DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2003 School Committee Election
(By DemoChoice rules)
6 candidates will be elected with 18,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 1    
-------------------------------------- 14.3%
Walser, Nancy  3,842.0  (20.5%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Fantini, Alfred B.  2,905.0  (15.5%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CCC
McGovern, Marc C.  2,716.0  (14.5%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :G
Lummis, Ben  2,604.0  (13.9%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
Harding, Richard, Jr.  2,362.0  (12.6%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ____ :
Grassi, Joseph G.  2,295.0  (12.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ______ :
Price, Alan C.  1,301.0  (7.0%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ____________________ :
Craig, Christopher  573.0  (3.1%) 
BBBBBBBB ______________________________ :
Write-in 1  95.0  (0.5%) 
AA ____________________________________ :
Write-in 2  3.0  (0.0%) 
______________________________________ :
Write-in 3  2.0  (0.0%) 
______________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Walser, Nancy Elected
B DD EEEE FFFFF HHHHH
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (14.3% of counted votes).

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
Walser, Nancy has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner. To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2003 School Committee Election
(By DemoChoice rules)
6 candidates will be elected with 18,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 2    
-------------------------------------- 14.3%
Walser, Nancy  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :
Fantini, Alfred B.  2,905.0  (15.5%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CCCC
McGovern, Marc C.  2,716.0  (14.5%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :G
Lummis, Ben  2,912.6  (15.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :FFFF
Harding, Richard, Jr.  2,642.2  (14.1%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :
Grassi, Joseph G.  2,443.7  (13.1%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ___ :
Price, Alan C.  1,642.8  (8.8%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ______________ :
Craig, Christopher  661.7  (3.5%) 
BBBBBBBBBB ____________________________ :
Write-in 1  97.8  (0.5%) 
A _____________________________________ :
Write-in 2  3.0  (0.0%) 
______________________________________ :
Write-in 3  2.0  (0.0%) 
______________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Fantini, Alfred B. Elected
DDD
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (14.3% of counted votes).

Fantini, Alfred B. has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner. To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2003 School Committee Election
(By DemoChoice rules)
6 candidates will be elected with 18,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 3    
-------------------------------------- 14.3%
Walser, Nancy  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :
Fantini, Alfred B.  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :
McGovern, Marc C.  2,716.0  (14.5%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :G
Lummis, Ben  2,912.6  (15.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :FFF
Harding, Richard, Jr.  2,673.5  (14.3%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :E
Grassi, Joseph G.  2,614.7  (14.0%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :
Price, Alan C.  1,660.8  (8.9%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ______________ :
Craig, Christopher  674.8  (3.6%) 
BBBBBBBBB _____________________________ :
Write-in 1  98.3  (0.5%) 
A _____________________________________ :
Write-in 2  3.0  (0.0%) 
______________________________________ :
Write-in 3  2.0  (0.0%) 
______________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
McGovern, Marc C. Elected
B H
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (14.3% of counted votes).

McGovern, Marc C. has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner. To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2003 School Committee Election
(By DemoChoice rules)
6 candidates will be elected with 18,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 4    
-------------------------------------- 14.3%
Walser, Nancy  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :
Fantini, Alfred B.  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :
McGovern, Marc C.  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :
Lummis, Ben  2,912.6  (15.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :FFFF
Harding, Richard, Jr.  2,673.5  (14.3%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :
Grassi, Joseph G.  2,625.2  (14.0%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :
Price, Alan C.  1,682.4  (9.0%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ______________ :
Craig, Christopher  687.3  (3.7%) 
BBBBBBBBBB ____________________________ :
Write-in 1  98.6  (0.5%) 
AA ____________________________________ :
Write-in 2  3.0  (0.0%) 
______________________________________ :
Write-in 3  2.0  (0.0%) 
______________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Lummis, Ben Elected
B D HH
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (14.3% of counted votes).

Lummis, Ben has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner. To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2003 School Committee Election
(By DemoChoice rules)
6 candidates will be elected with 18,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 5    
--------------------------------------- 14.3%
Walser, Nancy  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :
Fantini, Alfred B.  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :
McGovern, Marc C.  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :
Lummis, Ben  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
Harding, Richard, Jr.  2,673.5  (14.3%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :
Grassi, Joseph G.  2,667.0  (14.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :
Price, Alan C.  1,816.3  (9.7%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH _____________ :
Craig, Christopher  752.3  (4.0%) 
BBBBBBBBBBB ____________________________ :
Write-in 1  99.3  (0.5%) 
A ______________________________________ :
Write-in 2  3.2  (0.0%) 
_______________________________________ :
Write-in 3  2.0  (0.0%) 
_______________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Harding, Richard, Jr. Elected
D
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (14.3% of counted votes).

