DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 1

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  2,159.0  (13.5%)  Elected
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,701.0  (10.7%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,685.0  (10.6%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,435.0  (9.0%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,262.0  (7.9%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,122.0  (7.0%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,097.0  (6.9%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,038.0  (6.5%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,011.0  (6.3%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  835.0  (5.2%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  788.0  (4.9%)   
Nelson, Matthew P.  Chart color  542.0  (3.4%)   
Marquardt, Charles J.  Chart color  499.0  (3.1%)   
Stohlman, Jr., Thomas J.  Chart color  344.0  (2.2%)   
Williamson, James M.  Chart color  175.0  (1.1%)   
Mello, Gary W.  Chart color  135.0  (0.8%)   
Pascual, Jamake  Chart color  63.0  (0.4%)   
Moree, Gregg J.  Chart color  56.0  (0.4%)   
Write-In 1  Chart color  15.0  (0.1%)   
Write-In 2  Chart color  9.0  (0.1%)   
Pie chart

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
Cheung, Leland has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) and is declared a winner.To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 2

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,597.1  (10.0%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,701.0  (10.7%)  Elected
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,685.0  (10.6%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,549.1  (9.7%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,313.3  (8.2%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,191.5  (7.5%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,153.2  (7.2%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,108.1  (6.9%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,054.4  (6.6%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  857.2  (5.4%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  848.1  (5.3%)   
Nelson, Matthew P.  Chart color  557.5  (3.5%)   
Marquardt, Charles J.  Chart color  521.5  (3.3%)   
Stohlman, Jr., Thomas J.  Chart color  365.3  (2.3%)   
Williamson, James M.  Chart color  180.2  (1.1%)   
Mello, Gary W.  Chart color  140.5  (0.9%)   
Pascual, Jamake  Chart color  65.4  (0.4%)   
Moree, Gregg J.  Chart color  58.1  (0.4%)   
Write-In 1  Chart color  15.6  (0.1%)   
Write-In 2  Chart color  9.0  (0.1%)   
Pie chart

Toomey, Jr., Timothy J. has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) and is declared a winner.To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 3

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,597.1  (10.0%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,597.1  (10.0%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,685.0  (10.6%)  Elected
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,559.4  (9.8%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,329.9  (8.3%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,207.4  (7.6%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,163.0  (7.3%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,111.6  (7.0%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,067.6  (6.7%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  865.1  (5.4%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  852.0  (5.3%)   
Nelson, Matthew P.  Chart color  562.7  (3.5%)   
Marquardt, Charles J.  Chart color  531.2  (3.3%)   
Stohlman, Jr., Thomas J.  Chart color  367.1  (2.3%)   
Williamson, James M.  Chart color  181.4  (1.1%)   
Mello, Gary W.  Chart color  142.4  (0.9%)   
Pascual, Jamake  Chart color  65.8  (0.4%)   
Moree, Gregg J.  Chart color  60.1  (0.4%)   
Write-In 1  Chart color  16.0  (0.1%)   
Write-In 2  Chart color  9.1  (0.1%)   
Pie chart

Maher, David P. has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) and is declared a winner.To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















        

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 4

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,597.1  (10.0%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,597.1  (10.0%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,597.1  (10.0%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,571.9  (9.8%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,339.7  (8.4%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,223.6  (7.7%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,172.5  (7.3%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,115.3  (7.0%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,076.3  (6.7%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  873.3  (5.5%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  859.4  (5.4%)   
Nelson, Matthew P.  Chart color  564.8  (3.5%)   
Marquardt, Charles J.  Chart color  534.8  (3.3%)   
Stohlman, Jr., Thomas J.  Chart color  369.3  (2.3%)   
Williamson, James M.  Chart color  182.3  (1.1%)   
Mello, Gary W.  Chart color  143.4  (0.9%)   
Pascual, Jamake  Chart color  66.4  (0.4%)   
Moree, Gregg J.  Chart color  61.1  (0.4%)   
Write-In 1  Chart color  16.3  (0.1%)   
Write-In 2  Chart color  9.1  (0.1%)  Defeated
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Write-In 2) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 5

