DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.

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

Round 1    
---------------------------------------- 25%
Teresa STEVENSON  1,266.0  (24.3%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ _ :
Paul Richard HUDSON  948.0  (18.2%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ___________ :
Michael GUEST  726.0  (13.9%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC __________________ :
Douglas Wayne HALL  660.0  (12.7%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ___________________ :
Nicola HOLMAN  447.0  (8.6%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEE __________________________ :
Jo GALER  385.0  (7.4%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBB ____________________________ :
Steve YOUNG  324.0  (6.2%) 
KKKKKKKKKK ______________________________ :
Alan MCDONALD  197.0  (3.8%) 
GGGGGG __________________________________ :
Calvin OATEN  142.0  (2.7%) 
IIIII ___________________________________ :
Paul John Michael MCMULLAN  115.0  (2.2%) 
HHHH ____________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Paul John Michael MCMULLAN Defeated
J L
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 (25% of counted votes).

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (Paul John Michael MCMULLAN) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

New colors:
L
None of these

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DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.

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

Round 2    
---------------------------------------- 25%
Teresa STEVENSON  1,313.0  (25.3%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ :
Paul Richard HUDSON  953.0  (18.4%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF __________ :
Michael GUEST  735.0  (14.2%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _________________ :
Douglas Wayne HALL  675.0  (13.0%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ___________________ :
Nicola HOLMAN  449.0  (8.6%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEE __________________________ :
Jo GALER  391.0  (7.5%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBB ____________________________ :
Steve YOUNG  332.0  (6.4%) 
KKKKKKKKKKK _____________________________ :
Alan MCDONALD  201.0  (3.9%) 
GGGGGG __________________________________ :
Calvin OATEN  143.0  (2.8%) 
IIIII ___________________________________ :
None of these  18.0   
L _______________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Teresa STEVENSON 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 (25% of counted votes).

Teresa STEVENSON 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: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.

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

Round 3    
---------------------------------------- 25%
Teresa STEVENSON  1,298.0  (25.0%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ :
Paul Richard HUDSON  953.0  (18.4%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF __________ :
Michael GUEST  736.5  (14.2%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _________________ :
Douglas Wayne HALL  677.9  (13.1%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ___________________ :
Nicola HOLMAN  452.4  (8.7%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEE __________________________ :
Jo GALER  392.0  (7.5%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBB ____________________________ :
Steve YOUNG  335.9  (6.5%) 
KKKKKKKKKK ______________________________ :
Alan MCDONALD  203.4  (3.9%) 
GGGGGG __________________________________ :
Calvin OATEN  143.0  (2.8%) 
IIIII ___________________________________ :
None of these  18.0   
L _______________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Calvin OATEN Defeated
C D E K
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 (25% of counted votes).

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

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DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.

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

Round 4    
---------------------------------------- 25%
Teresa STEVENSON  1,298.0  (25.1%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ :
Paul Richard HUDSON  964.0  (18.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF __________ :
Michael GUEST  752.5  (14.5%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _________________ :
Douglas Wayne HALL  714.9  (13.8%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD __________________ :
Nicola HOLMAN  471.4  (9.1%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEE __________________________ :
Jo GALER  410.0  (7.9%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBB ____________________________ :
Steve YOUNG  355.9  (6.9%) 
KKKKKKKKKKK _____________________________ :
Alan MCDONALD  212.4  (4.1%) 
GGGGGG __________________________________ :
None of these  31.0   
L _______________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Alan MCDONALD Defeated
C DD E F K L
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 (25% of counted votes).

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

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DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.

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

Round 5    
--------------------------------------- 25%
Teresa STEVENSON  1,303.9  (25.3%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ :J
Paul Richard HUDSON  995.0  (19.3%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF _________ :
Michael GUEST  782.9  (15.2%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _______________ :
Douglas Wayne HALL  757.9  (14.7%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD _______________ :
Nicola HOLMAN  489.4  (9.5%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ________________________ :
Jo GALER  432.0  (8.4%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBB _________________________ :
Steve YOUNG  384.9  (7.5%) 
KKKKKKKKKKKK ___________________________ :
None of these  64.0   
LL _____________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Steve YOUNG Defeated
BB CC DD EE FF J L
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 (25% of counted votes).

