Template talk:Election box ranked choice begin

Maximum Round vs. Final Round

I'm curious to get other editors' opinions on whether changing "Maximum round" to "Final round" throughout this template would make it less confusing. I also propose changing "Maximum votes" to "Final vote total". There are already opinion pieces (example) that talk through how ranked-choice voting makes election outcomes confusing for voters. While I disagree with that sentiment, figuring out how best to assist readers in understanding these outcomes is definitely our prerogative when developing a good ranked-choice template. Is there something even better than "Final round"? Let's discuss! Brooklynpedestrian (talk) 09:18, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

"Best round" might be better, but "Maximum round" isn't the same as "Final round"—all the candidates except the top-2 would have a 0% score in the final round. – Closed Limelike Curves (talk) 04:07, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Requested improvements

Hi @CDaly, thank you so much for building this wonderful template :) I wanted to make a handful of requests/comments:

1. Should we cut "Maximum round"? It feels like it's not a very-useful value, since it's already implied by the way candidates are ordered and their maximum vote total. I think it should probably be cut to save on width.
2. Ideally, the percentages should be calculated automatically by default, by dividing the ballots for each candidate by the total ballots.
3. It should be possible to drop the "Party" column, to handle primaries and nonpartisan elections.

– Closed Limelike Curves (talk) 04:14, 26 September 2024 (UTC)