DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2013 School Committee Election

6 candidates will be elected with 16,593 ballots cast.


Round 1

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Nolan, Patricia M.  Chart color  3,921.0  (23.6%)  Elected
Fantini, Alfred B.  Chart color  2,860.0  (17.2%)   
Harding, Jr., Richard  Chart color  2,359.0  (14.2%)   
Kelly, Kathleen M.  Chart color  2,102.0  (12.7%)   
Cronin, Fran Albin  Chart color  1,832.0  (11.0%)   
Osborne, Mervan F.  Chart color  1,239.0  (7.5%)   
Gerber, Joyce C.  Chart color  1,125.0  (6.8%)   
Holland, John J.  Chart color  589.0  (3.5%)   
Kadete, Elechi M.  Chart color  493.0  (3.0%)   
Write-In 1  Chart color  71.0  (0.4%)   
Write-In 6  Chart color  1.0  (0.0%)   
None of these  Chart color  1.0  (0.0%)   
Pie chart

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
Nolan, Patricia M. has enough votes to guarantee victory (14.3%) 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 2013 School Committee Election

6 candidates will be elected with 16,593 ballots cast.


Round 2

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Nolan, Patricia M.  Chart color  2,370.3  (14.3%)   
Fantini, Alfred B.  Chart color  2,860.0  (17.2%)  Elected
Harding, Jr., Richard  Chart color  2,617.7  (15.8%)   
Kelly, Kathleen M.  Chart color  2,372.3  (14.3%)   
Cronin, Fran Albin  Chart color  2,058.7  (12.4%)   
Osborne, Mervan F.  Chart color  1,622.4  (9.8%)   
Gerber, Joyce C.  Chart color  1,396.3  (8.4%)   
Holland, John J.  Chart color  663.3  (4.0%)   
Kadete, Elechi M.  Chart color  552.7  (3.3%)   
Write-In 1  Chart color  76.8  (0.5%)   
Write-In 6  Chart color  1.0  (0.0%)   
Write-In 2  Chart color  0.5  (0.0%)   
None of these  Chart color  1.0  (0.0%)   
Pie chart

Fantini, Alfred B. has enough votes to guarantee victory (14.3%) 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 2013 School Committee Election

6 candidates will be elected with 16,593 ballots cast.


Round 3

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Nolan, Patricia M.  Chart color  2,370.3  (14.3%)   
Fantini, Alfred B.  Chart color  2,370.3  (14.3%)   
Harding, Jr., Richard  Chart color  2,617.7  (15.8%)  Elected
Kelly, Kathleen M.  Chart color  2,372.3  (14.3%)   
Cronin, Fran Albin  Chart color  2,135.6  (12.9%)   
Osborne, Mervan F.  Chart color  1,795.5  (10.8%)   
Gerber, Joyce C.  Chart color  1,486.8  (9.0%)   
Holland, John J.  Chart color  774.9  (4.7%)   
Kadete, Elechi M.  Chart color  588.7  (3.5%)   
Write-In 1  Chart color  78.5  (0.5%)   
Write-In 6  Chart color  1.0  (0.0%)   
Write-In 2  Chart color  0.5  (0.0%)   
None of these  Chart color  1.0  (0.0%)   
Pie chart

Harding, Jr., Richard has enough votes to guarantee victory (14.3%) 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 2013 School Committee Election

6 candidates will be elected with 16,593 ballots cast.


Round 4

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Nolan, Patricia M.  Chart color  2,370.3  (14.3%)   
Fantini, Alfred B.  Chart color  2,370.3  (14.3%)   
Harding, Jr., Richard  Chart color  2,370.3  (14.3%)   
Kelly, Kathleen M.  Chart color  2,372.3  (14.3%)  Elected
Cronin, Fran Albin  Chart color  2,167.4  (13.1%)   
Osborne, Mervan F.  Chart color  1,923.4  (11.6%)   
Gerber, Joyce C.  Chart color  1,516.2  (9.1%)   
Holland, John J.  Chart color  796.8  (4.8%)   
Kadete, Elechi M.  Chart color  623.1  (3.8%)   
Write-In 1  Chart color  80.4  (0.5%)   
Write-In 6  Chart color  1.0  (0.0%)   
Write-In 2  Chart color  0.5  (0.0%)   
None of these  Chart color  1.0  (0.0%)   
Pie chart

Kelly, Kathleen M. has enough votes to guarantee victory (14.3%) 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 2013 School Committee Election

6 candidates will be elected with 16,593 ballots cast.


