DemoChoice Web Poll: ASUC 2005 Academic VP Election (UC Berkeley)
1 candidate will be elected with 5,884 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JASON DIXSON (ASUC Senator), Student Action/UNITE-Greek/APPLE- Engineering |
|
2,634 | (44.8%) | |
| BRANDON 'B' Safe SMITH, CalSERVE (Cal Students for Equal Rights & a Valid Education) |
|
2,088 | (35.5%) | |
| ANDY 'BIG GAY HOMO' RATTO, SQUELCH! |
|
507 | (8.6%) | |
| JOSIE HYMAN, Defend Affirmative Action Party (DAAP) |
|
372 | (6.3%) | |
| MATT 'RED HUNTING HAT' WERNER, Independent |
|
283 | (4.8%) | Defeated |
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (MATT 'RED HUNTING HAT' WERNER, Independent) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: ASUC 2005 Academic VP Election (UC Berkeley)
1 candidate will be elected with 5,884 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JASON DIXSON (ASUC Senator), Student Action/UNITE-Greek/APPLE- Engineering |
|
2,690 | (46.7%) | |
| BRANDON 'B' Safe SMITH, CalSERVE (Cal Students for Equal Rights & a Valid Education) |
|
2,132 | (37.0%) | |
| ANDY 'BIG GAY HOMO' RATTO, SQUELCH! |
|
552 | (9.6%) | |
| JOSIE HYMAN, Defend Affirmative Action Party (DAAP) |
|
383 | (6.7%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (JOSIE HYMAN, Defend Affirmative Action Party (DAAP)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: ASUC 2005 Academic VP Election (UC Berkeley)
1 candidate will be elected with 5,884 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JASON DIXSON (ASUC Senator), Student Action/UNITE-Greek/APPLE- Engineering |
|
2,722 | (48.4%) | |
| BRANDON 'B' Safe SMITH, CalSERVE (Cal Students for Equal Rights & a Valid Education) |
|
2,316 | (41.2%) | |
| ANDY 'BIG GAY HOMO' RATTO, SQUELCH! |
|
588 | (10.5%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (ANDY 'BIG GAY HOMO' RATTO, SQUELCH!) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: ASUC 2005 Academic VP Election (UC Berkeley)
1 candidate will be elected with 5,884 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JASON DIXSON (ASUC Senator), Student Action/UNITE-Greek/APPLE- Engineering |
|
2,906 | (54.5%) | Elected |
| BRANDON 'B' Safe SMITH, CalSERVE (Cal Students for Equal Rights & a Valid Education) |
|
2,426 | (45.5%) | Defeated |
JASON DIXSON (ASUC Senator), Student Action/UNITE-Greek/APPLE- Engineering has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 49.4% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 44.8% 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 2005 Academic VP Election (UC Berkeley)
1 candidate will be elected with 5,884 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 |
|
90.6% | |
| 2nd |
|
7.6% | |
| 3rd |
|
1.5% | |
| 4th |
|
0.3% | |