DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Porirua City, Eastern Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

5 candidates will be elected with 3,782 ballots cast.


Round 1

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Litea Luafataali'i AH HOI  Chart color  1,070.0  (28.3%)  Elected
Naureen PALMER  Chart color  436.0  (11.5%)   
Rob RANGI  Chart color  431.0  (11.4%)   
Taima FAGALOA  Chart color  411.0  (10.9%)   
David STANLEY  Chart color  342.0  (9.0%)   
Peter TO'OMAGA  Chart color  281.0  (7.4%)   
Timothy MANU  Chart color  265.0  (7.0%)   
Raymond EDWARDS  Chart color  252.0  (6.7%)   
Wally RANFURLY  Chart color  152.0  (4.0%)   
Chris MOSES  Chart color  142.0  (3.8%)   
Pie chart

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
Litea Luafataali'i AH HOI has enough votes to guarantee victory (16.7%) 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, Porirua City, Eastern Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

5 candidates will be elected with 3,782 ballots cast.


Round 2

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Litea Luafataali'i AH HOI  Chart color  630.3  (16.7%)   
Naureen PALMER  Chart color  497.5  (13.2%)   
Rob RANGI  Chart color  464.8  (12.3%)   
Taima FAGALOA  Chart color  598.6  (15.8%)   
David STANLEY  Chart color  371.9  (9.8%)   
Peter TO'OMAGA  Chart color  320.1  (8.5%)   
Timothy MANU  Chart color  293.6  (7.8%)   
Raymond EDWARDS  Chart color  277.9  (7.3%)   
Wally RANFURLY  Chart color  174.0  (4.6%)   
Chris MOSES  Chart color  153.4  (4.1%)  Defeated
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Porirua City, Eastern Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

5 candidates will be elected with 3,782 ballots cast.


Round 3

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Litea Luafataali'i AH HOI  Chart color  631.3  (16.8%)   
Naureen PALMER  Chart color  512.2  (13.6%)   
Rob RANGI  Chart color  492.7  (13.1%)   
Taima FAGALOA  Chart color  609.9  (16.2%)   
David STANLEY  Chart color  390.7  (10.4%)   
Peter TO'OMAGA  Chart color  334.5  (8.9%)   
Timothy MANU  Chart color  315.4  (8.4%)   
Raymond EDWARDS  Chart color  286.4  (7.6%)   
Wally RANFURLY  Chart color  187.7  (5.0%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  21.0  (0.6%)   
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Porirua City, Eastern Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

5 candidates will be elected with 3,782 ballots cast.


Round 4

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Litea Luafataali'i AH HOI  Chart color  633.7  (16.9%)   
Naureen PALMER  Chart color  559.8  (14.9%)   
Rob RANGI  Chart color  510.8  (13.6%)   
Taima FAGALOA  Chart color  639.8  (17.1%)  Elected
David STANLEY  Chart color  439.1  (11.7%)   
Peter TO'OMAGA  Chart color  350.3  (9.3%)   
Timothy MANU  Chart color  321.9  (8.6%)   
Raymond EDWARDS  Chart color  292.7  (7.8%)   
None of these  Chart color  34.0  (0.9%)   
Pie chart

Taima FAGALOA has enough votes to guarantee victory (16.7%) 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, Porirua City, Eastern Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

5 candidates will be elected with 3,782 ballots cast.


Round 5

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Litea Luafataali'i AH HOI  Chart color  633.7  (16.9%)   
Naureen PALMER  Chart color  566.5  (15.1%)   
Rob RANGI  Chart color  511.0  (13.6%)   
Taima FAGALOA  Chart color  624.7  (16.7%)   
David STANLEY  Chart color  442.0  (11.8%)   
Peter TO'OMAGA  Chart color  353.9  (9.4%)   
Timothy MANU  Chart color  322.4  (8.6%)   
Raymond EDWARDS  Chart color  293.9  (7.8%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  34.0  (0.9%)   
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Porirua City, Eastern Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

5 candidates will be elected with 3,782 ballots cast.


Round 6

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Litea Luafataali'i AH HOI  Chart color  638.7  (17.1%)   
Naureen PALMER  Chart color  638.3  (17.1%)  Elected
Rob RANGI  Chart color  570.8  (15.3%)   
Taima FAGALOA  Chart color  627.7  (16.8%)   
David STANLEY  Chart color  482.1  (12.9%)   
Peter TO'OMAGA  Chart color  384.9  (10.3%)   
Timothy MANU  Chart color  390.5  (10.5%)   
None of these  Chart color  49.0  (1.3%)   
Pie chart

Naureen PALMER has enough votes to guarantee victory (16.7%) 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, Porirua City, Eastern Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

5 candidates will be elected with 3,782 ballots cast.


