DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin North 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for upper house of Irish parliament

4 candidates will be elected with 43,942 ballots cast.


Round 1

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sargent, Trevor (Green)  Chart color  7,294.0  (16.6%)   
Ryan, Sean (Labour)  Chart color  6,359.0  (14.5%)   
Glennon, Jim (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  5,892.0  (13.4%)   
Wright, G.V. (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  5,658.0  (12.9%)   
Daly, Clare (Socialist)  Chart color  5,501.0  (12.5%)   
Kennedy, Michael (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  5,253.0  (12.0%)   
Owen, Nora (Fine Gael)  Chart color  4,012.0  (9.1%)   
Davis, Mick (Sinn Féin)  Chart color  1,350.0  (3.1%)   
Boland, Cathal (Fine Gael)  Chart color  1,177.0  (2.7%)   
Goulding, Ciaran (no party)  Chart color  914.0  (2.1%)   
Quinn, Eamonn (no party)  Chart color  285.0  (0.6%)   
Walshe, David Henry (Christian Solidarity)  Chart color  247.0  (0.6%)  Defeated
Pie chart

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (Walshe, David Henry (Christian Solidarity)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin North 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for upper house of Irish parliament

4 candidates will be elected with 43,942 ballots cast.


Round 2

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sargent, Trevor (Green)  Chart color  7,333.0  (16.7%)   
Ryan, Sean (Labour)  Chart color  6,372.0  (14.5%)   
Glennon, Jim (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  5,919.0  (13.5%)   
Wright, G.V. (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  5,692.0  (13.0%)   
Daly, Clare (Socialist)  Chart color  5,515.0  (12.6%)   
Kennedy, Michael (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  5,290.0  (12.0%)   
Owen, Nora (Fine Gael)  Chart color  4,021.0  (9.2%)   
Davis, Mick (Sinn Féin)  Chart color  1,361.0  (3.1%)   
Boland, Cathal (Fine Gael)  Chart color  1,180.0  (2.7%)   
Goulding, Ciaran (no party)  Chart color  947.0  (2.2%)   
Quinn, Eamonn (no party)  Chart color  296.0  (0.7%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  16.0  (0.0%)   
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Quinn, Eamonn (no party)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin North 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for upper house of Irish parliament

4 candidates will be elected with 43,942 ballots cast.


Round 3

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sargent, Trevor (Green)  Chart color  7,380.0  (16.8%)   
Ryan, Sean (Labour)  Chart color  6,407.0  (14.6%)   
Glennon, Jim (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  5,945.0  (13.5%)   
Wright, G.V. (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  5,707.0  (13.0%)   
Daly, Clare (Socialist)  Chart color  5,551.0  (12.6%)   
Kennedy, Michael (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  5,309.0  (12.1%)   
Owen, Nora (Fine Gael)  Chart color  4,030.0  (9.2%)   
Davis, Mick (Sinn Féin)  Chart color  1,382.0  (3.1%)   
Boland, Cathal (Fine Gael)  Chart color  1,189.0  (2.7%)   
Goulding, Ciaran (no party)  Chart color  1,009.0  (2.3%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  33.0  (0.1%)   
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Goulding, Ciaran (no party)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin North 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for upper house of Irish parliament

4 candidates will be elected with 43,942 ballots cast.


Round 4

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sargent, Trevor (Green)  Chart color  7,678.0  (17.5%)   
Ryan, Sean (Labour)  Chart color  6,535.0  (14.9%)   
Glennon, Jim (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  6,028.0  (13.7%)   
Wright, G.V. (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  5,739.0  (13.1%)   
Daly, Clare (Socialist)  Chart color  5,730.0  (13.1%)   
Kennedy, Michael (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  5,368.0  (12.2%)   
Owen, Nora (Fine Gael)  Chart color  4,132.0  (9.4%)   
Davis, Mick (Sinn Féin)  Chart color  1,424.0  (3.2%)   
Boland, Cathal (Fine Gael)  Chart color  1,216.0  (2.8%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  92.0  (0.2%)   
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Boland, Cathal (Fine Gael)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin North 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for upper house of Irish parliament

4 candidates will be elected with 43,942 ballots cast.


Round 5

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sargent, Trevor (Green)  Chart color  7,818.0  (17.9%)   
Ryan, Sean (Labour)  Chart color  6,665.0  (15.2%)   
Glennon, Jim (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  6,152.0  (14.0%)   
Wright, G.V. (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  5,777.0  (13.2%)   
Daly, Clare (Socialist)  Chart color  5,796.0  (13.2%)   
Kennedy, Michael (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  5,422.0  (12.4%)   
Owen, Nora (Fine Gael)  Chart color  4,720.0  (10.8%)   
Davis, Mick (Sinn Féin)  Chart color  1,440.0  (3.3%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  152.0  (0.3%)   
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Davis, Mick (Sinn Féin)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin North 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for upper house of Irish parliament

4 candidates will be elected with 43,942 ballots cast.


Round 6

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sargent, Trevor (Green)  Chart color  8,118.0  (18.6%)   
Ryan, Sean (Labour)  Chart color  6,847.0  (15.7%)   
Glennon, Jim (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  6,294.0  (14.4%)   
Wright, G.V. (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  5,868.0  (13.4%)   
Daly, Clare (Socialist)  Chart color  6,244.0  (14.3%)   
Kennedy, Michael (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  5,532.0  (12.7%)   
Owen, Nora (Fine Gael)  Chart color  4,763.0  (10.9%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  276.0  (0.6%)   
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Owen, Nora (Fine Gael)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin North 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for upper house of Irish parliament

4 candidates will be elected with 43,942 ballots cast.


