Decriminalization is the winning controversy area for 2014-2015.

74 ballots were cast. Decriminalization won with 49 first-place votes. A list of schools that voted and vote totals are included.



Initial count of first-place votes:



Decriminalization: 21

Definitions: 10

Labor: 13

Poverty: 16

Russia: 14



The first-place votes for federal definitions were dropped and transferred and the totals were recalculated.



Second count of first-place votes:



Decriminalization: 27

Labor: 13

Poverty: 18

Russia: 15



The first-place votes for labor were dropped and transferred to the remaining choices. The third count of first-place votes:



Decriminalization: 32

Poverty: 22

Russia: 19



The first-place votes for Russia were dropped and transferred to the remaining choices. The final count of first-place votes:



Decriminalization: 49

Poverty: 23



** Note: the totals do not always add to 74 since some ballots did not rank all of the topics. 2 ballots did not list choices after the remaining first-place vote was eliminated.





LIST OF SCHOOLS THAT VOTED





Arizona State University

Bard College

Baylor University

Binghamton University

Boston College

Clarion University

Concordia College

Cornell University

CSU Fullerton

CSU Sacramento

CUNY

Dartmouth College

Emory University

Emporia State University

Fresno State

George Mason University

Georgetown University

Georgia State University

Gonzaga University

Harvard

Indiana University

JMU

Johnson County Community College

Kansas State

Liberty University

Michigan State University

Minnesota

New School

New York University

Northwestern University

Oregon

Pace

Pepperdine

Samford University

San Francisco State University

Stanford University

Texas

Trinity University

UC-Irvine

UDC-CC

University of California, Berkeley

University of Central Oklahoma

University of Florida

University of Georgia

University of Houston

University of Iowa

University of Kansas

University of Kentucky

University of Louisville

University of Mary Washington

University of Miami

University of Michigan

University of Missouri - Kansas City

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

University of North Texas

University of Northern Iowa

University of Oklahoma

University of Pittsburgh

University of Puget Sound

University of Wyoming

USC

USMA

UTD

UTSA

UVM

Vanderbilt University

Wake Forest

Washington University in Saint Louis

Wayne State

Weber State University

West Georgia

Western Connecticut State University

Whitman College

Wichita State