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> > On Oct 29, 2014, at 3:32 PM, Eoghan Glynn <eglynn at redhat.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Folks,
> > 
> > I haven't seen the customary number-crunching on the recent TC election,
> > so I quickly ran the numbers myself.
> > 
> > Voter Turnout
> > =============
> > 
> > The turnout rate continues to decline, in this case from 29.7% to 26.7%.
> > 
> > Here's how the participation rates have shaped up since the first TC2.0
> > election:
> > 
> > Election | Electorate | Voted | Turnout | Change
> > ------------------------------------------------
> > 10/2013  | 1106       | 342   | 30.9%   | -8.0%
> > 04/2014  | 1510       | 448   | 29.7%   | -4.1%
> > 10/2014  | 1892       | 506   | 26.7%   | -9.9%
> 
> 
> Overall percentage of the electorate voting is declining, but absolute
> numbers of voters has increased. And in fact, the electorate has grown more
> than the turnout has declined.

True that, but AFAIK the generally accepted metric on participation rates
in elections is turnout as opposed to absolute voter numbers.

Cheers,
Eoghan

> > 
> > Partisan Voting
> > ===============
> > 
> > As per the usual analysis done by ttx, the number of ballots that
> > strictly preferred candidates from an individual company (with
> > multiple candidates) above all others:
> > 
> > HP   ahead in 30 ballots (5.93%)
> > RHAT ahead in 18 ballots (3.56%)
> > RAX  ahead in 8  ballots (1.58%)
> > 
> > The top 6 pairings strictly preferred above all others were:
> > 
> > 35 voters (6.92%) preferred Monty Taylor & Doug Hellmann  (HP/HP)
> > 34 voters (6.72%) preferred Monty Taylor & Sean Dague     (HP/HP)
> > 26 voters (5.14%) preferred Anne Gentle & Monty Taylor    (RAX/HP)
> > 21 voters (4.15%) preferred Russell Bryant & Sean Dague   (RHAT/HP)
> > 21 voters (4.15%) preferred Russell Bryant & Eoghan Glynn (RHAT/RHAT)
> > 16 voters (3.16%) preferred Doug Hellmann & Sean Dague    (HP/HP)
> > 
> > Conclusion
> > ==========
> > 
> > The rate of potentially partisan voting didn't diverge significantly
> > from the norms we've seen in previous elections.
> > 
> > The continuing decline in the turnout rate is a concern however, as
> > the small-scale changes tried (blogging on TC activity, standardized
> > questions in the TC nomination mails) have not arrested the fall-off
> > in participation.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Eoghan
> > 
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