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From the DemoChoice Web Poll Website


How are votes counted?

       1. Each ballot is counted toward its highest-ranked remaining candidate.
       2. Does a candidate have a majority of counted votes?
          No: The last-place candidate is eliminated; go to step 1.
          Yes: The majority winner wins the election.

Why vote this way?

    This is an “instant runoff” poll, allowing voters to
conveniently find a strongly supported winner from among many
candidates, with minimal worries about “wasting” votes on weak
candidates or “splitting” votes between similar candidates.

    It improves upon the “most votes wins” method, where:

        * if there are more than two
candidates, someone can win even though most voters don't like that
candidate
        * voting for your favorite candidate often helps your least favorite candidate win
        * If there are two similar
candidates, even if one is much less popular than the other, they can
“split” the vote so that neither can win.

    With instant runoffs, these problems practically never occur.