Round 5

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Nolan, Patricia M.  Chart color  2,370.3  (14.3%)   
Fantini, Alfred B.  Chart color  2,370.3  (14.3%)   
Harding, Jr., Richard  Chart color  2,370.3  (14.3%)   
Kelly, Kathleen M.  Chart color  2,370.3  (14.3%)   
Cronin, Fran Albin  Chart color  2,167.9  (13.1%)   
Osborne, Mervan F.  Chart color  1,923.8  (11.6%)   
Gerber, Joyce C.  Chart color  1,516.9  (9.1%)   
Holland, John J.  Chart color  797.0  (4.8%)   
Kadete, Elechi M.  Chart color  623.4  (3.8%)   
Write-In 1  Chart color  80.4  (0.5%)   
Write-In 6  Chart color  1.0  (0.0%)   
Write-In 2  Chart color  0.5  (0.0%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  1.0  (0.0%)   
Pie chart

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 2013 School Committee Election

6 candidates will be elected with 16,593 ballots cast.


Round 6

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Nolan, Patricia M.  Chart color  2,370.8  (14.3%)   
Fantini, Alfred B.  Chart color  2,370.3  (14.3%)   
Harding, Jr., Richard  Chart color  2,370.3  (14.3%)   
Kelly, Kathleen M.  Chart color  2,370.3  (14.3%)   
Cronin, Fran Albin  Chart color  2,167.9  (13.1%)   
Osborne, Mervan F.  Chart color  1,923.8  (11.6%)   
Gerber, Joyce C.  Chart color  1,516.9  (9.1%)   
Holland, John J.  Chart color  797.0  (4.8%)   
Kadete, Elechi M.  Chart color  623.4  (3.8%)   
Write-In 1  Chart color  80.4  (0.5%)   
Write-In 6  Chart color  1.0  (0.0%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  1.0  (0.0%)   
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Write-In 6) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2013 School Committee Election

6 candidates will be elected with 16,593 ballots cast.


Round 7

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Nolan, Patricia M.  Chart color  2,370.8  (14.3%)   
Fantini, Alfred B.  Chart color  2,370.3  (14.3%)   
Harding, Jr., Richard  Chart color  2,370.3  (14.3%)   
Kelly, Kathleen M.  Chart color  2,370.3  (14.3%)   
Cronin, Fran Albin  Chart color  2,167.9  (13.1%)   
Osborne, Mervan F.  Chart color  1,923.8  (11.6%)   
Gerber, Joyce C.  Chart color  1,516.9  (9.1%)   
Holland, John J.  Chart color  797.0  (4.8%)   
Kadete, Elechi M.  Chart color  623.4  (3.8%)   
Write-In 1  Chart color  80.4  (0.5%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  2.0  (0.0%)   
Pie chart

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 2013 School Committee Election

6 candidates will be elected with 16,593 ballots cast.


Round 8

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Nolan, Patricia M.  Chart color  2,374.2  (14.4%)   
Fantini, Alfred B.  Chart color  2,372.6  (14.3%)   
Harding, Jr., Richard  Chart color  2,372.9  (14.3%)   
Kelly, Kathleen M.  Chart color  2,370.3  (14.3%)   
Cronin, Fran Albin  Chart color  2,174.9  (13.2%)   
Osborne, Mervan F.  Chart color  1,928.2  (11.7%)   
Gerber, Joyce C.  Chart color  1,518.8  (9.2%)   
Holland, John J.  Chart color  799.0  (4.8%)   
Kadete, Elechi M.  Chart color  625.2  (3.8%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  57.0  (0.3%)   
Pie chart

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

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2013 School Committee Election

6 candidates will be elected with 16,593 ballots cast.


Round 9

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Nolan, Patricia M.  Chart color  2,412.0  (14.7%)   
Fantini, Alfred B.  Chart color  2,415.4  (14.7%)   
Harding, Jr., Richard  Chart color  2,425.3  (14.7%)   
Kelly, Kathleen M.  Chart color  2,386.3  (14.5%)   
Cronin, Fran Albin  Chart color  2,281.6  (13.9%)   
Osborne, Mervan F.  Chart color  2,087.8  (12.7%)   
Gerber, Joyce C.  Chart color  1,596.8  (9.7%)   
Holland, John J.  Chart color  857.8  (5.2%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  130.0  (0.8%)   
Pie chart

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

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2013 School Committee Election

6 candidates will be elected with 16,593 ballots cast.


Round 10

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Nolan, Patricia M.  Chart color  2,484.9  (15.2%)   
Fantini, Alfred B.  Chart color  2,549.7  (15.6%)   
Harding, Jr., Richard  Chart color  2,465.4  (15.1%)   
Kelly, Kathleen M.  Chart color  2,418.3  (14.8%)   
Cronin, Fran Albin  Chart color  2,429.5  (14.9%)  Elected
Osborne, Mervan F.  Chart color  2,213.7  (13.6%)   
Gerber, Joyce C.  Chart color  1,765.5  (10.8%)   
None of these  Chart color  266.0  (1.6%)   
Pie chart

Cronin, Fran Albin has enough votes to guarantee victory (14.3%) 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 2013 School Committee Election

6 candidates will be elected with 16,593 ballots cast.


