DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.


Round 1

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Teresa STEVENSON  Chart color  1,266.0  (24.3%)   
Paul Richard HUDSON  Chart color  948.0  (18.2%)   
Michael GUEST  Chart color  726.0  (13.9%)   
Douglas Wayne HALL  Chart color  660.0  (12.7%)   
Nicola HOLMAN  Chart color  447.0  (8.6%)   
Jo GALER  Chart color  385.0  (7.4%)   
Steve YOUNG  Chart color  324.0  (6.2%)   
Alan MCDONALD  Chart color  197.0  (3.8%)   
Calvin OATEN  Chart color  142.0  (2.7%)   
Paul John Michael MCMULLAN  Chart color  115.0  (2.2%)  Defeated
Pie chart

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (Paul John Michael MCMULLAN) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.


Round 2

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Teresa STEVENSON  Chart color  1,313.0  (25.3%)  Elected
Paul Richard HUDSON  Chart color  953.0  (18.4%)   
Michael GUEST  Chart color  735.0  (14.2%)   
Douglas Wayne HALL  Chart color  675.0  (13.0%)   
Nicola HOLMAN  Chart color  449.0  (8.6%)   
Jo GALER  Chart color  391.0  (7.5%)   
Steve YOUNG  Chart color  332.0  (6.4%)   
Alan MCDONALD  Chart color  201.0  (3.9%)   
Calvin OATEN  Chart color  143.0  (2.8%)   
None of these  Chart color  18.0  (0.3%)   
Pie chart

Teresa STEVENSON has enough votes to guarantee victory (25%) 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: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.


Round 3

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Teresa STEVENSON  Chart color  1,298.0  (25.0%)   
Paul Richard HUDSON  Chart color  953.0  (18.4%)   
Michael GUEST  Chart color  736.5  (14.2%)   
Douglas Wayne HALL  Chart color  677.9  (13.1%)   
Nicola HOLMAN  Chart color  452.4  (8.7%)   
Jo GALER  Chart color  392.0  (7.5%)   
Steve YOUNG  Chart color  335.9  (6.5%)   
Alan MCDONALD  Chart color  203.4  (3.9%)   
Calvin OATEN  Chart color  143.0  (2.8%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  18.0  (0.3%)   
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.


Round 4

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Teresa STEVENSON  Chart color  1,298.0  (25.1%)   
Paul Richard HUDSON  Chart color  964.0  (18.6%)   
Michael GUEST  Chart color  752.5  (14.5%)   
Douglas Wayne HALL  Chart color  714.9  (13.8%)   
Nicola HOLMAN  Chart color  471.4  (9.1%)   
Jo GALER  Chart color  410.0  (7.9%)   
Steve YOUNG  Chart color  355.9  (6.9%)   
Alan MCDONALD  Chart color  212.4  (4.1%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  31.0  (0.6%)   
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.


Round 5

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Teresa STEVENSON  Chart color  1,303.9  (25.3%)   
Paul Richard HUDSON  Chart color  995.0  (19.3%)   
Michael GUEST  Chart color  782.9  (15.2%)   
Douglas Wayne HALL  Chart color  757.9  (14.7%)   
Nicola HOLMAN  Chart color  489.4  (9.5%)   
Jo GALER  Chart color  432.0  (8.4%)   
Steve YOUNG  Chart color  384.9  (7.5%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  64.0  (1.2%)   
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.


Round 6

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Teresa STEVENSON  Chart color  1,338.4  (26.2%)   
Paul Richard HUDSON  Chart color  1,066.0  (20.8%)   
Michael GUEST  Chart color  851.9  (16.7%)   
Douglas Wayne HALL  Chart color  826.9  (16.2%)   
Nicola HOLMAN  Chart color  538.4  (10.5%)   
Jo GALER  Chart color  493.5  (9.6%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  95.0  (1.9%)   
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.


Round 7

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Teresa STEVENSON  Chart color  1,388.8  (27.4%)   
Paul Richard HUDSON  Chart color  1,135.0  (22.4%)   
Michael GUEST  Chart color  937.9  (18.5%)   
Douglas Wayne HALL  Chart color  919.9  (18.1%)   
Nicola HOLMAN  Chart color  687.4  (13.6%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  141.0  (2.8%)   
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.


Round 8

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Teresa STEVENSON  Chart color  1,524.3  (30.8%)   
Paul Richard HUDSON  Chart color  1,278.0  (25.8%)  Elected
Michael GUEST  Chart color  1,108.4  (22.4%)   
Douglas Wayne HALL  Chart color  1,035.4  (20.9%)   
None of these  Chart color  264.0  (5.3%)   
Pie chart

Paul Richard HUDSON has enough votes to guarantee victory (25%) 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: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.


Round 9

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Teresa STEVENSON  Chart color  1,524.3  (30.8%)   
Paul Richard HUDSON  Chart color  1,236.5  (25.0%)   
Michael GUEST  Chart color  1,133.2  (22.9%)   
Douglas Wayne HALL  Chart color  1,052.0  (21.3%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  264.0  (5.3%)   
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Douglas Wayne HALL) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.


Round 10

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Teresa STEVENSON  Chart color  1,783.2  (38.3%)  Elected
Paul Richard HUDSON  Chart color  1,419.0  (30.5%)   
Michael GUEST  Chart color  1,453.8  (31.2%)   
None of these  Chart color  554.0  (11.9%)   
Pie chart

Teresa STEVENSON has enough votes to guarantee victory (25%) 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: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.


Round 11

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Teresa STEVENSON  Chart color  1,552.0  (33.3%)   
Paul Richard HUDSON  Chart color  1,539.5  (33.1%)   
Michael GUEST  Chart color  1,564.5  (33.6%)  Elected
None of these  Chart color  554.0  (11.9%)   
Pie chart

Michael GUEST has enough votes to guarantee victory (25%) 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: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.


Round 12

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Teresa STEVENSON  Chart color  1,552.0  (33.3%)  Elected
Paul Richard HUDSON  Chart color  1,552.0  (33.3%)  Elected
Michael GUEST  Chart color  1,552.0  (33.3%)  Elected
None of these  Chart color  554.0  (11.9%)   
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, 89.4% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 56.4% 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 3" 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: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 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    58.4% 
2nd    20.9% 
3rd    13.0% 
4th    3.4% 
5th    1.8% 
6th    1.1% 
7th    0.4% 
8th    0.4% 
9th    0.3% 
10th    0.3% 
Pie chart