In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate ( warthog) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
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The last-place candidate ( gibbon) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
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elephant has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 55.6% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 36.6% 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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This shows how much the lower rankings on ballots contributed to the winning candidate.
Rank | Fraction of votes for winner | ||
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1st | 65.9% | ||
2nd | 27.4% | ||
3rd | 6.7% |