Research

Snapshot: Mayors in RCV Cities

RepresentWomen's January 2023 snapshot of women's representation in RCV cities — 40% have women mayors and women hold 52% of city council seats where ranked choice voting is used.

Collage of colorful watercolor portraits representing diverse influential women from history and contemporary times.

Ranked choice voting has positive impacts for women's representation in politics; this snapshot displays women's representation in cities that have implemented RCV as of January 2023. Twelve of 30 cities (40%) have women mayors. Read more about RCV and women's representation in our 2023 memo here.