# Ranked choice polls don't do runoffs correctly **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/ranked-choice-polls-dont-do-runoffs-correctly/319097 **Category:** Bug **Tags:** polls, fixed **Created:** [July 29, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ranked-choice-polls-dont-do-runoffs-correctly/319097 "2024-07-29T20:40:10Z") **Posts on this page:** 9 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![seanblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue) #### Post date: [July 29, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ranked-choice-polls-dont-do-runoffs-correctly/319097/1 "2024-07-29T20:40:11Z")
This ranked choice poll has 15 voters. The result says Fantasy won in the first round. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/3/f/f3ff37394099658b196cb8188ddebf5371d745bc.png) However, it only has a 7 of the 15 votes for rank 1, which is not a majority. Since ranked voting requires a majority, there should be at least one runoff in this case. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/f/b/3fbac63afafa4d01438ae84298e5c87f0e7a36cf.png) > **[What are you reading today?](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3151?u=seanblue)** > > Oh neat; seems like Discourse has posted new polling options. šŸ˜® Iā€™m reading books, I promise. I need to make an update here soonā€¦ poll I wonder if the ranked choice could be a new way to poll for book club reads? poll ---
### Author: ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux) #### Post date: [July 30, 2024, 10:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ranked-choice-polls-dont-do-runoffs-correctly/319097/2 "2024-07-30T10:41:13Z")
@merefield do you want to look at this? ---
### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield) #### Post date: [July 30, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ranked-choice-polls-dont-do-runoffs-correctly/319097/3 "2024-07-30T10:42:24Z")
I will take a look at your issue in time. Can you please PM me the votes export using the export button (might be under the cog) ---
### Author: ![seanblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue) #### Post date: [July 30, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ranked-choice-polls-dont-do-runoffs-correctly/319097/4 "2024-07-30T13:27:54Z")
Sorry, Iā€™m not an admin so I donā€™t think I have that option. Let me know if thereā€™s anything I can do as a regular user. ---
### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield) #### Post date: [July 30, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ranked-choice-polls-dont-do-runoffs-correctly/319097/5 "2024-07-30T14:28:40Z")
If you could ask an admin for it Iā€™d be most grateful. ---
### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield) #### Post date: [August 1, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ranked-choice-polls-dont-do-runoffs-correctly/319097/7 "2024-08-01T13:30:01Z")
Raised a PR (currently in draft) for this. [https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/28191](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/28191) It was a fairly simple bug in the majority check (most of the PR is a new test based on this exact example) @seanblue letā€™s discuss in our PM you are happy to move forward with this change. Once weā€™ve discussed together, Iā€™ll mark this Ready for Review. ---
### Author: ![seanblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue) #### Post date: [August 2, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ranked-choice-polls-dont-do-runoffs-correctly/319097/8 "2024-08-02T01:52:06Z")
I responded in PM, but everything looks good to me. The admin of this site has been busy lately and never responded to my request for the data, so I appreciate your time investigating it even without the data. ---
### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield) #### Post date: [August 2, 2024, 5:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ranked-choice-polls-dont-do-runoffs-correctly/319097/9 "2024-08-02T05:15:17Z")
Great to see people using this functionality and nice when people report issues in such detail, making it much easier to track down šŸ‘ PR has been approved, I guess it will be merged imminently. ---
### Author: ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux) #### Post date: [August 4, 2024, 5:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ranked-choice-polls-dont-do-runoffs-correctly/319097/10 "2024-08-04T05:15:31Z")
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