DemoChoice Web Poll: 2009 Burlington, VT Mayoral Election, March 3, 2009
1 candidate will be elected with 8,984 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Wright |
|
2,951 | (32.8%) | |
| Bob Kiss |
|
2,593 | (28.9%) | |
| Andy Montroll |
|
2,063 | (23.0%) | |
| Dan Smith |
|
1,306 | (14.5%) | |
| Write-in |
|
36 | (0.4%) | |
| James Simpson |
|
35 | (0.4%) | Defeated |
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (James Simpson) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: 2009 Burlington, VT Mayoral Election, March 3, 2009
1 candidate will be elected with 8,984 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Wright |
|
2,955 | (32.9%) | |
| Bob Kiss |
|
2,607 | (29.0%) | |
| Andy Montroll |
|
2,067 | (23.0%) | |
| Dan Smith |
|
1,315 | (14.6%) | |
| Write-in |
|
37 | (0.4%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Write-in) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: 2009 Burlington, VT Mayoral Election, March 3, 2009
1 candidate will be elected with 8,984 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Wright |
|
2,960 | (33.0%) | |
| Bob Kiss |
|
2,613 | (29.1%) | |
| Andy Montroll |
|
2,080 | (23.2%) | |
| Dan Smith |
|
1,317 | (14.7%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Dan Smith) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: 2009 Burlington, VT Mayoral Election, March 3, 2009
1 candidate will be elected with 8,984 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Wright |
|
3,294 | (37.3%) | |
| Bob Kiss |
|
2,989 | (33.8%) | |
| Andy Montroll |
|
2,554 | (28.9%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Andy Montroll) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: 2009 Burlington, VT Mayoral Election, March 3, 2009
1 candidate will be elected with 8,984 ballots cast.
Round 5
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Wright |
|
4,060 | (48.4%) | Defeated |
| Bob Kiss |
|
4,321 | (51.6%) | Elected |
Bob Kiss has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 48.1% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 32.8% 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: 2009 Burlington, VT Mayoral Election, March 3, 2009
1 candidate will be elected with 8,984 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 |
|
60.0% | |
| 2nd |
|
26.0% | |
| 3rd |
|
12.1% | |
| 4th |
|
1.8% | |
| 5th |
|
0.2% | |