Professor Lee Drutman has this analysis on how the 2016 Republican presidential selection process would have worked if the party used Instant Runoff Voting in its primaries and caucuses. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
Why did they eliminate Rand Paul before Jeb Bush?
What would have been the result if voters were only able to rank 3 candidates as in San Francisco?
How would a recount been conducted to determine who was eliminated and 2nd, 3rd, and 5th rounds. Would voters accept an explanation that it statistically wouldn’t matter?
How would the votes cast at hundreds of thousands of polling places be tabulated?