DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 1

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,592.0  (11.6%)  Elected
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,339.0  (9.8%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,312.0  (9.6%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,217.0  (8.9%)   
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,160.0  (8.5%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,118.0  (8.1%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,069.0  (7.8%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,037.0  (7.6%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  996.0  (7.3%)   
Sullivan, Edward J.  Chart color  831.0  (6.1%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  699.0  (5.1%)   
Galluccio, Anthony D.  Chart color  522.0  (3.8%)   
Janik, Jonathan S.  Chart color  261.0  (1.9%)   
Moore, M. Kevin  Chart color  251.0  (1.8%)   
Write-In 1  Chart color  113.0  (0.8%)   
Moree, Gregg J.  Chart color  111.0  (0.8%)   
Podgers, Kathy  Chart color  92.0  (0.7%)   
Write-In 2  Chart color  1.0  (0.0%)   
Pie chart

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
Davis, Henrietta has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) 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: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 2

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,372.1  (10.0%)   
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,345.1  (9.8%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,322.6  (9.6%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,227.1  (8.9%)   
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,194.2  (8.7%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,134.8  (8.3%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,130.1  (8.2%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,059.9  (7.7%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,029.4  (7.5%)   
Sullivan, Edward J.  Chart color  833.2  (6.1%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  708.7  (5.2%)   
Galluccio, Anthony D.  Chart color  529.1  (3.9%)   
Janik, Jonathan S.  Chart color  264.5  (1.9%)   
Moore, M. Kevin  Chart color  251.4  (1.8%)   
Write-In 1  Chart color  113.0  (0.8%)   
Moree, Gregg J.  Chart color  111.7  (0.8%)   
Podgers, Kathy  Chart color  93.2  (0.7%)   
Write-In 2  Chart color  1.0  (0.0%)  Defeated
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 3

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,372.1  (10.0%)   
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,345.1  (9.8%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,322.6  (9.6%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,227.1  (8.9%)   
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,194.2  (8.7%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,134.8  (8.3%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,130.1  (8.2%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,059.9  (7.7%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,029.4  (7.5%)   
Sullivan, Edward J.  Chart color  833.2  (6.1%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  708.7  (5.2%)   
Galluccio, Anthony D.  Chart color  529.1  (3.9%)   
Janik, Jonathan S.  Chart color  264.5  (1.9%)   
Moore, M. Kevin  Chart color  251.4  (1.8%)   
Write-In 1  Chart color  113.0  (0.8%)   
Moree, Gregg J.  Chart color  111.7  (0.8%)   
Podgers, Kathy  Chart color  93.2  (0.7%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  1.0  (0.0%)   
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 4

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,372.2  (10.0%)   
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,347.2  (9.8%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,324.7  (9.7%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,235.3  (9.0%)   
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,199.2  (8.7%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,145.8  (8.4%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,136.4  (8.3%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,075.9  (7.8%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,039.7  (7.6%)   
Sullivan, Edward J.  Chart color  837.2  (6.1%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  712.7  (5.2%)   
Galluccio, Anthony D.  Chart color  529.1  (3.9%)   
Janik, Jonathan S.  Chart color  268.5  (2.0%)   
Moore, M. Kevin  Chart color  264.4  (1.9%)   
Write-In 1  Chart color  113.0  (0.8%)   
Moree, Gregg J.  Chart color  112.7  (0.8%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  7.0  (0.1%)   
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 5

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,372.4  (10.0%)   
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,357.2  (9.9%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,332.7  (9.7%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,242.3  (9.1%)   
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,207.5  (8.8%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,152.8  (8.4%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,142.4  (8.3%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,081.9  (7.9%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,046.9  (7.6%)   
Sullivan, Edward J.  Chart color  845.3  (6.2%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  717.7  (5.2%)   
Galluccio, Anthony D.  Chart color  532.1  (3.9%)   
Janik, Jonathan S.  Chart color  275.5  (2.0%)   
Moore, M. Kevin  Chart color  282.4  (2.1%)   
Write-In 1  Chart color  113.0  (0.8%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  19.0  (0.1%)   
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 6

