Drag Queen Ranking Time with Chris Donnay

Drag Queen Ranking Time with Chris Donnay

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February 26, 2026 · 33 min

About this episode

Chris Donnay discusses ranked ballots and campaign strategies on RuPaul's Drag Race.

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

People in this episode

Guest: Chris Donnay

Topics covered

  • ranked choice voting
  • Drag Race
  • election methods
  • mathematics
  • data science

Keywords

  • Rate-A-Queen
  • Drag Queen campaign strategy
  • election counting methods

Mentioned in this episode

Products: VoteKit, VoteKit Documentation

Books & works: Drag Queen Ranking Time, RuPaul's Drag Race, Rate-A-Queen, Drag Queen

Places: US, Portland, ME

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