Vote for Iowa Gov in DemoChoice Web PollHere's your chance to vote for Ed Fallon (or whomever you prefer) a bit earlier than expected. Click here to vote for Iowa gov in the DemoChoice Web Poll.
At this point, Ed's got the lead. The poll runs through November and the more people who vote, the smaller the margin of error.
Add your voice now!
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.
