Voter Satisfaction in Cambridge 1991-2007
Research have shown that proportional representation promotes voter satisfaction. Robert Winters has collected data from Cambridge elections from 1991-2007, which were all run according to the principles of PR. Winters' research shows that on average over 90% of the Cambridge voters elected their 1st or 2nd choice candidates. | voter satisfaction | |||||||||||||||
| Election | elect | candidates | valid | invalid | total | #1 elected | Pct #1 | #2 elected | Pct #1 or #2 | #3 elected | Pct #1,2, or 3 | None | Pct none | Pct blank | diff. |
| 1991 Council | 9 | 19 | 22967 | 0 | 22967 | 18692 | 81.4 | 3032 | 94.6 | 552 | 97.0 | 429 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| 1997 Council | 9 | 19 | 16879 | 350 | 17229 | 15290 | 88.7 | 1279 | 96.2 | 248 | 97.6 | 278 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| 1999 Council | 9 | 24 | 18777 | 384 | 19161 | 14658 | 76.5 | 3066 | 92.5 | 580 | 95.5 | 575 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| 2001 Council | 9 | 19 | 17126 | 562 | 17688 | 14821 | 83.8 | 1814 | 94.0 | 382 | 96.2 | 492 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| 2003 Council | 9 | 20 | 20080 | 878 | 20958 | 15242 | 72.7 | 2985 | 87.0 | 841 | 91.0 | 1413 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 6.7 |
| 2005 Council | 9 | 18 | 16070 | 132 | 16202 | 12748 | 78.7 | 2384 | 93.4 | 432 | 96.1 | 425 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| 2007 Council | 9 | 16 | 13633 | 88 | 13721 | 10875 | 79.3 | 1919 | 93.2 | 374 | 96.0 | 399 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| 1997 School | 6 | 8 | 16386 | 285 | 16671 | 13887 | 83.3 | 2191 | 96.4 | 197 | 97.6 | 395 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| 1999 School | 6 | 13 | 17961 | 307 | 18268 | 13890 | 76.0 | 2746 | 91.1 | 605 | 94.4 | 859 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.7 |
| 2001 School | 6 | 10 | 16489 | 1160 | 17649 | 13443 | 76.2 | 2538 | 90.5 | 356 | 92.6 | 1255 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 7.1 |
| 2003 School | 6 | 8 | 18698 | 2210 | 20908 | 17124 | 81.9 | 1635 | 89.7 | 58 | 90.0 | 2091 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| 2005 School | 6 | 8 | 15470 | 719 | 16189 | 12534 | 77.4 | 2136 | 90.6 | 409 | 93.1 | 1110 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 6.9 |
| 2007 School | 6 | 9 | 13276 | 433 | 13709 | 10550 | 77.0 | 1949 | 91.2 | 211 | 92.7 | 974 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 7.1 |
Notes on data:
Voter satisfaction percentages are based on total ballots. These figures include blank ballots that were included in the total. The "diff." field gives the percentage of ballots who elected none with the blank ballots subtracted out. Cambridge election officials are not always consistent in the way they include blank ballots in the totals. Hence the widely varying numbers. The 1991 figures only include valid ballots recorded by data entry. The results may differ slightly from the actual election results.