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

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DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.

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

Round 6    
---------------------------------------- 25%
Teresa STEVENSON  1,338.4  (26.2%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ :J
Paul Richard HUDSON  1,066.0  (20.8%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF _______ :
Michael GUEST  851.9  (16.7%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _____________ :
Douglas Wayne HALL  826.9  (16.2%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ______________ :
Nicola HOLMAN  538.4  (10.5%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _______________________ :
Jo GALER  493.5  (9.6%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _________________________ :
None of these  95.0   
LLL _____________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Jo GALER Defeated
CCC DDD EEEEE FF JJ L
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 (25% of counted votes).

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

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DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.

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

Round 7    
--------------------------------------- 25%
Teresa STEVENSON  1,388.8  (27.4%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ :JJJJ
Paul Richard HUDSON  1,135.0  (22.4%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ____ :
Michael GUEST  937.9  (18.5%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ___________ :
Douglas Wayne HALL  919.9  (18.1%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD __________ :
Nicola HOLMAN  687.4  (13.6%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE __________________ :
None of these  141.0   
LLLLL __________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Nicola HOLMAN Defeated
CCCCC DDDD FFFFF JJJJ LLLL
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 (25% of counted votes).

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

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DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.

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

Round 8    
-------------------------------------- 25%
Teresa STEVENSON  1,524.3  (30.8%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ :JJJJJJJJJ
Paul Richard HUDSON  1,278.0  (25.8%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :F
Michael GUEST  1,108.4  (22.4%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ____ :
Douglas Wayne HALL  1,035.4  (20.9%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ______ :
None of these  264.0   
LLLLLLLL ______________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Paul Richard HUDSON Elected
C D
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 (25% of counted votes).

Paul Richard HUDSON 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: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.

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

Round 9    
-------------------------------------- 25%
Teresa STEVENSON  1,524.3  (30.8%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ :JJJJJJJJJ
Paul Richard HUDSON  1,236.5  (25.0%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
Michael GUEST  1,133.2  (22.9%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ___ :
Douglas Wayne HALL  1,052.0  (21.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD _____ :
None of these  264.0   
LLLLLLLL ______________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Douglas Wayne HALL Defeated
CCCCCCCCCC FFFFFF JJJJJJJJ LLLLLLLLL
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 (25% of counted votes).

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

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DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.

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

Round 10    
------------------------------------ 25%
Teresa STEVENSON  1,783.2  (38.3%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ :JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
Paul Richard HUDSON  1,419.0  (30.5%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :FFFFFFFF
Michael GUEST  1,453.8  (31.2%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CCCCCCCC
None of these  554.0   
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL ___________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Teresa STEVENSON Elected
CCCC FFF
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 (25% of counted votes).

Teresa STEVENSON 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: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.

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

Round 11    
------------------------------------ 25%
Teresa STEVENSON  1,552.0  (33.3%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ :JJJJJJJJJJJJ
Paul Richard HUDSON  1,539.5  (33.1%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :FFFFFFFFFFF
Michael GUEST  1,564.5  (33.6%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CCCCCCCCCCCC
None of these  554.0   
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL ___________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Michael GUEST 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 (25% of counted votes).

Michael GUEST 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: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 ballots cast.

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

Round 12    
------------------------------------------------ 33.3%
Teresa STEVENSON  1,552.0  (33.3%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ :
Paul Richard HUDSON  1,552.0  (33.3%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
Michael GUEST  1,552.0  (33.3%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :
None of these  554.0   
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL _______________________________
   
Results  
Michael GUESTElected 
Paul Richard HUDSONElected 
Teresa STEVENSONElected 
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).

At this point, the number of remaining candidates equals the number of remaining seats, so the remaining candidates are declared elected.
In the end, 89.4% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 56.4% 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 3" 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: New Zealand, Dunedin City, Cargill Ward, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
3 candidates will be elected with 5,210 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 58.4% 
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2nd 20.9% 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
3rd 13.0% 
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4th 3.4% 
XXX
5th 1.8% 
X
6th 1.1% 
X
7th 0.4% 
X