Round 7

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Litea Luafataali'i AH HOI  Chart color  638.7  (17.1%)   
Naureen PALMER  Chart color  622.2  (16.7%)   
Rob RANGI  Chart color  577.0  (15.5%)   
Taima FAGALOA  Chart color  627.7  (16.8%)   
David STANLEY  Chart color  490.4  (13.1%)   
Peter TO'OMAGA  Chart color  385.7  (10.3%)  Defeated
Timothy MANU  Chart color  391.4  (10.5%)   
None of these  Chart color  49.0  (1.3%)   
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Peter TO'OMAGA) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Porirua City, Eastern Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

5 candidates will be elected with 3,782 ballots cast.


Round 8

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Litea Luafataali'i AH HOI  Chart color  681.4  (18.4%)   
Naureen PALMER  Chart color  625.2  (16.9%)   
Rob RANGI  Chart color  655.1  (17.7%)  Elected
Taima FAGALOA  Chart color  639.7  (17.3%)   
David STANLEY  Chart color  564.0  (15.3%)   
Timothy MANU  Chart color  530.6  (14.4%)   
None of these  Chart color  86.0  (2.3%)   
Pie chart

Rob RANGI has enough votes to guarantee victory (16.7%) 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, Porirua City, Eastern Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

5 candidates will be elected with 3,782 ballots cast.


Round 9

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Litea Luafataali'i AH HOI  Chart color  681.4  (18.4%)   
Naureen PALMER  Chart color  625.2  (16.9%)   
Rob RANGI  Chart color  616.0  (16.7%)   
Taima FAGALOA  Chart color  639.7  (17.3%)   
David STANLEY  Chart color  576.4  (15.6%)   
Timothy MANU  Chart color  557.3  (15.1%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  86.0  (2.3%)   
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Porirua City, Eastern Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

5 candidates will be elected with 3,782 ballots cast.


Round 10

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Litea Luafataali'i AH HOI  Chart color  789.6  (21.7%)  Elected
Naureen PALMER  Chart color  659.9  (18.1%)   
Rob RANGI  Chart color  722.1  (19.8%)   
Taima FAGALOA  Chart color  697.0  (19.1%)   
David STANLEY  Chart color  773.3  (21.2%)   
None of these  Chart color  140.0  (3.8%)   
Pie chart

Litea Luafataali'i AH HOI has enough votes to guarantee victory (16.7%) 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, Porirua City, Eastern Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

5 candidates will be elected with 3,782 ballots cast.


Round 11

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Litea Luafataali'i AH HOI  Chart color  728.4  (20.0%)   
Naureen PALMER  Chart color  674.7  (18.5%)   
Rob RANGI  Chart color  730.9  (20.1%)   
Taima FAGALOA  Chart color  734.7  (20.2%)   
David STANLEY  Chart color  773.3  (21.2%)  Elected
None of these  Chart color  140.0  (3.8%)   
Pie chart

David STANLEY has enough votes to guarantee victory (16.7%) 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, Porirua City, Eastern Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

5 candidates will be elected with 3,782 ballots cast.


Round 12

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Litea Luafataali'i AH HOI  Chart color  728.4  (20.0%)   
Naureen PALMER  Chart color  719.6  (19.8%)   
Rob RANGI  Chart color  730.9  (20.1%)   
Taima FAGALOA  Chart color  734.7  (20.2%)  Elected
David STANLEY  Chart color  728.4  (20.0%)   
None of these  Chart color  140.0  (3.8%)   
Pie chart

Taima FAGALOA has enough votes to guarantee victory (16.7%) 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, Porirua City, Eastern Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

5 candidates will be elected with 3,782 ballots cast.


Round 13

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Litea Luafataali'i AH HOI  Chart color  728.4  (20.0%)   
Naureen PALMER  Chart color  725.9  (19.9%)   
Rob RANGI  Chart color  730.9  (20.1%)  Elected
Taima FAGALOA  Chart color  728.4  (20.0%)   
David STANLEY  Chart color  728.4  (20.0%)   
None of these  Chart color  140.0  (3.8%)   
Pie chart

Rob RANGI has enough votes to guarantee victory (16.7%) 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, Porirua City, Eastern Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

5 candidates will be elected with 3,782 ballots cast.


Round 14

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Litea Luafataali'i AH HOI  Chart color  728.4  (20.0%)  Elected
Naureen PALMER  Chart color  728.4  (20.0%)  Elected
Rob RANGI  Chart color  728.4  (20.0%)  Elected
Taima FAGALOA  Chart color  728.4  (20.0%)  Elected
David STANLEY  Chart color  728.4  (20.0%)  Elected
None of these  Chart color  140.0  (3.8%)   
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, 96.3% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 71.1% 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 5" 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, Porirua City, Eastern Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules

5 candidates will be elected with 3,782 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    61.7% 
2nd    21.1% 
3rd    8.1% 
4th    4.0% 
5th    2.7% 
6th    0.8% 
7th    0.4% 
8th    0.4% 
9th    0.4% 
10th    0.4% 
Pie chart