Fair Vote - In late 2024, the Herbert Institute at Utah Valley University released two reports on Utah’s ranked choice voting (RCV) pilot program... The first Herbert Institute report, An Evaluation of the Ranked Choice Voting Pilot in Utah, analyzes survey data from the 2021 and 2023 local elections. According to the data, significant majorities of Utah voters enjoyed using RCV, found RCV easy to use, found instructions to be clear, were more likely to vote for their preferred candidate under RCV, and wanted to continue using RCV. Voters’ opinions on RCV were mostly stable between 2021 and 2023:
- In 2023, 94% of voters in RCV cities were satisfied with the election method they used.
- In 2023, 82% of voters said RCV was easy to use.
- In 2023, 67% of voters in RCV cities said they were more likely to vote for their favorite candidate [than in single-choice elections].
- In
2023, 60% of Utah voters wanted to keep or expand RCV. 39% thought RCV
should be used in more Utah elections including statewide offices, while
21% wanted to keep it for local elections only.
- This remains a clear majority, but is slightly down from the 65% of voters who wanted to keep or expand RCV in 2021. At that time, 46% wanted to expand RCV; 19% wanted to keep it for local elections only.
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