Round 7

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sargent, Trevor (Green)  Chart color  9,785.0  (22.6%)  Elected
Ryan, Sean (Labour)  Chart color  8,578.0  (19.8%)   
Glennon, Jim (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  6,511.0  (15.0%)   
Wright, G.V. (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  6,139.0  (14.2%)   
Daly, Clare (Socialist)  Chart color  6,590.0  (15.2%)   
Kennedy, Michael (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  5,732.0  (13.2%)   
None of these  Chart color  607.0  (1.4%)   
Pie chart

Sargent, Trevor (Green) has enough votes to guarantee victory (20%) 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 (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin North 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for upper house of Irish parliament

4 candidates will be elected with 43,942 ballots cast.


Round 8

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sargent, Trevor (Green)  Chart color  8,788.4  (20.3%)   
Ryan, Sean (Labour)  Chart color  9,128.1  (21.1%)  Elected
Glennon, Jim (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  6,596.1  (15.2%)   
Wright, G.V. (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  6,249.0  (14.4%)   
Daly, Clare (Socialist)  Chart color  6,772.3  (15.6%)   
Kennedy, Michael (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  5,801.1  (13.4%)   
None of these  Chart color  607.0  (1.4%)   
Pie chart

Ryan, Sean (Labour) has enough votes to guarantee victory (20%) 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 (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin North 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for upper house of Irish parliament

4 candidates will be elected with 43,942 ballots cast.


Round 9

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sargent, Trevor (Green)  Chart color  8,788.4  (20.3%)   
Ryan, Sean (Labour)  Chart color  8,788.4  (20.3%)   
Glennon, Jim (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  6,655.1  (15.4%)   
Wright, G.V. (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  6,306.0  (14.6%)   
Daly, Clare (Socialist)  Chart color  6,954.9  (16.0%)   
Kennedy, Michael (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  5,842.1  (13.5%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  607.0  (1.4%)   
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Kennedy, Michael (Fianna Fáil)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin North 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for upper house of Irish parliament

4 candidates will be elected with 43,942 ballots cast.


Round 10

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sargent, Trevor (Green)  Chart color  8,999.8  (20.9%)   
Ryan, Sean (Labour)  Chart color  8,971.2  (20.8%)   
Glennon, Jim (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  8,707.5  (20.2%)   
Wright, G.V. (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  8,686.1  (20.2%)   
Daly, Clare (Socialist)  Chart color  7,711.4  (17.9%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  866.0  (2.0%)   
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin North 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for upper house of Irish parliament

4 candidates will be elected with 43,942 ballots cast.


Round 11

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sargent, Trevor (Green)  Chart color  10,928.1  (26.0%)  Elected
Ryan, Sean (Labour)  Chart color  10,601.8  (25.2%)   
Glennon, Jim (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  10,187.6  (24.3%)   
Wright, G.V. (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  10,291.6  (24.5%)   
None of these  Chart color  1,933.0  (4.6%)   
Pie chart

Sargent, Trevor (Green) has enough votes to guarantee victory (20%) 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 (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin North 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for upper house of Irish parliament

4 candidates will be elected with 43,942 ballots cast.


Round 12

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sargent, Trevor (Green)  Chart color  10,502.3  (25.0%)   
Ryan, Sean (Labour)  Chart color  10,601.8  (25.2%)  Elected
Glennon, Jim (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  10,435.8  (24.8%)   
Wright, G.V. (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  10,469.2  (24.9%)   
None of these  Chart color  1,933.0  (4.6%)   
Pie chart

Ryan, Sean (Labour) has enough votes to guarantee victory (20%) 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 (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin North 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for upper house of Irish parliament

4 candidates will be elected with 43,942 ballots cast.


Round 13

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sargent, Trevor (Green)  Chart color  10,502.3  (25.0%)   
Ryan, Sean (Labour)  Chart color  10,502.2  (25.0%)   
Glennon, Jim (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  10,491.3  (25.0%)   
Wright, G.V. (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  10,513.2  (25.0%)  Elected
None of these  Chart color  1,933.0  (4.6%)   
Pie chart

Wright, G.V. (Fianna Fáil) has enough votes to guarantee victory (20%) 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 (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin North 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for upper house of Irish parliament

4 candidates will be elected with 43,942 ballots cast.


Round 14

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sargent, Trevor (Green)  Chart color  10,502.3  (25.0%)  Elected
Ryan, Sean (Labour)  Chart color  10,502.2  (25.0%)  Elected
Glennon, Jim (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  10,502.2  (25.0%)  Elected
Wright, G.V. (Fianna Fáil)  Chart color  10,502.3  (25.0%)  Elected
None of these  Chart color  1,933.0  (4.6%)   
Pie chart

At this point, the number of remaining candidates equals the number of remaining seats, so the remaining candidates are declared elected.

In the end, 95.6% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 57.4% 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 4" 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.

Also, view the Ballot Depth info to see how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin North 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for upper house of Irish parliament

4 candidates will be elected with 43,942 ballots cast.


Ballot Depth

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

Rank Fraction of votes for winners
1st    59.1% 
2nd    22.1% 
3rd    10.5% 
4th    3.8% 
5th    1.8% 
6th    0.9% 
7th    0.6% 
8th    0.4% 
9th    0.4% 
10th    0.3% 
Pie chart