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Round 1 Legend   Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence   87  (21.5%)    Nothing - Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology   58  (14.4%)    Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades   51  (12.6%)    The risk of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons justifies invasion or airstrikes now   50  (12.4%)    Offer and pay for safer energy alternatives   44  (10.9%)    Regime change through covert operations (spies, assassins, propaganda)   39  (9.7%)    Let the UN figure it out   35  (8.7%)    Nothing - they are developing power plants, not weapons   19  (4.7%)    Offer them Iraq in exchange for nuclear abstinence   11  (2.7%)    Nothing - it's inevitable that they will develop weapons, so intervention would cause unnecesary pain   10  (2.5%)  Defeated

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (50%), so the last-place candidate (Nothing - it's inevitable that they will develop weapons, so intervention would cause unnecesary pain) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 2 Legend   Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence   90  (22.3%)    Nothing - Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology   62  (15.4%)    Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades   51  (12.7%)    The risk of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons justifies invasion or airstrikes now   50  (12.4%)    Offer and pay for safer energy alternatives   44  (10.9%)    Regime change through covert operations (spies, assassins, propaganda)   39  (9.7%)    Let the UN figure it out   36  (8.9%)    Nothing - they are developing power plants, not weapons   20  (5.0%)    Offer them Iraq in exchange for nuclear abstinence   11  (2.7%)  Defeated

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (50%), so the last-place candidate (Offer them Iraq in exchange for nuclear abstinence) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 3 Legend   Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence   91  (22.8%)    Nothing - Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology   63  (15.8%)    Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades   52  (13.0%)    The risk of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons justifies invasion or airstrikes now   50  (12.5%)    Offer and pay for safer energy alternatives   45  (11.3%)    Regime change through covert operations (spies, assassins, propaganda)   41  (10.3%)    Let the UN figure it out   38  (9.5%)    Nothing - they are developing power plants, not weapons   20  (5.0%)  Defeated

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (50%), so the last-place candidate (Nothing - they are developing power plants, not weapons) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 4 Legend   Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence   95  (24.0%)    Nothing - Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology   71  (17.9%)    Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades   52  (13.1%)    The risk of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons justifies invasion or airstrikes now   50  (12.6%)    Offer and pay for safer energy alternatives   47  (11.9%)    Regime change through covert operations (spies, assassins, propaganda)   41  (10.4%)    Let the UN figure it out   40  (10.1%)  Defeated

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (50%), so the last-place candidate (Let the UN figure it out) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 5 Legend   Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence   105  (26.7%)    Nothing - Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology   80  (20.4%)    Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades   61  (15.5%)    The risk of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons justifies invasion or airstrikes now   52  (13.2%)    Offer and pay for safer energy alternatives   53  (13.5%)    Regime change through covert operations (spies, assassins, propaganda)   42  (10.7%)  Defeated

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (50%), so the last-place candidate (Regime change through covert operations (spies, assassins, propaganda)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 6 Legend   Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence   109  (27.9%)    Nothing - Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology   82  (21.0%)    Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades   75  (19.2%)    The risk of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons justifies invasion or airstrikes now   71  (18.2%)    Offer and pay for safer energy alternatives   53  (13.6%)  Defeated

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (50%), so the last-place candidate (Offer and pay for safer energy alternatives) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 7 Legend   Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence   139  (35.7%)    Nothing - Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology   93  (23.9%)    Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades   85  (21.9%)    The risk of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons justifies invasion or airstrikes now   72  (18.5%)  Defeated

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (50%), so the last-place candidate (The risk of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons justifies invasion or airstrikes now) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 8 Legend   Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence   156  (41.9%)    Nothing - Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology   95  (25.5%)  Defeated Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades   121  (32.5%)

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (50%), so the last-place candidate (Nothing - Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 9 Legend   Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence   217  (61.0%)  Elected Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades   139  (39.0%)  Defeated

Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 53.7% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 21.5% if only the first-round votes were used.

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Rank   Fraction of votes for winner 1st  40.1%    2nd  20.7%    3rd  16.6%    4th  7.8%    5th  9.2%    6th  5.1%    7th  0.5%