Round 11

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Nolan, Patricia M.  Chart color  2,484.9  (15.2%)   
Fantini, Alfred B.  Chart color  2,549.7  (15.6%)   
Harding, Jr., Richard  Chart color  2,465.4  (15.1%)   
Kelly, Kathleen M.  Chart color  2,418.3  (14.8%)   
Cronin, Fran Albin  Chart color  2,332.4  (14.3%)   
Osborne, Mervan F.  Chart color  2,245.4  (13.8%)   
Gerber, Joyce C.  Chart color  1,830.9  (11.2%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  266.0  (1.6%)   
Pie chart

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

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2013 School Committee Election

6 candidates will be elected with 16,593 ballots cast.


Round 12

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Nolan, Patricia M.  Chart color  2,945.8  (18.2%)  Equalized
Fantini, Alfred B.  Chart color  2,713.0  (16.8%)   
Harding, Jr., Richard  Chart color  2,532.8  (15.6%)   
Kelly, Kathleen M.  Chart color  2,606.1  (16.1%)   
Cronin, Fran Albin  Chart color  2,476.9  (15.3%)   
Osborne, Mervan F.  Chart color  2,913.4  (18.0%)   
None of these  Chart color  405.0  (2.5%)   
Pie chart

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

Transfers are made from each winner until they all have an equal share of the votes.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2013 School Committee Election

6 candidates will be elected with 16,593 ballots cast.


Round 13

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Nolan, Patricia M.  Chart color  2,698.0  (16.7%)   
Fantini, Alfred B.  Chart color  2,713.0  (16.8%)   
Harding, Jr., Richard  Chart color  2,628.3  (16.2%)   
Kelly, Kathleen M.  Chart color  2,688.1  (16.6%)   
Cronin, Fran Albin  Chart color  2,547.2  (15.7%)   
Osborne, Mervan F.  Chart color  2,913.4  (18.0%)  Equalized
None of these  Chart color  405.0  (2.5%)   
Pie chart

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

Transfers are made from each winner until they all have an equal share of the votes.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2013 School Committee Election

6 candidates will be elected with 16,593 ballots cast.


Round 14

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Nolan, Patricia M.  Chart color  2,698.0  (16.7%)   
Fantini, Alfred B.  Chart color  2,713.0  (16.8%)   
Harding, Jr., Richard  Chart color  2,711.5  (16.7%)   
Kelly, Kathleen M.  Chart color  2,748.7  (17.0%)  Equalized
Cronin, Fran Albin  Chart color  2,618.8  (16.2%)   
Osborne, Mervan F.  Chart color  2,698.0  (16.7%)   
None of these  Chart color  405.0  (2.5%)   
Pie chart

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

Transfers are made from each winner until they all have an equal share of the votes.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2013 School Committee Election

6 candidates will be elected with 16,593 ballots cast.


Round 15

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Nolan, Patricia M.  Chart color  2,698.0  (16.7%)   
Fantini, Alfred B.  Chart color  2,713.0  (16.8%)  Equalized
Harding, Jr., Richard  Chart color  2,711.5  (16.7%)   
Kelly, Kathleen M.  Chart color  2,698.0  (16.7%)   
Cronin, Fran Albin  Chart color  2,669.6  (16.5%)   
Osborne, Mervan F.  Chart color  2,698.0  (16.7%)   
None of these  Chart color  405.0  (2.5%)   
Pie chart

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

Transfers are made from each winner until they all have an equal share of the votes.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2013 School Committee Election

6 candidates will be elected with 16,593 ballots cast.


Round 16

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Nolan, Patricia M.  Chart color  2,698.0  (16.7%)   
Fantini, Alfred B.  Chart color  2,698.0  (16.7%)   
Harding, Jr., Richard  Chart color  2,711.5  (16.7%)  Equalized
Kelly, Kathleen M.  Chart color  2,698.0  (16.7%)   
Cronin, Fran Albin  Chart color  2,684.5  (16.6%)   
Osborne, Mervan F.  Chart color  2,698.0  (16.7%)   
None of these  Chart color  405.0  (2.5%)   
Pie chart

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

Transfers are made from each winner until they all have an equal share of the votes.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2013 School Committee Election

6 candidates will be elected with 16,593 ballots cast.


Round 17

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Nolan, Patricia M.  Chart color  2,698.0  (16.7%)  Elected
Fantini, Alfred B.  Chart color  2,698.0  (16.7%)  Elected
Harding, Jr., Richard  Chart color  2,698.0  (16.7%)  Elected
Kelly, Kathleen M.  Chart color  2,698.0  (16.7%)  Elected
Cronin, Fran Albin  Chart color  2,698.0  (16.7%)  Elected
Osborne, Mervan F.  Chart color  2,698.0  (16.7%)  Elected
None of these  Chart color  405.0  (2.5%)   
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, 97.6% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 86.3% 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.

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 2013 School Committee Election

6 candidates will be elected with 16,593 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    75.9% 
2nd    14.3% 
3rd    5.0% 
4th    2.6% 
5th    1.0% 
6th    0.5% 
7th    0.3% 
8th    0.2% 
Pie chart