DemoChoice Web Poll: Santa Fe Councilor, District 4, 2018
Retaining a few 'undervotes' with a blank higher choice and valid lower choice.
1 candidate will be elected with 4,890 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JoAnne Vigil Coppler |
|
2,118 | (43.3%) | |
| Greg Scargall |
|
1,468 | (30.0%) | |
| Eric John Holmes |
|
1,304 | (26.7%) | Defeated |
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (Eric John Holmes) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
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DemoChoice Web Poll: Santa Fe Councilor, District 4, 2018
Retaining a few 'undervotes' with a blank higher choice and valid lower choice.
1 candidate will be elected with 4,890 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JoAnne Vigil Coppler |
|
2,562 | (56.5%) | Elected |
| Greg Scargall |
|
1,974 | (43.5%) | Defeated |
JoAnne Vigil Coppler has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 52.4% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 43.3% 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: Santa Fe Councilor, District 4, 2018
Retaining a few 'undervotes' with a blank higher choice and valid lower choice.
1 candidate will be elected with 4,890 ballots cast.
Ballot Depth
This shows how much the lower rankings on ballots contributed to the winning candidate.
| Rank | Fraction of votes for winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |
|
82.7% | |
| 2nd |
|
17.3% | |