DemoChoice Web Poll: Cutest Oakland Zoo animal
1 candidate will be elected with 3,074 ballots cast.

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Round 1 Legend  
     elephant 
 
 1,084  (35.3%)   
     goat 
 
 797  (25.9%)   
     gibbon 
 
 793  (25.8%)   
     warthog 
 
 400  (13.0%)  Defeated
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Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or ask a question.

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (50%), so the last-place candidate (     warthog) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cutest Oakland Zoo animal
1 candidate will be elected with 3,074 ballots cast.

First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 2 Legend  
     elephant 
 
 1,223  (40.0%)   
     goat 
 
 941  (30.8%)   
     gibbon 
 
 891  (29.2%)  Defeated
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Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or ask a question.

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (50%), so the last-place candidate (     gibbon) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.














 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: Cutest Oakland Zoo animal
1 candidate will be elected with 3,074 ballots cast.

First Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 3 Legend  
     elephant 
 
 1,657  (54.8%)  Elected
     goat 
 
 1,366  (45.2%)  Defeated
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Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or ask a question.

     elephant has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 53.9% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 35.3% if only the first-round votes were used.

Also, view the Ballot Depth info to see how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cutest Oakland Zoo animal
1 candidate will be elected with 3,074 ballots cast.

First Round | Last 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 
 
65.4%   
2nd 
 
28.2%   
3rd 
 
6.3%   
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