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,598.1  (10.0%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,597.2  (10.0%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,597.1  (10.0%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,571.9  (9.8%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,339.7  (8.4%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,224.6  (7.7%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,173.5  (7.4%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,115.3  (7.0%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,076.3  (6.7%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  873.3  (5.5%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  859.4  (5.4%)   
Nelson, Matthew P.  Chart color  564.8  (3.5%)   
Marquardt, Charles J.  Chart color  534.8  (3.3%)   
Stohlman, Jr., Thomas J.  Chart color  370.3  (2.3%)   
Williamson, James M.  Chart color  182.3  (1.1%)   
Mello, Gary W.  Chart color  143.4  (0.9%)   
Pascual, Jamake  Chart color  66.4  (0.4%)   
Moree, Gregg J.  Chart color  61.1  (0.4%)   
Write-In 1  Chart color  16.3  (0.1%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  5.0  (0.0%)   
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Write-In 1) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 6

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,599.7  (10.0%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,597.5  (10.0%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,597.4  (10.0%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,572.9  (9.9%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,339.7  (8.4%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,224.6  (7.7%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,173.5  (7.4%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,116.3  (7.0%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,077.3  (6.8%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  873.3  (5.5%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  859.4  (5.4%)   
Nelson, Matthew P.  Chart color  565.8  (3.5%)   
Marquardt, Charles J.  Chart color  535.8  (3.4%)   
Stohlman, Jr., Thomas J.  Chart color  370.3  (2.3%)   
Williamson, James M.  Chart color  183.3  (1.1%)   
Mello, Gary W.  Chart color  143.5  (0.9%)   
Pascual, Jamake  Chart color  66.4  (0.4%)   
Moree, Gregg J.  Chart color  61.1  (0.4%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  13.0  (0.1%)   
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Moree, Gregg J.) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 7

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,600.7  (10.0%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,600.4  (10.0%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,599.7  (10.0%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,575.2  (9.9%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,344.3  (8.4%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,226.9  (7.7%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,176.7  (7.4%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,121.0  (7.0%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,081.7  (6.8%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  874.5  (5.5%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  862.4  (5.4%)   
Nelson, Matthew P.  Chart color  569.4  (3.6%)   
Marquardt, Charles J.  Chart color  539.9  (3.4%)   
Stohlman, Jr., Thomas J.  Chart color  373.3  (2.3%)   
Williamson, James M.  Chart color  185.4  (1.2%)   
Mello, Gary W.  Chart color  149.7  (0.9%)   
Pascual, Jamake  Chart color  67.8  (0.4%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  22.0  (0.1%)   
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Pascual, Jamake) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 8

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,603.6  (10.1%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,600.6  (10.0%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,599.8  (10.0%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,577.5  (9.9%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,349.3  (8.5%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,229.2  (7.7%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,182.7  (7.4%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,123.1  (7.0%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,084.4  (6.8%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  879.5  (5.5%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  863.9  (5.4%)   
Nelson, Matthew P.  Chart color  574.0  (3.6%)   
Marquardt, Charles J.  Chart color  542.9  (3.4%)   
Stohlman, Jr., Thomas J.  Chart color  382.4  (2.4%)   
Williamson, James M.  Chart color  191.4  (1.2%)   
Mello, Gary W.  Chart color  155.7  (1.0%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  31.0  (0.2%)   
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Mello, Gary W.) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 9

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,607.6  (10.1%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,604.2  (10.1%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,602.2  (10.1%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,583.9  (10.0%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,356.4  (8.5%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,238.2  (7.8%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,191.2  (7.5%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,140.1  (7.2%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,095.7  (6.9%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  892.8  (5.6%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  866.9  (5.4%)   
Nelson, Matthew P.  Chart color  584.2  (3.7%)   
Marquardt, Charles J.  Chart color  559.3  (3.5%)   
Stohlman, Jr., Thomas J.  Chart color  394.8  (2.5%)   
Williamson, James M.  Chart color  198.5  (1.2%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  55.0  (0.3%)   
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Williamson, James M.) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 10

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,609.2  (10.1%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,605.5  (10.1%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,603.8  (10.1%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,602.5  (10.1%)  Elected
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,373.4  (8.6%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,249.7  (7.9%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,201.9  (7.6%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,169.1  (7.4%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,104.2  (6.9%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  920.6  (5.8%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  878.6  (5.5%)   
Nelson, Matthew P.  Chart color  595.2  (3.7%)   
Marquardt, Charles J.  Chart color  567.4  (3.6%)   
Stohlman, Jr., Thomas J.  Chart color  414.9  (2.6%)   
None of these  Chart color  75.0  (0.5%)   
Pie chart

