DemoChoice Web Poll: United States Senator from California
1 candidate will be elected with 1,355 ballots cast.

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

Round 1    
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Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator (Democratic)   482  (35.6%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA _____________ :
Richard Mountjoy, Immigration Control Consultant (Republican)   253  (18.7%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ______________________________ :
Todd Chretien, Writer (Green)   213  (15.7%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ________________________________ :
Michael Metti, Parent/Educator/Businessman (Libertarian)   193  (14.2%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEE __________________________________ :
Don Grundmann, Doctor of Chiropractic (American Independent)   153  (11.3%) 
CCCCCCCCCCC ____________________________________ :
Marsha Feinland, Retired Teacher (Peace and Freedom)   61  (4.5%) 
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Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Marsha Feinland, Retired Teacher (Peace and Freedom) Defeated
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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 (50% of counted votes).

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (Marsha Feinland, Retired Teacher (Peace and Freedom)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

New colors:
G
None of these

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DemoChoice Web Poll: United States Senator from California
1 candidate will be elected with 1,355 ballots cast.

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

Round 2    
----------------------------------------------- 50%
Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator (Democratic)   483  (35.9%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ______________ :
Richard Mountjoy, Immigration Control Consultant (Republican)   253  (18.8%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ______________________________ :
Todd Chretien, Writer (Green)   261  (19.4%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD _____________________________ :
Michael Metti, Parent/Educator/Businessman (Libertarian)   194  (14.4%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEE _________________________________ :
Don Grundmann, Doctor of Chiropractic (American Independent)   153  (11.4%) 
CCCCCCCCCCC ____________________________________ :
None of these  11   
G ______________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Don Grundmann, Doctor of Chiropractic (American Independent) Defeated
AAA BBBBB GG
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 (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Don Grundmann, Doctor of Chiropractic (American Independent)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: United States Senator from California
1 candidate will be elected with 1,355 ballots cast.

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

Round 3    
--------------------------------------------- 50%
Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator (Democratic)   532  (40.3%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ________ :
Richard Mountjoy, Immigration Control Consultant (Republican)   326  (24.7%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _______________________ :
Todd Chretien, Writer (Green)   262  (19.9%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ___________________________ :
Michael Metti, Parent/Educator/Businessman (Libertarian)   199  (15.1%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEE _______________________________ :
None of these  36   
GG ___________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Michael Metti, Parent/Educator/Businessman (Libertarian) Defeated
AAAA BBBBBBB DD
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 (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Michael Metti, Parent/Educator/Businessman (Libertarian)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: United States Senator from California
1 candidate will be elected with 1,355 ballots cast.

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

Round 4    
---------------------------------------------- 50%
Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator (Democratic)   595  (45.5%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA _____ :
Richard Mountjoy, Immigration Control Consultant (Republican)   431  (32.9%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _________________ :
Todd Chretien, Writer (Green)   283  (21.6%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD __________________________ :
None of these  46   
GGG ___________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Todd Chretien, Writer (Green) Defeated
AAAAAAAAAAAAAA BBB GGG
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 (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Todd Chretien, Writer (Green)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: United States Senator from California
1 candidate will be elected with 1,355 ballots cast.

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

Round 5    
-------------------------------------------- 50%
Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator (Democratic)   794  (63.2%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :AAAAAAAAAAA
Richard Mountjoy, Immigration Control Consultant (Republican)   463  (36.8%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ____________ :
None of these  98   
GGGGGGG _____________________________________
   
Results  
Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator (Democratic) Elected 
Richard Mountjoy, Immigration Control Consultant (Republican) 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 (50% of counted votes).

Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator (Democratic) has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 58.6% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 35.6% if only the first-round votes were used.

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
















 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: United States Senator from California
1 candidate will be elected with 1,355 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 candidate.

Rank Fraction of votes for winner
1st 60.7% 
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2nd 23.2% 
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3rd 5.0% 
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4th 8.2% 
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5th 2.9% 
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