DemoChoice Web Poll: California Attorney General
1 candidate will be elected with 1,282 ballots cast.

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Round 1    
----------------------------------------------------- 50%
Chuck Poochigian, California Senator/Attorney (Republican)   442  (34.5%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ________________ :
Jerry Brown, Oakland Mayor/Attorney (Democratic)   395  (30.8%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ____________________ :
Kenneth Weissman, Attorney At Law (Libertarian)   258  (20.1%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD _______________________________ :
Michael Wyman, Attorney-At-Law (Green)   130  (10.1%) 
CCCCCCCCCCC __________________________________________ :
Jack Harrison, Attorney/Rent Commissioner (Peace and Freedom)   57  (4.4%) 
EEEEE ________________________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Jack Harrison, Attorney/Rent Commissioner (Peace and Freedom) Defeated
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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).

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (Jack Harrison, Attorney/Rent Commissioner (Peace and Freedom)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

New colors:
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DemoChoice Web Poll: California Attorney General
1 candidate will be elected with 1,282 ballots cast.

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

Round 2    
----------------------------------------------------- 50%
Chuck Poochigian, California Senator/Attorney (Republican)   442  (34.7%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ________________ :
Jerry Brown, Oakland Mayor/Attorney (Democratic)   405  (31.8%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ____________________ :
Kenneth Weissman, Attorney At Law (Libertarian)   260  (20.4%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD _______________________________ :
Michael Wyman, Attorney-At-Law (Green)   165  (13.0%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCC _______________________________________ :
None of these  10   
_____________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Michael Wyman, Attorney-At-Law (Green) Defeated
AAAAAAA B DDD FFF
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).

The last-place candidate (Michael Wyman, Attorney-At-Law (Green)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: California Attorney General
1 candidate will be elected with 1,282 ballots cast.

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

Round 3    
---------------------------------------------------- 50%
Chuck Poochigian, California Senator/Attorney (Republican)   452  (36.4%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ______________ :
Jerry Brown, Oakland Mayor/Attorney (Democratic)   491  (39.5%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ___________ :
Kenneth Weissman, Attorney At Law (Libertarian)   299  (24.1%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ___________________________ :
None of these  40   
FFFF ________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Kenneth Weissman, Attorney At Law (Libertarian) Defeated
AAAAA BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB FF
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).

The last-place candidate (Kenneth Weissman, Attorney At Law (Libertarian)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: California Attorney General
1 candidate will be elected with 1,282 ballots cast.

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

Round 4    
--------------------------------------------------- 50%
Chuck Poochigian, California Senator/Attorney (Republican)   661  (54.4%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :BBBB
Jerry Brown, Oakland Mayor/Attorney (Democratic)   554  (45.6%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA _____ :
None of these  67   
FFFFF ______________________________________________
   
Results  
Jerry Brown, Oakland Mayor/Attorney (Democratic) Defeated 
Chuck Poochigian, California Senator/Attorney (Republican) Elected 
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).

Chuck Poochigian, California Senator/Attorney (Republican) has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 51.6% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 34.5% if only the first-round votes were used.

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

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DemoChoice Web Poll: California Attorney General
1 candidate will be elected with 1,282 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 candidate.

Rank Fraction of votes for winner
1st 66.9% 
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2nd 31.9% 
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3rd 0.8% 
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4th 0.5% 
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