DemoChoice Web Poll: 2006 Burlington, VT Mayoral Election, March 7, 2006
1 candidate will be elected with 9,778 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Kiss |
|
3,809 | (39.0%) | |
| Hinda Miller |
|
3,106 | (31.8%) | |
| Kevin J. Curley |
|
2,609 | (26.7%) | |
| Louie The Cowman Beaudin |
|
119 | (1.2%) | |
| Write-ins |
|
78 | (0.8%) | |
| Loyal Ploof |
|
57 | (0.6%) | Defeated |
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (Loyal Ploof) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: 2006 Burlington, VT Mayoral Election, March 7, 2006
1 candidate will be elected with 9,778 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Kiss |
|
3,827 | (39.2%) | |
| Hinda Miller |
|
3,122 | (31.9%) | |
| Kevin J. Curley |
|
2,618 | (26.8%) | |
| Louie The Cowman Beaudin |
|
128 | (1.3%) | |
| Write-ins |
|
78 | (0.8%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Write-ins) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: 2006 Burlington, VT Mayoral Election, March 7, 2006
1 candidate will be elected with 9,778 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Kiss |
|
3,857 | (39.5%) | |
| Hinda Miller |
|
3,135 | (32.1%) | |
| Kevin J. Curley |
|
2,637 | (27.0%) | |
| Louie The Cowman Beaudin |
|
136 | (1.4%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Louie The Cowman Beaudin) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: 2006 Burlington, VT Mayoral Election, March 7, 2006
1 candidate will be elected with 9,778 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Kiss |
|
3,898 | (40.1%) | |
| Hinda Miller |
|
3,157 | (32.4%) | |
| Kevin J. Curley |
|
2,675 | (27.5%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Kevin J. Curley) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: 2006 Burlington, VT Mayoral Election, March 7, 2006
1 candidate will be elected with 9,778 ballots cast.
Round 5
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Kiss |
|
4,761 | (54.4%) | Elected |
| Hinda Miller |
|
3,986 | (45.6%) | Defeated |
Bob Kiss has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 48.7% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 39% 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: 2006 Burlington, VT Mayoral Election, March 7, 2006
1 candidate will be elected with 9,778 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 |
|
80.0% | |
| 2nd |
|
15.8% | |
| 3rd |
|
2.5% | |
| 4th |
|
1.6% | |