DemoChoice Web Poll: Publicity Officers
2 candidates will be elected with 20 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 1    
--------------------------------- 33.3%
Lewis Gregory  10.0  (50.0%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
Michelle Kolsut  6.0  (30.0%) 
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Renee Patil  3.0  (15.0%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD __________________ :
Lauren Wright  1.0  (5.0%) 
AAAAA ____________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Lewis Gregory Elected
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Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (33.3% of counted votes).

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
Lewis Gregory has enough votes to guarantee victory 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, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Publicity Officers
2 candidates will be elected with 20 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 2    
---------------------------------- 33.3%
Lewis Gregory  6.7  (33.3%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :
Michelle Kolsut  8.0  (40.0%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CCCCCC
Renee Patil  3.7  (18.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD _______________ :
Lauren Wright  1.7  (8.3%) 
AAAAAAAA __________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Lauren Wright Defeated
DDDDDDDD
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (33.3% of counted votes).

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

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Publicity Officers
2 candidates will be elected with 20 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 3    
--------------------------------- 33.3%
Lewis Gregory  6.7  (33.3%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :B
Michelle Kolsut  8.0  (40.0%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CCCCCCC
Renee Patil  5.3  (26.7%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ______ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Renee Patil Defeated
BBBBBBBBBBB EEEEEEEEEE FFFFF
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (33.3% of counted votes).

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

New colors:
G
RON
 
G
Abstain

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Publicity Officers
2 candidates will be elected with 20 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 4    
--------------------------------- 33.3%
Lewis Gregory  9.0  (45.0%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :BBBBBBBBBBBB
Michelle Kolsut  8.0  (40.0%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CCCCCCC
RON  2.0  (10.0%) 
EEEEEEEEEE _______________________ :
Abstain  1.0  (5.0%) 
FFFFF ____________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
RON Defeated
FFFFFFFFFF
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (33.3% of counted votes).

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

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Publicity Officers
2 candidates will be elected with 20 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 5    
---------------------------------- 33.3%
Lewis Gregory  9.0  (45.0%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :BBBBBBBBBBB
Michelle Kolsut  8.0  (40.0%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CCCCCC
Abstain  3.0  (15.0%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ___________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Abstain Defeated
BBBBBBBBBB CCCCC
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (33.3% of counted votes).

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

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Publicity Officers
2 candidates will be elected with 20 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 6    
-------------------------------------------------- 50%
Lewis Gregory  11.0  (55.0%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :BBBBB
Michelle Kolsut  9.0  (45.0%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _____ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Lewis Gregory Equalized
CCCCC
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents an elected member's equal share of the votes (50% of counted votes).

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: Publicity Officers
2 candidates will be elected with 20 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 7    
-------------------------------------------------- 50%
Lewis Gregory  10.0  (50.0%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :
Michelle Kolsut  10.0  (50.0%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :
   
Results  
Lewis GregoryElected 
Michelle KolsutElected 
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents an elected member's equal share of the votes (50% of counted votes).

At this point, the number of remaining candidates equals the number of remaining seats, so the remaining candidates are declared elected.
In the end, 100% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 80% 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 2" 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.

The Ballot Depth section shows how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.
















 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: Publicity Officers
2 candidates will be elected with 20 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Final Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

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

Rank Fraction of votes for winners
1st 70.0% 
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2nd 22.5% 
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3rd 2.5% 
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4th 5.0% 
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