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,372.4  (10.1%)   
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,358.2  (10.0%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,332.7  (9.8%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,244.3  (9.1%)   
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,208.5  (8.9%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,152.8  (8.5%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,143.4  (8.4%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,085.9  (8.0%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,047.9  (7.7%)   
Sullivan, Edward J.  Chart color  846.3  (6.2%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  717.7  (5.3%)   
Galluccio, Anthony D.  Chart color  533.1  (3.9%)   
Janik, Jonathan S.  Chart color  276.5  (2.0%)  Defeated
Moore, M. Kevin  Chart color  284.4  (2.1%)   
None of these  Chart color  117.0  (0.9%)   
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 7

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,375.1  (10.1%)   
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,374.4  (10.1%)  Elected
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,351.0  (10.0%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,259.3  (9.3%)   
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,236.7  (9.1%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,170.5  (8.6%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,165.8  (8.6%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,120.3  (8.3%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,058.2  (7.8%)   
Sullivan, Edward J.  Chart color  855.3  (6.3%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  749.7  (5.5%)   
Galluccio, Anthony D.  Chart color  547.1  (4.0%)   
Moore, M. Kevin  Chart color  307.6  (2.3%)   
None of these  Chart color  150.0  (1.1%)   
Pie chart

Toomey, Timothy J., Jr. has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) 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: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 8

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,375.1  (10.1%)   
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,357.1  (10.0%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,352.5  (10.0%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,261.5  (9.3%)   
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,236.7  (9.1%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,172.8  (8.6%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,168.8  (8.6%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,121.2  (8.3%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,058.9  (7.8%)   
Sullivan, Edward J.  Chart color  857.6  (6.3%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  751.2  (5.5%)   
Galluccio, Anthony D.  Chart color  550.1  (4.1%)   
Moore, M. Kevin  Chart color  307.6  (2.3%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  150.0  (1.1%)   
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 9

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,376.1  (10.2%)   
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,359.1  (10.0%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,362.5  (10.1%)  Elected
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,318.5  (9.7%)   
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,257.9  (9.3%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,179.8  (8.7%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,188.8  (8.8%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,164.3  (8.6%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,094.2  (8.1%)   
Sullivan, Edward J.  Chart color  868.6  (6.4%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  806.2  (6.0%)   
Galluccio, Anthony D.  Chart color  562.1  (4.2%)   
None of these  Chart color  183.0  (1.4%)   
Pie chart

Maher, David P. has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) 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: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 10

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,376.1  (10.2%)   
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,359.1  (10.0%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,353.8  (10.0%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,319.5  (9.7%)   
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,260.2  (9.3%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,180.6  (8.7%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,189.7  (8.8%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,165.2  (8.6%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,094.2  (8.1%)   
Sullivan, Edward J.  Chart color  870.6  (6.4%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  806.2  (6.0%)   
Galluccio, Anthony D.  Chart color  562.8  (4.2%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  183.0  (1.4%)   
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 11

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,380.0  (10.2%)   
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,377.6  (10.2%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,379.2  (10.2%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,402.8  (10.4%)  Elected
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,293.0  (9.6%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,225.5  (9.1%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,266.4  (9.4%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,184.5  (8.8%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,157.3  (8.6%)   
Sullivan, Edward J.  Chart color  988.4  (7.3%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  834.3  (6.2%)   
None of these  Chart color  232.0  (1.7%)   
Pie chart

Reeves, Kenneth E. has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) 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: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 12

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,380.0  (10.2%)   
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,377.6  (10.2%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,379.2  (10.2%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,348.9  (10.0%)   
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,302.2  (9.7%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,231.5  (9.1%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,276.4  (9.5%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,188.6  (8.8%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,170.8  (8.7%)   
Sullivan, Edward J.  Chart color  995.9  (7.4%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  837.8  (6.2%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  232.0  (1.7%)   
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 13

