nation, Voter Turnout Dropped in Alaska’s 2022 Election
How a democracy data analyst assesses changes in voter turnout.
Reporting on Ranked Choice Voting in Portland’s 2024 Elections
Resources for journalists and editors.
Proportional representation in just three (brutally hard, agonizingly slow) steps!
Is there a better way to get there in the United States?
‘Majority Rules’ Brings Election Reform to the Big Screen
The documentary digs into Alaska’s 2022 launch of open primaries and ranked choice voting—and how the changes shook up the status quo.
Voter participation jumped when Alaska opened its primaries
2022 turnout for every candidate contest reached a decade high.
Spoiler Alert! Majority Winners Are No Guarantee
Oregon’s past statewide and federal elections are full of spoiler candidates and non-majority winners.
The Bizarre Red-Blue Politics of Election Consolidation
And the chance for stronger democracy it creates.