Harding, Richard, Jr. has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner. To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2003 School Committee Election
(By DemoChoice rules)
6 candidates will be elected with 18,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 6    
-------------------------------------- 14.3%
Walser, Nancy  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :
Fantini, Alfred B.  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :
McGovern, Marc C.  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :
Lummis, Ben  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
Harding, Richard, Jr.  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :
Grassi, Joseph G.  2,668.4  (14.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :
Price, Alan C.  1,817.0  (9.7%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ____________ :
Craig, Christopher  752.5  (4.0%) 
BBBBBBBBBBB ___________________________ :
Write-in 1  99.3  (0.5%) 
AA ____________________________________ :
Write-in 2  3.2  (0.0%) 
______________________________________ :
Write-in 3  2.0  (0.0%) 
______________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Write-in 3 Defeated
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (14.3% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Write-in 3) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

New colors:
L
None of these

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2003 School Committee Election
(By DemoChoice rules)
6 candidates will be elected with 18,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 7    
--------------------------------------- 14.3%
Walser, Nancy  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :
Fantini, Alfred B.  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :
McGovern, Marc C.  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :
Lummis, Ben  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
Harding, Richard, Jr.  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :
Grassi, Joseph G.  2,668.4  (14.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :
Price, Alan C.  1,817.0  (9.7%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH _____________ :
Craig, Christopher  752.5  (4.0%) 
BBBBBBBBBBB ____________________________ :
Write-in 1  99.3  (0.5%) 
AA _____________________________________ :
Write-in 2  3.2  (0.0%) 
_______________________________________ :
None of these  2.0   
_______________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Write-in 2 Defeated
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (14.3% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Write-in 2) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2003 School Committee Election
(By DemoChoice rules)
6 candidates will be elected with 18,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 8    
-------------------------------------- 14.3%
Walser, Nancy  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :
Fantini, Alfred B.  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :
McGovern, Marc C.  2,671.2  (14.3%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :
Lummis, Ben  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
Harding, Richard, Jr.  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :
Grassi, Joseph G.  2,668.4  (14.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :
Price, Alan C.  1,817.0  (9.7%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ____________ :
Craig, Christopher  752.5  (4.0%) 
BBBBBBBBBBB ___________________________ :
Write-in 1  99.4  (0.5%) 
A _____________________________________ :
None of these  5.0   
______________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Write-in 1 Defeated
B H L
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (14.3% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Write-in 1) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2003 School Committee Election
(By DemoChoice rules)
6 candidates will be elected with 18,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 9    
-------------------------------------- 14.3%
Walser, Nancy  2,676.2  (14.4%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :
Fantini, Alfred B.  2,673.7  (14.4%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :C
McGovern, Marc C.  2,671.4  (14.3%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :G
Lummis, Ben  2,673.4  (14.4%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :F
Harding, Richard, Jr.  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :E
Grassi, Joseph G.  2,671.8  (14.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :
Price, Alan C.  1,827.4  (9.8%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ____________ :
Craig, Christopher  764.0  (4.1%) 
BBBBBBBBBBB ___________________________ :
None of these  69.0   
L _____________________________________
   
Results    
Grassi, Joseph G. Elected
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (14.3% of counted votes).

Grassi, Joseph G. has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner. To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2003 School Committee Election
(By DemoChoice rules)
6 candidates will be elected with 18,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 10    
-------------------------------------- 14.3%
Walser, Nancy  2,676.2  (14.4%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :I
Fantini, Alfred B.  2,673.7  (14.4%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :
McGovern, Marc C.  2,671.4  (14.3%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :
Lummis, Ben  2,673.4  (14.4%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
Harding, Richard, Jr.  2,671.1  (14.3%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :
Grassi, Joseph G.  2,671.8  (14.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :D
Price, Alan C.  1,827.4  (9.8%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ____________ :
Craig, Christopher  764.0  (4.1%) 
BBBBBBBBBBB ___________________________ :
None of these  69.0   
L _____________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Craig, Christopher Defeated
D E FFF G HHH I L
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (14.3% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Craig, Christopher) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2003 School Committee Election
(By DemoChoice rules)
6 candidates will be elected with 18,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 11    
-------------------------------------- 14.3%
Walser, Nancy  2,769.3  (14.9%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :II
Fantini, Alfred B.  2,709.1  (14.6%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :C
McGovern, Marc C.  2,749.5  (14.8%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :GG
Lummis, Ben  2,856.2  (15.4%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :FFF
Harding, Richard, Jr.  2,682.1  (14.5%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :E
Grassi, Joseph G.  2,694.8  (14.5%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :D
Price, Alan C.  2,089.9  (11.3%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ________ :
None of these  147.0   
LL ____________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Price, Alan C. Defeated
CC EEE FFFFFFF GGG IIIIIIIIIIII LL
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (14.3% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Price, Alan C.) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2003 School Committee Election
(By DemoChoice rules)
6 candidates will be elected with 18,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 12    
-------------------------------------- 14.3%
Walser, Nancy  3,594.4  (19.5%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :IIIIIIIIIIIII
Fantini, Alfred B.  2,849.7  (15.5%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CCC
McGovern, Marc C.  2,983.6  (16.2%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :GGGG
Lummis, Ben  3,341.5  (18.1%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :FFFFFFFFFF
Harding, Richard, Jr.  2,910.1  (15.8%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :EEEE
Grassi, Joseph G.  2,743.8  (14.9%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :D
None of these  275.0   
LLLL __________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Walser, Nancy Elected
CC EEE GG
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (14.3% of counted votes).