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,397.0  (10.4%)   
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,389.6  (10.4%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,389.2  (10.3%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,368.7  (10.2%)   
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,397.5  (10.4%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,332.3  (9.9%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,401.5  (10.4%)  Elected
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,340.1  (10.0%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,361.6  (10.1%)   
Sullivan, Edward J.  Chart color  1,045.5  (7.8%)   
None of these  Chart color  298.0  (2.2%)   
Pie chart

Decker, Marjorie C. has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) 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: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 14

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,397.0  (10.4%)   
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,389.6  (10.4%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,389.2  (10.3%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,368.7  (10.2%)   
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,397.5  (10.4%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,360.7  (10.1%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,342.3  (10.0%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,360.8  (10.1%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,361.6  (10.1%)   
Sullivan, Edward J.  Chart color  1,055.6  (7.9%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  298.0  (2.2%)   
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 15

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,435.2  (10.8%)   
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,753.1  (13.2%)  Elected
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,619.8  (12.2%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,429.1  (10.8%)   
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,439.5  (10.8%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,407.7  (10.6%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,404.3  (10.6%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,402.8  (10.6%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,397.6  (10.5%)   
None of these  Chart color  432.0  (3.3%)   
Pie chart

Toomey, Timothy J., Jr. has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) 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: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 16

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,482.7  (11.2%)   
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,619.8  (12.2%)  Elected
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,477.5  (11.1%)   
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,475.2  (11.1%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,442.4  (10.9%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,461.3  (11.0%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,417.1  (10.7%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,436.5  (10.8%)   
None of these  Chart color  432.0  (3.3%)   
Pie chart

Maher, David P. has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) 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: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 17

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,482.7  (11.2%)   
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,477.5  (11.1%)   
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,518.1  (11.4%)  Elected
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,470.5  (11.1%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,498.9  (11.3%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,431.5  (10.8%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,456.8  (11.0%)   
None of these  Chart color  432.0  (3.3%)   
Pie chart

Murphy, Brian has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) 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: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 18

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,482.7  (11.2%)   
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,477.5  (11.1%)   
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,486.3  (11.2%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,498.9  (11.3%)  Elected
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,439.6  (10.8%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,474.4  (11.1%)   
None of these  Chart color  432.0  (3.3%)   
Pie chart

Decker, Marjorie C. has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) 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: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 19

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,482.7  (11.2%)   
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,477.5  (11.1%)   
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,486.3  (11.2%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,445.9  (10.9%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,490.5  (11.2%)  Elected
None of these  Chart color  432.0  (3.3%)   
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Simmons, E. Denise has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) 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).

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 20

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,482.7  (11.2%)   
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,477.5  (11.1%)   
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,486.3  (11.2%)  Elected
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,459.8  (11.0%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
None of these  Chart color  432.0  (3.3%)   
Pie chart

Kelley, Craig A. has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) 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).

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 21

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,482.7  (11.2%)  Elected
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,477.5  (11.1%)   
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,469.5  (11.1%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
None of these  Chart color  432.0  (3.3%)   
Pie chart

Davis, Henrietta has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) 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).

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 22

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,477.5  (11.1%)  Elected
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,475.6  (11.1%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)   
None of these  Chart color  432.0  (3.3%)   
Pie chart

Reeves, Kenneth E. has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) 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).

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 ballots cast.


Round 23

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)  Elected
Toomey, Timothy J., Jr.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)  Elected
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)  Elected
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)  Elected
Murphy, Brian  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)  Elected
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)  Elected
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)  Elected
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)  Elected
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,476.6  (11.1%)  Elected
None of these  Chart color  432.0  (3.3%)   
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, 96.9% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 79% 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 9" 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.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2007 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 13,721 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    77.4% 
2nd    13.6% 
3rd    5.1% 
4th    2.1% 
5th    1.0% 
6th    0.4% 
7th    0.2% 
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