Drag Queen Ranking Time with Chris Donnay

Chris Donnay, a mathematician and data scientist who studies election methods, joins Chris to talk about ranked ballots on RuPaul's Drag Race! Listen in as they discuss the Rate-A-Queen twist the show has used for the last few seasons, figure out just how each queen's ranked ballot is getting counted, and talk Drag Queen campaign strategy.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Gold Derby Article Discussing this Research! - https://www.goldderby.com/reality-tv/2026/rupauls-drag-race-rate-a-queen-voting-method-decoded/

VoteKit - https://mggg.org/posts/votekit

VoteKit Documentation - https://votekit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Electoral college ties: https://ballotpedia.org/What_happens_if_there_is_a_tie_in_the_Electoral_College%3F_(2024)

Tiebreaking Laws in the US: https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/resolving-tied-elections-for-legislative-offices

Portland, ME Tie in 2021: https://abcnews.com/Politics/tied-city-council-race-portland-maine-decided-drawing/story?id=80976792