Walser, Nancy has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner. To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2003 School Committee Election
(By DemoChoice rules)
6 candidates will be elected with 18,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 13    
-------------------------------------- 14.3%
Walser, Nancy  3,070.5  (16.7%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :IIIIII
Fantini, Alfred B.  2,953.1  (16.0%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CCCC
McGovern, Marc C.  3,128.8  (17.0%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :GGGGGGG
Lummis, Ben  3,341.5  (18.1%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :FFFFFFFFFF
Harding, Richard, Jr.  3,132.6  (17.0%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :EEEEEEE
Grassi, Joseph G.  2,796.6  (15.2%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :DD
None of these  275.0   
LLLL __________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Lummis, Ben Elected
CC DD
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (14.3% of counted votes).

Lummis, Ben has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner. To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2003 School Committee Election
(By DemoChoice rules)
6 candidates will be elected with 18,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 14    
-------------------------------------- 14.3%
Walser, Nancy  3,070.5  (16.7%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :IIIII
Fantini, Alfred B.  3,101.1  (16.8%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CCCCCCC
McGovern, Marc C.  3,128.8  (17.0%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :GGGGGGG
Lummis, Ben  3,070.5  (16.7%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :FFFFFF
Harding, Richard, Jr.  3,132.6  (17.0%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :EEEEEEE
Grassi, Joseph G.  2,919.5  (15.8%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :DDD
None of these  275.0   
LLLL __________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Harding, Richard, Jr. Elected
D
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (14.3% of counted votes).

Harding, Richard, Jr. has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner. To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2003 School Committee Election
(By DemoChoice rules)
6 candidates will be elected with 18,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 15    
-------------------------------------- 14.3%
Walser, Nancy  3,070.5  (16.7%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :IIIIII
Fantini, Alfred B.  3,101.1  (16.8%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CCCCCCC
McGovern, Marc C.  3,128.8  (17.0%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :GGGGGGG
Lummis, Ben  3,070.5  (16.7%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :FFFFF
Harding, Richard, Jr.  3,070.5  (16.7%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :EEEEEE
Grassi, Joseph G.  2,981.6  (16.2%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :DDDDD
None of these  275.0   
LLLL __________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
McGovern, Marc C. Elected
D
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (14.3% of counted votes).

McGovern, Marc C. has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner. To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2003 School Committee Election
(By DemoChoice rules)
6 candidates will be elected with 18,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 16    
------------------------------------- 14.3%
Walser, Nancy  3,070.5  (16.7%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :IIIIIII
Fantini, Alfred B.  3,101.1  (16.8%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CCCCCCC
McGovern, Marc C.  3,070.5  (16.7%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :GGGGGGG
Lummis, Ben  3,070.5  (16.7%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :FFFFFFF
Harding, Richard, Jr.  3,070.5  (16.7%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :EEEEEEE
Grassi, Joseph G.  3,039.9  (16.5%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :DDDDDDD
None of these  275.0   
LLLL _________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Fantini, Alfred B. Elected
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (14.3% of counted votes).

Fantini, Alfred B. has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner. To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2003 School Committee Election
(By DemoChoice rules)
6 candidates will be elected with 18,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 17    
-------------------------------------------- 16.7%
Walser, Nancy  3,070.5  (16.7%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :
Fantini, Alfred B.  3,070.5  (16.7%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :
McGovern, Marc C.  3,070.5  (16.7%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :
Lummis, Ben  3,070.5  (16.7%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
Harding, Richard, Jr.  3,070.5  (16.7%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :
Grassi, Joseph G.  3,070.5  (16.7%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :
None of these  275.0   
LLLL ________________________________________
   
Results  
Fantini, Alfred B.Elected 
Grassi, Joseph G.Elected 
Harding, Richard, Jr.Elected 
Lummis, BenElected 
McGovern, Marc C.Elected 
Walser, NancyElected 
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (16.7% of counted votes).

At this point, the number of remaining candidates equals the number of remaining seats, so the remaining candidates are declared elected.
In the end, 98.5% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 89.4% if only the first-round votes were used. You should be able to see that the winners have a more equal mandate in the final round than in the first round.

Note that even the "highest first-round votes" method is more democratic than most methods used in US public elections: the "vote for 6" method, which allows the largest block of voters to dominate, and the district method, where choices are restricted to the one or two viable candidates within geographical boundaries drawn by the politicians in office.

The Ballot Depth section shows how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.
















 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2003 School Committee Election
(By DemoChoice rules)
6 candidates will be elected with 18,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Final Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Ballot Depth: This shows how much the lower rankings on ballots contributed to the winning candidates.

Rank Fraction of votes for winners
1st 82.0% 
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2nd 13.2% 
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3rd 2.9% 
XX
4th 0.8% 
X
5th 0.4% 
X