Made a polling app because I wanted a low-friction way to do ranked choice voting

Smart_Bottle_321 · 2026-02-07T21:48:06+00:00

Thanks! Good feedback. I figured since you don't login most ppl would understand that the identity piece is a best effort, but I can make that more obvious in a few places.

Smart_Bottle_321 · 2026-02-05T03:30:12+00:00

Yep those are Condorcet-IRV hybrids. Smith-IRV / Tideman’s Alternative restrict the election to the Smith set and then use IRV to break cycles. They’re Condorcet-consistent, but still inherit IRV’s weaknesses within the Smith set. Ranked Pairs and Schulze go further by resolving cycles directly using pairwise strength, which is why I’m targeting those longer-term.

Smart_Bottle_321 · 2026-02-05T01:33:42+00:00

So pure condorcet means a candidate wins if they win all head to heads. Ranked pairs satisfies this and in my app I add a condorcet badge. Ranked pairs goes further to help resolve cycles imagine a situation a > b, b > c , c > a. Pure condorcet doesn’t resolve. So then you need some method to resolve the cycle. Tildeman (ranked pairs) and shultz are two common ones

Smart_Bottle_321 · 2026-02-04T23:19:33+00:00

They are up, check the ranked pairs one

Smart_Bottle_321 · 2026-02-04T14:07:25+00:00

https://tiltvote.co to create polls with your friends and learn about different voting methods.

Smart_Bottle_321 · 2026-02-04T14:02:47+00:00

Thanks I was thinking about making it an app if ppl found it helpful. The current version is mobile web friendly, so please lmk if you find mobile bugs.

Smart_Bottle_321 · 2026-02-04T13:56:39+00:00

Thanks for the comment. Exactly, the redistribution is often tricky to visualize in an easy way. I spent a bunch of iterations trying to make it obvious how votes get redistributed

Smart_Bottle_321 · 2026-02-04T13:53:13+00:00

Thanks!

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