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** Dear John,
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Today, FairVote published a new report ([link removed]) on how ranked choice voting ([link removed]) (RCV) impacted New York City’s 2025 primary elections.

Our research on RCV in practice is a key resource for cities and states considering reform – including advocates, elected officials, local academics, and election administrators. With your support ([link removed]) , FairVote is able to provide comprehensive analysis of how RCV is working across the nation and delivering on its potential.
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We hope you’ll take a look at our new report ([link removed]) , but here are the major findings from the largest-ever city election to use RCV:
* Ranked choice voting delivered majority winners without costly runoffs, with additional indicators capturing the winners’ high level of voter support. An average of 74% of voters ranked winners in their top three choices. The primaries saw the highest turnout since 1989.
* Ranked choice voting resulted in more representative outcomes that better reflected the will of voters. In contests that went to an RCV count, a total of 243,808 ballots ranked a non-frontrunner first but still counted for one of the finalist candidates because of RCV — capturing exactly how RCV allows voters to express their true preferences without fear of wasting their vote. This included 159,619 voters in the Democratic mayoral primary.
* Voters embraced ranking, with 78% ranking at least two candidates in the Democratic mayoral primary, and 76% saying they would like to keep RCV or expand it to more elections.
* Ranked choice voting improved campaign civility and collaboration, with several candidates “cross-endorsing” one another and local organizations providing ranked endorsements. Our report offers the most extensive analysis to date on this topic, combining quantitative and qualitative evidence.

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It’s not just this comprehensive report – FairVote’s research team was hard at work providing rapid-response ([link removed]) analysis ([link removed]) in the days leading up to and after New York City’s primaries this summer.

Our wide range of resources not only capture how voters used their ballots, but also provide candidates and community organizations with examples of strong RCV voter education, effective campaign strategies, and election administration best practices.

We are so grateful for your donations, which support the crucial work of our fact-based, data-driven movement.

Please consider a donation today so we can continue these efforts in 2026 and beyond.
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Onwards,

Deb Otis

FairVote Director of Research and Policy

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