Davis, Henrietta has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) and is declared a winner.To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 11

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,609.2  (10.1%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,605.5  (10.1%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,603.8  (10.1%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,589.6  (10.0%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,375.9  (8.7%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,254.1  (7.9%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,201.9  (7.6%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,170.0  (7.4%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,105.0  (7.0%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  920.6  (5.8%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  881.1  (5.5%)   
Nelson, Matthew P.  Chart color  596.9  (3.8%)   
Marquardt, Charles J.  Chart color  567.7  (3.6%)   
Stohlman, Jr., Thomas J.  Chart color  414.9  (2.6%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  75.0  (0.5%)   
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Stohlman, Jr., Thomas J.) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 12

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,623.1  (10.2%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,606.7  (10.1%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,610.3  (10.1%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,600.6  (10.1%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,400.8  (8.8%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,294.6  (8.2%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,253.7  (7.9%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,265.3  (8.0%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,123.3  (7.1%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  946.6  (6.0%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  934.7  (5.9%)   
Nelson, Matthew P.  Chart color  614.7  (3.9%)   
Marquardt, Charles J.  Chart color  593.7  (3.7%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  103.0  (0.6%)   
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Marquardt, Charles J.) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 13

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,642.4  (10.4%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,633.4  (10.3%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,630.9  (10.3%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,604.6  (10.2%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,424.0  (9.0%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,330.4  (8.4%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,392.6  (8.8%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,329.5  (8.4%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,147.5  (7.3%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  999.5  (6.3%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  972.2  (6.2%)   
Nelson, Matthew P.  Chart color  683.0  (4.3%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  181.0  (1.1%)   
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Nelson, Matthew P.) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 14

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,656.6  (10.5%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,660.2  (10.5%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,647.8  (10.5%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,622.4  (10.3%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,493.5  (9.5%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,408.4  (8.9%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,436.9  (9.1%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,426.3  (9.1%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,202.9  (7.6%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  1,123.1  (7.1%)   
Seidel, Sam  Chart color  1,059.9  (6.7%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  233.0  (1.5%)   
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Seidel, Sam) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 15

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,715.3  (11.0%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,675.4  (10.7%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,679.4  (10.7%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,649.4  (10.5%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,665.0  (10.6%)  Elected
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,584.8  (10.1%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,590.4  (10.2%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,581.7  (10.1%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,300.0  (8.3%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  1,223.6  (7.8%)   
None of these  Chart color  306.0  (2.0%)   
Pie chart

Simmons, E. Denise has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) and is declared a winner.To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 16

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,715.3  (11.0%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,675.4  (10.7%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,679.4  (10.7%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,649.4  (10.5%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,566.5  (10.0%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,584.8  (10.1%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,590.4  (10.2%)  Elected
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,581.7  (10.1%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,365.0  (8.7%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  1,257.1  (8.0%)   
None of these  Chart color  306.0  (2.0%)   
Pie chart

Kelley, Craig A. has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) and is declared a winner.To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 17

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,715.3  (11.0%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,675.4  (10.7%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,679.4  (10.7%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,649.4  (10.5%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,566.5  (10.0%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,584.8  (10.1%)  Elected
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,566.5  (10.0%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,581.7  (10.1%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,376.2  (8.8%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  1,269.7  (8.1%)   
None of these  Chart color  306.0  (2.0%)   
Pie chart

Decker, Marjorie C. has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) and is declared a winner.To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 18

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,715.3  (11.0%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,675.4  (10.7%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,679.4  (10.7%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,649.4  (10.5%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,566.5  (10.0%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,566.5  (10.0%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,566.5  (10.0%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,581.7  (10.1%)  Elected
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,388.4  (8.9%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  1,275.9  (8.1%)   
None of these  Chart color  306.0  (2.0%)   
Pie chart

vanBeuzekom, Minka Y. has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) and is declared a winner.To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 19

