Ranked Choice student government elections in R

Author

Slater Dixon

Voting

Per the ASA Constitution and Election Code, 2024 Spring Elections were conducted using Ranked Choice Vote, also known as Single Transferable Vote. Results were tabulated using the R package vote. ()

President/Vice President

Annie Johnston was elected President and Prince Adhikari was elected Vice President by default.

Secretary

Carson Steichen was elected Secretary by default.

At-Large Senator

Results

Elected Candidate
1 Amy Kim
2 Juliann Seeley
3 Em Powers
4 Nyamal Changson

Tabulation

Second-Year Senator

Results

Elected Candidate
1 Lydia Valenzuela-Rylaarsdam
2 Hawi Meshessha
3 Abigail Grace Smith
4 Elliana Pulse

Tabulation

Third-Year Senator

Results

Elected Candidate
1 Gracen Juffer
2 Surafel Zeleke
3 Asmeret Abebe
4 Susana Gebrekidan

Tabulation

International Senator

Results

Elected Candidate
1 Hiwote Hailu
2 Nardos Semagne

Tabulation

Fourth-Year Senator

The following candidates were elected by default:

  • Isha Hooda

  • Raleigh Lunderman

  • Avery Gilman

  • Domanic Dick

Turnout

Race Votes Eligible Turnout
At-Large/Pres./Sec.* 325 1435 22.65%
Second Year 149 535 27.85%
Third Year 114 489 23.31%
Fourth Year* 55 353 15.58%
International 92 170 54.12%
* Uncompetitive

By Race

Historical

References

Sevcikova, Hana, Bernard Silverman, and Adrian Raftery. 2023. Vote: Election Vote Counting. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/vote/index.html.