| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from the San Joaquin valley (District 14) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 43 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
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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 (16.7% of counted votes).
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
John Crockford, Retired Law Officer (Peace and Freedom) 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
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from the San Joaquin valley (District 14) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 43 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (16.7% of counted votes).
Gerard "Gerry" Machado, Businessman/School Trustee (Republican) 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
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from the San Joaquin valley (District 14) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 43 ballots cast. |
Table form |
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| Round 3 |
|
|
 |
16.7% |
|
| John Crockford, Retired Law Officer (Peace and Freedom) |
16.0 |
(37.2%) |
|
| Gerard "Gerry" Machado, Businessman/School Trustee (Republican) |
7.2 |
(16.7%) |
|
| Jonathan Zwickel, Insurance Agent (Libertarian) |
6.2 |
(14.4%) |
|
| Michael Dell'Orto, Businessman (Libertarian) |
3.0 |
(7.0%) |
|
| Mike Villines, Member California Assembly (Republican) |
3.6 |
(8.4%) |
|
| Cathleen Galgiani, Higher Education Consultant (Democratic) |
1.0 |
(2.3%) |
|
| Tom Berryhill, Farmer/Small Businessman (Republican) |
0.4 |
(0.9%) |
|
| Kenneth Goeken, Special Education Teacher (Democratic) |
1.0 |
(2.3%) |
|
| Greg Aghazarian, Assemblymember (Republican) |
0.6 |
(1.4%) |
|
| Benjamin Avila, Educator (Democratic) |
4.0 |
(9.3%) |
|
| | | |
|
| Results |
|
Redistributed Votes (to these colors) |
| Tom Berryhill, Farmer/Small Businessman (Republican) |
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 (16.7% of counted votes).
The last-place candidate (Tom Berryhill, Farmer/Small Businessman (Republican)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from the San Joaquin valley (District 14) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 43 ballots cast. |
Table form |
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| Round 4 |
|
|
|
16.7% |
|
| John Crockford, Retired Law Officer (Peace and Freedom) |
16.0 |
(37.2%) |
|
| Gerard "Gerry" Machado, Businessman/School Trustee (Republican) |
7.2 |
(16.7%) |
|
| Jonathan Zwickel, Insurance Agent (Libertarian) |
6.2 |
(14.4%) |
|
| Michael Dell'Orto, Businessman (Libertarian) |
3.0 |
(7.0%) |
|
| Mike Villines, Member California Assembly (Republican) |
3.8 |
(8.9%) |
|
| Cathleen Galgiani, Higher Education Consultant (Democratic) |
1.0 |
(2.3%) |
|
| Kenneth Goeken, Special Education Teacher (Democratic) |
1.0 |
(2.3%) |
|
| Greg Aghazarian, Assemblymember (Republican) |
0.8 |
(1.9%) |
|
| Benjamin Avila, Educator (Democratic) |
4.0 |
(9.3%) |
|
| | | |
|
| Results |
|
Redistributed Votes (to these colors) |
| Greg Aghazarian, Assemblymember (Republican) |
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 (16.7% of counted votes).
The last-place candidate (Greg Aghazarian, Assemblymember (Republican)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from the San Joaquin valley (District 14) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 43 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (16.7% of counted votes).
A tie was resolved by choosing a candidate at random.
The last-place candidate (Cathleen Galgiani, Higher Education Consultant (Democratic)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from the San Joaquin valley (District 14) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 43 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (16.7% of counted votes).
The last-place candidate (Kenneth Goeken, Special Education Teacher (Democratic)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from the San Joaquin valley (District 14) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 43 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (16.7% of counted votes).
The last-place candidate (Michael Dell'Orto, Businessman (Libertarian)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from the San Joaquin valley (District 14) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 43 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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
an elected member's equal share of the votes (20% of counted votes).
At this point, the number of remaining candidates equals the number of remaining seats,
so the remaining candidates are declared elected.
Transfers are made from each winner until they all have an equal share of the votes.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from the San Joaquin valley (District 14) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 43 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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
an elected member's equal share of the votes (20% of counted votes).
At this point, the number of remaining candidates equals the number of remaining seats,
so the remaining candidates are declared elected.
Transfers are made from each winner until they all have an equal share of the votes.
Next Round
| DemoChoice Web Poll: Assembly members from the San Joaquin valley (District 14) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 43 ballots cast. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
| Round 10 |
|
|
|
20% |
|
| John Crockford, Retired Law Officer (Peace and Freedom) |
16.0 |
(37.2%) |
|
| Gerard "Gerry" Machado, Businessman/School Trustee (Republican) |
7.2 |
(16.7%) |
|
| Jonathan Zwickel, Insurance Agent (Libertarian) |
8.6 |
(20.0%) |
|
| Mike Villines, Member California Assembly (Republican) |
5.2 |
(12.2%) |
|
| Benjamin Avila, Educator (Democratic) |
6.0 |
(14.0%) |
|
| | | |
|
| Results |
|
| Gerard "Gerry" Machado, Businessman/School Trustee (Republican) | Elected | |
| Benjamin Avila, Educator (Democratic) | Elected | |
| Mike Villines, Member California Assembly (Republican) | Elected | |
| Jonathan Zwickel, Insurance Agent (Libertarian) | Elected | |
| John Crockford, Retired Law Officer (Peace and Freedom) | 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
an elected member's equal share of the votes (20% 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, 100% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 100%
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 5" 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: Assembly members from the San Joaquin valley (District 14) |
| 5 candidates will be elected with 43 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 | 70.2% |
|
| 2nd | 21.4% |
|
| 3rd | 6.5% |
|
| 4th | 1.9% |
|
