Californians for Electoral Reform conducted a revealing survey of delegates to the California Republican Party state convention last weekend. Using a ranked choice voting ballot, they surveyed the delegates about their presidential picks. The results have Newt Gingrich winning in the fourth instant runoff round. More insights from the press release concerning the survey include:

Note: read the original article at: http://www.fairvote.org/survey-of-ca...ia-republicans

Results:
ROUND ONE
Ron Paul 60
Newt Gingrich 45
Rick Santorum 32
Mitt Romney 30
write-ins:
Herman Cain 2
Chris Christie 2
Michelle Bachmann 1
Rudy Giuliani 1
Jon Huntsman 1
Sarah Palin 1
Donald Trump 1
There were other write-ins, but not as first choices, so they didn't get any votes. They were: Mitch Daniels, Jim DeMint, Fred Karger, Bobby Jindal, Gary Johnson, M. Woodrow Johnston II, Sheriff Richard Mack, Chuck Norris, Rand Paul, Tim Pawlenty, General David Petraeus, Marco Rubio, Ralph Wiggum (Simpsons character), "Anybody but Obama", and "None of the rest".

While this isn't necessarily good news for Ron Paul (save for the first round vote totals) I think that ranked choice voting is a worthwhile system to learn about.

Thane Eichenauer
Phoenix, Arizona