| DemoChoice Web Poll: August Book Club |
| 1 candidate will be elected with 9 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
| Round 1 |
|
|
 |
50% |
|
| Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides |
4 |
(44.4%) |
|
| The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy |
2 |
(22.2%) |
|
| H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald |
1 |
(11.1%) |
|
| Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami |
1 |
(11.1%) |
|
| American Sirens by Kevin Hazzard |
1 |
(11.1%) |
|
| | | |
|
| Results |
|
Redistributed Votes (to these colors) |
| American Sirens by Kevin Hazzard |
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).
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
A tie was resolved by choosing a candidate at random.
The last-place candidate (American Sirens by Kevin Hazzard) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: August Book Club |
| 1 candidate will be elected with 9 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
| Round 2 |
|
|
|
50% |
|
| Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides |
4 |
(44.4%) |
|
| The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy |
2 |
(22.2%) |
|
| H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald |
1 |
(11.1%) |
|
| Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami |
2 |
(22.2%) |
|
| | | |
|
| Results |
|
Redistributed Votes (to these colors) |
| H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald |
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).
The last-place candidate (H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: August Book Club |
| 1 candidate will be elected with 9 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
| Round 3 |
|
|
|
50% |
|
| Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides |
5 |
(55.6%) |
|
| The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy |
2 |
(22.2%) |
|
| Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami |
2 |
(22.2%) |
|
| | | |
|
| Results |
|
| Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides | Elected | |
| Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami | Defeated | |
| The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy | 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).
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 55.6% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 44.4%
if only the first-round votes were used.
The
Ballot Depth section shows how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.
| DemoChoice Web Poll: August Book Club |
| 1 candidate will be elected with 9 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 | 80.0% |
|
| 2nd | 20.0% |
|
