| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from Santa Clarita (District 5) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 18 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
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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 (16.7% of counted votes).
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
Ricardo Costa, Motion Picture Projectionist (Green) 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.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from Santa Clarita (District 5) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 18 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
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| Round 2 |
|
|
 |
16.7% |
|
| Ricardo Costa, Motion Picture Projectionist (Green) |
3.0 |
(16.7%) |
|
| Peggy Christensen, Educator (Libertarian) |
3.0 |
(16.7%) |
|
| Richard Alarcon, Senator (Democratic) |
2.0 |
(11.1%) |
|
| Michael Agbaba, Environmental Safety Consultant (Republican) |
2.0 |
(11.1%) |
|
| Lyn Shaw, Human Services Administrator (Democratic) |
3.9 |
(21.4%) |
|
| Steve Myers, Computer Engineer (Libertarian) |
1.0 |
(5.6%) |
|
| Samantha Allen-Newman, (Republican) |
1.0 |
(5.6%) |
|
| Barron Yanaga, University Professor/Attorney (Libertarian) |
0.7 |
(4.0%) |
|
| Kevin De Leon, Teacher Representative (Democratic) |
1.4 |
(7.9%) |
|
| | | |
|
| Results |
|
Redistributed Votes (to these colors) |
| Lyn Shaw, Human Services Administrator (Democratic) |
Elected |
|
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 (16.7% of counted votes).
Lyn Shaw, Human Services Administrator (Democratic) 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.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from Santa Clarita (District 5) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 18 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
| Round 3 |
|
|
|
16.7% |
|
| Ricardo Costa, Motion Picture Projectionist (Green) |
3.0 |
(16.7%) |
|
| Peggy Christensen, Educator (Libertarian) |
3.0 |
(16.7%) |
|
| Richard Alarcon, Senator (Democratic) |
2.0 |
(11.1%) |
|
| Michael Agbaba, Environmental Safety Consultant (Republican) |
2.0 |
(11.1%) |
|
| Lyn Shaw, Human Services Administrator (Democratic) |
3.0 |
(16.7%) |
|
| Steve Myers, Computer Engineer (Libertarian) |
1.0 |
(5.6%) |
|
| Samantha Allen-Newman, (Republican) |
1.0 |
(5.6%) |
|
| Barron Yanaga, University Professor/Attorney (Libertarian) |
0.7 |
(4.0%) |
|
| Kevin De Leon, Teacher Representative (Democratic) |
2.3 |
(12.7%) |
|
| | | |
|
| Results |
|
Redistributed Votes (to these colors) |
| Barron Yanaga, University Professor/Attorney (Libertarian) |
Defeated |
|
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 (16.7% of counted votes).
The last-place candidate (Barron Yanaga, University Professor/Attorney (Libertarian)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from Santa Clarita (District 5) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 18 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (16.7% of counted votes).
The last-place candidate (Samantha Allen-Newman, (Republican)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from Santa Clarita (District 5) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 18 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (16.7% of counted votes).
Peggy Christensen, Educator (Libertarian) 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.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from Santa Clarita (District 5) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 18 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (16.7% of counted votes).
The last-place candidate (Steve Myers, Computer Engineer (Libertarian)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from Santa Clarita (District 5) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 18 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (16.7% of counted votes).
Michael Agbaba, Environmental Safety Consultant (Republican) 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.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from Santa Clarita (District 5) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 18 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (16.7% of counted votes).
The last-place candidate (Kevin De Leon, Teacher Representative (Democratic)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from Santa Clarita (District 5) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 18 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (20% 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.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from Santa Clarita (District 5) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 18 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (20% 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.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from Santa Clarita (District 5) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 18 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (20% 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.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from Santa Clarita (District 5) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 18 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (20% 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.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from Santa Clarita (District 5) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 18 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
| Round 13 |
|
|
|
20% |
|
| Ricardo Costa, Motion Picture Projectionist (Green) |
3.6 |
(20.0%) |
|
| Peggy Christensen, Educator (Libertarian) |
3.6 |
(20.0%) |
|
| Richard Alarcon, Senator (Democratic) |
3.6 |
(20.0%) |
|
| Michael Agbaba, Environmental Safety Consultant (Republican) |
3.6 |
(20.0%) |
|
| Lyn Shaw, Human Services Administrator (Democratic) |
3.6 |
(20.0%) |
|
| | | |
|
| Results |
|
| Lyn Shaw, Human Services Administrator (Democratic) | Elected | |
| Peggy Christensen, Educator (Libertarian) | Elected | |
| Richard Alarcon, Senator (Democratic) | Elected | |
| Michael Agbaba, Environmental Safety Consultant (Republican) | Elected | |
| Ricardo Costa, Motion Picture Projectionist (Green) | Elected | |
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 (20% 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 88.9%
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.
The
Ballot Depth section shows how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from Santa Clarita (District 5) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 18 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 | 63.2% |
|
| 2nd | 14.1% |
|
| 3rd | 14.2% |
|
| 4th | 0.4% |
|
| 8th | 3.3% |
|
