Doing Politics Differently
The Report of the Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland

Annex Thirteen: Weekend 7 voting results on the voting and reporting method for the recommendations

Introduction

This annex details the vote results from Weekend 7 on the two questions of preferred voting method when voting on draft recommendations and preferred reporting method for reporting on the recommendations. Voting took place on the Saturday through a secure survey monkey link sent to members. 91 of the Assembly members took part in the vote.

Vote results summary

Members voted to adopt a star rating method to voting on recommendations (using a strongly disagree/disagree/agree/strongly agree scale). The results are shown below:

Q1: Which voting method do you prefer?
Answered: 91 Skipped: 0
Answer Choices Responses
Single choice voting (Support/Disapprove) 29.67% 27
Star voting (4 stars) 58.24% 53
I don’t want either option 1.10% 1
No preference 10.99% 10
Total   91

Members voted to report the recommendations using bands of support as outlined below:’

Q1: Which reporting method do you prefer?
Answered: 91 Skipped: 0
Answer Choices Responses
Only those recommendations with majority support are recommendations 39.56% 36
25/50/75 bands of support 41.76% 38
I don’t want either option 1.10% 1
No preference 17.58% 16
Total   91

How we will report the vote

How we will report the vote