Based on FairVote research, this is a state-by-state breakdown of all campaign events by the major-party presidential and vice presidential nominees from the end of both party conventions through Election Day. 

On Tuesday, December 1, FairVote hosted a webinar to analyze the exciting victories of ranked choice voting (RCV) ballot measures this year. The webinar was part of our Fall series on The Future of American Elections.

For centuries, the promise of American democracy has been denied to communities of color.

On December 1, voters in Georgia’s 5th Congressional District voted in a runoff for the special election to fill the final 33 days of the late-Congressman John Lewis’s term in Congress. 

Eastpointe, Michigan held its city council election this November using ranked choice voting. The election occurred because the council seat’s previous holder, Monique Owens, resigned to become mayor last year.

On Tuesday, November 17, FairVote held a webinar to discuss Maine’s historic first use of RCV in a presidential general election. It was part of our fall series on The Future of American American Elections.

While many cities and states around the country have been debating and voting on reforming their elections with ranked choice voting, a different type of RCV movement has quietly been growing in popularity all across the United States.

On November 3, 2020, at least 1.4 million voters participated in ranked choice voting elections in nine jurisdictions.

Plurality victories are an all too common feature of American political life. It isn’t rare to see candidates prevail in a crowded field even though 70 or 80 percent of voters voted for someone else.

Unrig: How to Fix Our Broken Democracy examines how plurality elections drive polarization and fail to adequately represent voters, and demonstrates how ranked choice voting can improve representation and ease partisan tensions.