Take Back America Conference, 2005 The Center for Voting and
Democracy attended the annual "Take Back America Conference"
this year to provide information on fair elections. This year
our staff conducted two demonstration elections to illustrate
the benefits of instant runoff voting (IRV).  The first
demonstration asked voters to choose the 2008 Democratic
presidential nominee, and the second asked them to select the
most powerful conservative. John Edwards won the presidential
nominee race and Dick Cheney was voted the most powerful
conservative.  Attendees cast 39 legitimate ballots for the
presidential nominee race and 24 ballots for most powerful
conservative. Voters ranked their preferences for 10 listed
candidates, and various write-ins of their choice.  The
following graphs show each candidates' vote totals round by
round. As the lowest vote getters are eliminated, their votes
are redistributed to voters' auxilliary choices.  2008
Democratic presidential nominee race  Graph of votes for 2008
Democratic