DemoChoice Web Poll: ASUC 2004 Student Advocate Election (UC Berkeley)
1 candidate will be elected with 4,890 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVE MADAN (Incumbent), Independent |
|
1,681 | (34.4%) | |
| RONALD CRUZ, Defend Affirmative Action Party (DAAP) |
|
1,278 | (26.1%) | |
| Zein Obagi, Jr., BEARS-United |
|
1,000 | (20.4%) | |
| KEVIN 'ALMOST QUALIFIED' DEENIHAN, SQUELCH! |
|
632 | (12.9%) | |
| VIVIEN 'PALPATINE' LEE, Independent |
|
299 | (6.1%) | Defeated |
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (VIVIEN 'PALPATINE' LEE, Independent) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: ASUC 2004 Student Advocate Election (UC Berkeley)
1 candidate will be elected with 4,890 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVE MADAN (Incumbent), Independent |
|
1,738 | (36.6%) | |
| RONALD CRUZ, Defend Affirmative Action Party (DAAP) |
|
1,301 | (27.4%) | |
| Zein Obagi, Jr., BEARS-United |
|
1,033 | (21.8%) | |
| KEVIN 'ALMOST QUALIFIED' DEENIHAN, SQUELCH! |
|
675 | (14.2%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (KEVIN 'ALMOST QUALIFIED' DEENIHAN, SQUELCH!) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: ASUC 2004 Student Advocate Election (UC Berkeley)
1 candidate will be elected with 4,890 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVE MADAN (Incumbent), Independent |
|
1,893 | (43.5%) | |
| RONALD CRUZ, Defend Affirmative Action Party (DAAP) |
|
1,347 | (31.0%) | |
| Zein Obagi, Jr., BEARS-United |
|
1,109 | (25.5%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Zein Obagi, Jr., BEARS-United) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: ASUC 2004 Student Advocate Election (UC Berkeley)
1 candidate will be elected with 4,890 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVE MADAN (Incumbent), Independent |
|
2,163 | (58.7%) | Elected |
| RONALD CRUZ, Defend Affirmative Action Party (DAAP) |
|
1,523 | (41.3%) | Defeated |
DAVE MADAN (Incumbent), Independent has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 44.2% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 34.4% if only the first-round votes were used.
Also, view the Ballot Depth info to see how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.
DemoChoice Web Poll: ASUC 2004 Student Advocate Election (UC Berkeley)
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 |
|
77.7% | |
| 2nd |
|
15.0% | |
| 3rd |
|
5.1% | |
| 4th |
|
2.1% | |