The winning resolution for the 2026-2027 college policy debate season is Resolution 2:
Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially reduce arms transfers from the United States to one or more of the following:
• the Federal Republic of Nigeria
• Japan
• the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• the Republic of China
• the Republic of the Philippines
• the State of Israel
• Ukraine
• United Mexican States.
Voting Breakdown:
Round 1
Res 1 8
Res 2 7
Res 3 4
Res 4 7
Res 5 17
Res 6 6
Res 7 6
Res 8 2
Total Votes 57
*Res 8 eliminated, votes reassigned
Round 2
Res 1 8
Res 2 7
Res 3 5
Res 4 7
Res 5 17
Res 6 6
Res 7 7
Total Votes 57
*Res 3 eliminated, votes reassigned
Round 3
Res 1 8
Res 2 10
Res 4 8
Res 5 17
Res 6 7
Res 7 7
Total Votes 57
*Res 6 and 7 eliminated, voted reassigned
Round 4
Res 1 14
Res 2 16
Res 4 10
Res 5 17
Total Votes 57
*Res 4 eliminated, votes reassigned
Round 5
Res 1 14
Res 2 23
Res 5 20
Total Votes 57
*Res 1 eliminates, votes reassigned
Final
Res 2 33
Res 5 24
Total Votes 57
*Res 2 Wins
Voting Institutions:
Amherst College
Baylor University
Binghamton University
Boston College
Cal State Long Beach
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Emory University
Fairmont State
George Mason University
Georgetown
Gonzaga University
Harvard
Houston
Indiana University
James Madison University
JCCC
Kansas State
Kentucky
Liberty University
Macalester
Marian University
Michigan State University
Minnesota
Missouri State University
Monmouth University
Northwestern University
New School
NYU
Rochester
Samford University
Southern Nazarene University
Southwestern College
Suffolk University
Texas
Towson
Trinity University
UCO
UMass Amherst
University of California, Berkeley
University of Georgia
University of Iowa
University of Kansas
University of Michigan
University of New Mexico
University of North Texas
University of Northern Iowa
University of Oklahoma
University of West Georgia
University of Wyoming
USNA (Navy)
UT-Dallas
UTSA
Wake Forest University
West Point
Western Kentucky University
Wichita State