DemoChoice Web Poll: August Book Club
1 candidate will be elected with 9 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides |
|
4 | (44.4%) | |
| The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy |
|
2 | (22.2%) | |
| H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald |
|
1 | (11.1%) | |
| Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami |
|
1 | (11.1%) | |
| American Sirens by Kevin Hazzard |
|
1 | (11.1%) | Defeated |
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (American Sirens by Kevin Hazzard) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: August Book Club
1 candidate will be elected with 9 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides |
|
4 | (44.4%) | |
| The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy |
|
2 | (22.2%) | |
| H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald |
|
1 | (11.1%) | Defeated |
| Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami |
|
2 | (22.2%) | |
The last-place candidate (H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: August Book Club
1 candidate will be elected with 9 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides |
|
5 | (55.6%) | Elected |
| The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy |
|
2 | (22.2%) | Defeated |
| Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami |
|
2 | (22.2%) | Defeated |
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 55.6% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 44.4% if only the first-round votes were used.
Also, view the Ballot Depth info to see how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.
DemoChoice Web Poll: August Book Club
1 candidate will be elected with 9 ballots cast.
Ballot Depth
This shows how much the lower rankings on ballots contributed to the winning candidate.
| Rank | Fraction of votes for winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |
|
80.0% | |
| 2nd |
|
20.0% | |