DemoChoice Web Poll: Albany City Council, November 2022
2 candidates will be elected with 7,170 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 1    
------------------------------------ 33.3%
John Anthony Miki  2,141.0  (29.9%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ___ :
Jennifer Hansen-Romero  1,813.0  (25.3%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ________ :
Robin D. López  1,634.0  (22.8%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ____________ :
Nick Pilch  1,236.0  (17.2%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD _________________ :
Jeremiah Garrett-Pinguelo  313.0  (4.4%) 
CCCCC _______________________________ :
Write-in 1  31.0  (0.4%) 
____________________________________ :
Write-in 2  2.0  (0.0%) 
____________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Write-in 2 Defeated
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (33.3% of counted votes).

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (Write-in 2) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Albany City Council, November 2022
2 candidates will be elected with 7,170 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 2    
------------------------------------- 33.3%
John Anthony Miki  2,142.0  (29.9%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ____ :
Jennifer Hansen-Romero  1,813.0  (25.3%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB __________ :
Robin D. López  1,634.0  (22.8%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ____________ :
Nick Pilch  1,236.0  (17.2%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD __________________ :
Jeremiah Garrett-Pinguelo  313.0  (4.4%) 
CCCCC ________________________________ :
Write-in 1  32.0  (0.4%) 
F ____________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Write-in 1 Defeated
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (33.3% of counted votes).

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

New colors:
H
None of these

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Albany City Council, November 2022
2 candidates will be elected with 7,170 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 3    
------------------------------------- 33.3%
John Anthony Miki  2,151.0  (30.1%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ____ :
Jennifer Hansen-Romero  1,814.0  (25.3%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _________ :
Robin D. López  1,642.0  (22.9%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ____________ :
Nick Pilch  1,237.0  (17.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD __________________ :
Jeremiah Garrett-Pinguelo  314.0  (4.4%) 
CCCCC ________________________________ :
None of these  12.0   
_____________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Jeremiah Garrett-Pinguelo Defeated
A B D EE H
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (33.3% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Jeremiah Garrett-Pinguelo) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Albany City Council, November 2022
2 candidates will be elected with 7,170 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 4    
------------------------------------ 33.3%
John Anthony Miki  2,218.0  (31.1%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA __ :
Jennifer Hansen-Romero  1,881.0  (26.4%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _______ :
Robin D. López  1,742.0  (24.4%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _________ :
Nick Pilch  1,284.0  (18.0%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD _________________ :
None of these  45.0   
____________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Nick Pilch Defeated
AAAAAAAAAA BBB EEEEEE H
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (33.3% of counted votes).

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

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Albany City Council, November 2022
2 candidates will be elected with 7,170 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 5    
----------------------------------- 33.3%
John Anthony Miki  2,875.0  (40.7%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :AAAAAAAAA
Jennifer Hansen-Romero  2,076.0  (29.4%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ___ :
Robin D. López  2,111.0  (29.9%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ___ :
None of these  108.0   
H __________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
John Anthony Miki Elected
BB EEEEEE
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (33.3% of counted votes).

John Anthony Miki has enough votes to guarantee victory 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, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Albany City Council, November 2022
2 candidates will be elected with 7,170 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 6    
------------------------------------ 33.3%
John Anthony Miki  2,354.0  (33.3%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :
Jennifer Hansen-Romero  2,213.5  (31.3%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB __ :
Robin D. López  2,494.5  (35.3%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :EE
None of these  108.0   
HH __________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Jennifer Hansen-Romero Defeated
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA EEEEEEEE HHHHHH
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (33.3% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Jennifer Hansen-Romero) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

next round Next Round














 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: Albany City Council, November 2022
2 candidates will be elected with 7,170 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 7    
--------------------------------- 33.3%
John Anthony Miki  3,607.5  (54.2%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Robin D. López  3,053.5  (45.8%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :EEEEEEEEEEEEEE
None of these  509.0   
HHHHHHHH _________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
John Anthony Miki Elected
EEEE
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (33.3% of counted votes).

John Anthony Miki has enough votes to guarantee victory 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, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.

next round Next Round














 
  
DemoChoice Web Poll: Albany City Council, November 2022
2 candidates will be elected with 7,170 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 8    
--------------------------------------------------- 50%
John Anthony Miki  3,330.5  (50.0%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :
Robin D. López  3,330.5  (50.0%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :
None of these  509.0   
HHHHHHHH ___________________________________________
   
Results  
John Anthony MikiElected 
Robin D. LópezElected 
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

At this point, the number of remaining candidates equals the number of remaining seats, so the remaining candidates are declared elected.
In the end, 92.9% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 55.1% 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 2" 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.

The Ballot Depth section shows how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.
















 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: Albany City Council, November 2022
2 candidates will be elected with 7,170 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Final Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

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

Rank Fraction of votes for winners
1st 56.7% 
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2nd 24.2% 
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3rd 13.8% 
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4th 4.1% 
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5th 1.1% 
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