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,715.3  (11.0%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,675.4  (10.7%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,679.4  (10.7%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,649.4  (10.5%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,566.5  (10.0%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,566.5  (10.0%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,566.5  (10.0%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,566.5  (10.0%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,395.2  (8.9%)   
Ward, Larry W.  Chart color  1,284.3  (8.2%)  Defeated
None of these  Chart color  306.0  (2.0%)   
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Ward, Larry W.) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 20

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,880.1  (12.1%)  Elected
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,734.6  (11.2%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,746.0  (11.3%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,753.5  (11.3%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,649.8  (10.6%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,617.9  (10.4%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,614.6  (10.4%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,666.7  (10.7%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,849.9  (11.9%)   
None of these  Chart color  458.0  (3.0%)   
Pie chart

Cheung, Leland has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) and is declared a winner.To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 21

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,734.6  (11.2%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,746.0  (11.3%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,753.5  (11.3%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,686.1  (10.9%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,666.2  (10.7%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,645.5  (10.6%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,707.6  (11.0%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,849.9  (11.9%)  Elected
None of these  Chart color  458.0  (3.0%)   
Pie chart

Reeves, Kenneth E. has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) and is declared a winner.To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 22

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,734.6  (11.2%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,746.0  (11.3%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,753.5  (11.3%)  Elected
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,748.5  (11.3%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,698.3  (10.9%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,656.6  (10.7%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,728.2  (11.1%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
None of these  Chart color  458.0  (3.0%)   
Pie chart

Davis, Henrietta has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) and is declared a winner.To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 23

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,734.6  (11.2%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,746.0  (11.3%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,748.5  (11.3%)  Elected
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,716.8  (11.1%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,667.9  (10.8%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,728.2  (11.1%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
None of these  Chart color  458.0  (3.0%)   
Pie chart

Simmons, E. Denise has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) and is declared a winner.To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 24

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,734.6  (11.2%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,746.0  (11.3%)  Elected
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,735.2  (11.2%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,674.3  (10.8%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,728.2  (11.1%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
None of these  Chart color  458.0  (3.0%)   
Pie chart

Maher, David P. has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) and is declared a winner.To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 25

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,734.6  (11.2%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,735.2  (11.2%)  Elected
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,696.7  (10.9%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,728.2  (11.1%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
None of these  Chart color  458.0  (3.0%)   
Pie chart

Decker, Marjorie C. has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) and is declared a winner.To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 26

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,734.6  (11.2%)  Elected
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,708.2  (11.0%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,728.2  (11.1%)   
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
None of these  Chart color  458.0  (3.0%)   
Pie chart

Toomey, Jr., Timothy J. has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) and is declared a winner.To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 27

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,719.1  (11.1%)   
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,728.2  (11.1%)  Elected
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)   
None of these  Chart color  458.0  (3.0%)   
Pie chart

vanBeuzekom, Minka Y. has enough votes to guarantee victory (10%) and is declared a winner.To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Round 28

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Cheung, Leland  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)  Elected
Toomey, Jr., Timothy J.  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)  Elected
Maher, David P.  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)  Elected
Davis, Henrietta  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)  Elected
Simmons, E. Denise  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)  Elected
Decker, Marjorie C.  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)  Elected
Kelley, Craig A.  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)  Elected
vanBeuzekom, Minka Y.  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)  Elected
Reeves, Kenneth E.  Chart color  1,723.7  (11.1%)  Elected
None of these  Chart color  458.0  (3.0%)   
Pie chart

At this point, the number of remaining candidates equals the number of remaining seats, so the remaining candidates are declared elected.

In the end, 97.1% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 78.3% if only the first-round votes were used. You should be able to see that the winners have a more equal mandate in the final round than in the first round.

Note that even the "highest first-round votes" method is more democratic than most methods used in US public elections: the "vote for 9" method, which allows the largest block of voters to dominate, and the district method, where choices are restricted to the one or two viable candidates within geographical boundaries drawn by the politicians in office.

Also, view the Ballot Depth info to see how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cambridge, MA 2011 City Council Election

9 candidates will be elected with 15,971 ballots cast.


Ballot Depth

This shows how much the lower rankings on ballots contributed to the winning candidates.

Rank Fraction of votes for winners
1st    75.3% 
2nd    12.7% 
3rd    6.0% 
4th    2.6% 
5th    1.2% 
6th    0.8% 
7th    0.5% 
8th    0.3% 
9th    0.2% 
10th    0.1% 
Pie chart