The American Enterprise Institute published a study regarding proportional ranked-choice voting in Portland, Oregon. To read or download the study click here.

A recent study in Vol. Six, Issue one of NOW, Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy, assessed Alaska’s top four non-partisan primary and Ranked Choice Voting system and found that winning candidates "were more likely to be centrists, willing to work across the aisle, and espouse moderate policy positions."   To read the article click here.

There is a new study in Political Behavior (2025) entitled: Petigrew, S., Radley, D., Overvotes, Overranks, and Skips, Mismarked and Rejected Votes in Ranked Choice Voting. The study provides evidence that “some groups of voters are confused by Ranked Choice Voting.” The study found that one in twenty Ranked Choice ballots “include a mismark.” The article also provides "evidence of the potential extent of that confusion.” To read the article, click here.

In Solution 2 of this article entitled Dismantling the Political Duopoly, at 129 Penn. St. L. Rev. Statim 204 (2025) the authors B. Paige Lawson and Wes Henriksen explain Ranked Choice Voting and how it promotes majority support, reduces the need to strategically vote, encourages position campaigning, and saves taxpayers and campaigns money. Click here to read the article.

On January 23, 2025, in an article in the Democracy SOS Substack, Greg Dennis, from Voter Choice Massachusetts, asserts that Ranked Choice Voting is superior to Condorcet Voting as a tool for political depolarization. Click here to read the article.

Note: Professor Ned Foley has criticized these conclusions in the 1/26/2025 Election Law Blog and argues “as laboratories of democracy states should consider Condorcet voting along with IRV. . ." (Instant Runoff Voting, which is another term for Ranked Choice Voting).

In Fulcrum, Eveline Dowling, PhD, Senior Fellow at Expand Democracy, concluded in a January 22, 2025 article based on a statistical study that Ranked Choice Voting may lead to proportional representation in ways that other election reforms do not. Click here to read the article.