Dear John, Ranked choice voting (RCV) gives millions of American voters more choices and ensures that our elected officials actually need majority support to win. But what do voters who use RCV think of it? Across blue, red, and purple states, the results – and reviews – are in. Last week, we released surveys from Utah and the California Bay Area that add to a growing body of evidence: Everywhere it’s used, voters like and understand ranked choice voting. In Utah, where about a dozen cities use ranked choice voting: - 94% are satisfied,
- 82% say it’s easy to rank candidates, and
- 67% say they’re more likely to vote for their favorite candidate in an RCV election.
In the California Bay Area, where major cities like San Francisco and Oakland use RCV: - 92% say they understand RCV well, and
- 70% say they want to keep ranked choice voting – or even expand it to more elections.
These new reports come on top of 2024 surveys from Alaska, Maine, and Portland, Oregon that show majorities understand and like the reform. 84% of Alaskans say ranking candidates was simple. 82% of Maine voters say the same, and 57% like the ability to rank candidates. In Portland, 91% of voters understand ranked choice voting. For more, check out our full analysis of the Utah and California polls –and please share this one-stop shop, one-page PDF compilation of the latest RCV voter surveys! Sincerely,
Rachel Hutchinson
FairVote Senior Policy Analyst | 
