First-preference vote

For the electoral method, see First-preference plurality.
Example ranked voting ballot. John Citizen is the first preference on this ballot

A first-preference is a voter's most-preferred candidate.[1][2][3][4] In certain ranked systems such as first preference plurality, ranked-choice voting (RCV), and the single transferable vote, first preferences for a candidate are considered most important and prioritized heavily. This incentivizes pandering to the political base or "core support" as a result of the center squeeze effect. Methods like Condorcet voting, rated voting, and the Borda count do not exhibit such effects. Methods like anti-plurality voting and Coombs' method have the opposite effect, being dominated by a voter's bottom rankings and so tending to elect the "least offensive" candidates.

First-preference votes are used by psephologists and the print and broadcast media to broadly describe the state of the parties at elections and the swing between elections.[4][5][6] The term is much-used in Australian politics, where ranked voting has been universal at federal, state, and local levels since the 1920s.

References

  1. ^ "Explainer: What is preferential voting?". Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 25 November 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  2. ^ "How the Dáil is Elected" (PDF). Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, (Ireland). November 2014. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  3. ^ ""Full transcript – David Cameron – The case against AV – London – 18 February 2011"". New Statesman. 18 February 2011. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  4. ^ a b "By-Election: Carlow-Kilkenny". RTÉ. 23 May 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  5. ^ "First Preference Vote". University of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Cooma-Monaro Shire Council: Summary of First Preference Votes for each Candidate". Local Government Elections 2012. Electoral Commission of New South Wales. 14 September 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2012.

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