DemoChoice Web Poll: Salary committee election
4 candidates will be elected with 12 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liette Gidlow |
|
3.0 | (25.0%) | Elected | |
| Betsy Lublin |
|
2.0 | (16.7%) | ||
| Andrew Port |
|
2.0 | (16.7%) | ||
| Eric Ash |
|
1.0 | (8.3%) | ||
| Reyna Esquivel-King |
|
1.0 | (8.3%) | ||
| Aaron Retish |
|
1.0 | (8.3%) | ||
| Sylvia Taschka |
|
1.0 | (8.3%) | ||
| Sandra Van Burkleo |
|
1.0 | (8.3%) | ||
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
Liette Gidlow has enough votes to guarantee victory
(20%) 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 (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).
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DemoChoice Web Poll: Salary committee election
4 candidates will be elected with 12 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liette Gidlow |
|
2.4 | (20.0%) | |
| Betsy Lublin |
|
2.0 | (16.7%) | |
| Andrew Port |
|
2.0 | (16.7%) | |
| Eric Ash |
|
1.0 | (8.3%) | |
| Reyna Esquivel-King |
|
1.0 | (8.3%) | |
| Aaron Retish |
|
1.3 | (10.8%) | |
| Sylvia Taschka |
|
1.0 | (8.3%) | Defeated |
| Sandra Van Burkleo |
|
1.3 | (10.8%) | |
The last-place candidate (Sylvia Taschka) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
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DemoChoice Web Poll: Salary committee election
4 candidates will be elected with 12 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liette Gidlow |
|
2.4 | (20.0%) | |
| Betsy Lublin |
|
2.0 | (16.7%) | |
| Andrew Port |
|
2.0 | (16.7%) | |
| Eric Ash |
|
1.0 | (8.3%) | |
| Reyna Esquivel-King |
|
1.0 | (8.3%) | Defeated |
| Aaron Retish |
|
2.3 | (19.2%) | |
| Sandra Van Burkleo |
|
1.3 | (10.8%) | |
The last-place candidate (Reyna Esquivel-King) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Salary committee election
4 candidates will be elected with 12 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liette Gidlow |
|
2.4 | (20.0%) | ||
| Betsy Lublin |
|
2.0 | (16.7%) | ||
| Andrew Port |
|
2.0 | (16.7%) | ||
| Eric Ash |
|
1.0 | (8.3%) | ||
| Aaron Retish |
|
3.3 | (27.5%) | Elected | |
| Sandra Van Burkleo |
|
1.3 | (10.8%) | ||
Aaron Retish has enough votes to guarantee victory (20%) 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 (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Salary committee election
4 candidates will be elected with 12 ballots cast.
Round 5
| Candidate | Votes | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liette Gidlow |
|
2.4 | (20.0%) | ||
| Betsy Lublin |
|
2.9 | (24.2%) | Elected | |
| Andrew Port |
|
2.0 | (16.7%) | ||
| Eric Ash |
|
1.0 | (8.3%) | ||
| Aaron Retish |
|
2.4 | (20.0%) | ||
| Sandra Van Burkleo |
|
1.3 | (10.8%) | ||
Betsy Lublin has enough votes to guarantee victory (20%) 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 (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Salary committee election
4 candidates will be elected with 12 ballots cast.
Round 6
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liette Gidlow |
|
2.4 | (20.0%) | |
| Betsy Lublin |
|
2.4 | (20.0%) | |
| Andrew Port |
|
2.3 | (18.8%) | |
| Eric Ash |
|
1.3 | (10.4%) | Defeated |
| Aaron Retish |
|
2.4 | (20.0%) | |
| Sandra Van Burkleo |
|
1.3 | (10.8%) | |
The last-place candidate (Eric Ash) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Salary committee election
4 candidates will be elected with 12 ballots cast.
Round 7
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liette Gidlow |
|
2.4 | (20.0%) | |
| Betsy Lublin |
|
2.7 | (22.1%) | |
| Andrew Port |
|
2.3 | (18.8%) | Defeated |
| Aaron Retish |
|
2.4 | (20.0%) | |
| Sandra Van Burkleo |
|
2.3 | (19.2%) | |
The last-place candidate (Andrew Port) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Salary committee election
4 candidates will be elected with 12 ballots cast.
Round 8
| Candidate | Votes | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liette Gidlow |
|
2.4 | (20.0%) | ||
| Betsy Lublin |
|
2.7 | (22.1%) | ||
| Aaron Retish |
|
3.4 | (28.3%) | ||
| Sandra Van Burkleo |
|
3.6 | (29.6%) | Equalized | |
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.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Salary committee election
4 candidates will be elected with 12 ballots cast.
Round 9
| Candidate | Votes | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liette Gidlow |
|
2.8 | (23.7%) | ||
| Betsy Lublin |
|
2.8 | (23.0%) | ||
| Aaron Retish |
|
3.4 | (28.3%) | Equalized | |
| Sandra Van Burkleo |
|
3.0 | (25.0%) | ||
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.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Salary committee election
4 candidates will be elected with 12 ballots cast.
Round 10
| Candidate | Votes | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liette Gidlow |
|
2.8 | (23.7%) | ||
| Betsy Lublin |
|
3.2 | (26.3%) | Equalized | |
| Aaron Retish |
|
3.0 | (25.0%) | ||
| Sandra Van Burkleo |
|
3.0 | (25.0%) | ||
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.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Salary committee election
4 candidates will be elected with 12 ballots cast.
Round 11
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liette Gidlow |
|
3.0 | (25.0%) | Elected |
| Betsy Lublin |
|
3.0 | (25.0%) | Elected |
| Aaron Retish |
|
3.0 | (25.0%) | Elected |
| Sandra Van Burkleo |
|
3.0 | (25.0%) | Elected |
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 66.7% 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 4" 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.
Also, view the Ballot Depth info to see how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Salary committee election
4 candidates will be elected with 12 ballots cast.
Ballot Depth
This shows how much the lower rankings on ballots contributed to the winning candidates.
| Rank | Fraction of votes for winners | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |
|
50.8% | |
| 2nd |
|
10.8% | |
| 3rd |
|
7.8% | |
| 4th |
|
3.7% | |
| 5th |
|
11.4% | |
| 6th |
|
8.3% | |
| 9th |
|
1.3% | |
| 10th |
|
4.7% | |
| 12th |
|
1.2% | |