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Round 1			50%
Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence	132	(20.6%)
Nothing - Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology	95	(14.8%)
Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades	94	(14.6%)
The risk of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons justifies invasion or airstrikes now	67	(10.4%)
Offer and pay for safer energy alternatives	61	(9.5%)
Let the UN figure it out	57	(8.9%)
Regime change through covert operations (spies, assassins, propaganda)	57	(8.9%)
Nothing - they are developing power plants, not weapons	45	(7.0%)
Offer them Iraq in exchange for nuclear abstinence	17	(2.6%)
Nothing - it's inevitable that they will develop weapons, so intervention would cause unnecesary pain	17	(2.6%)
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Nothing - it's inevitable that they will develop weapons, so intervention would cause unnecesary pain	Defeated

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
A tie was resolved by choosing a candidate at random.
The last-place candidate (Nothing - it's inevitable that they will develop weapons, so intervention would cause unnecesary pain) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 2			50%
Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence	136	(21.3%)
Nothing - Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology	100	(15.6%)
Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades	95	(14.9%)
The risk of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons justifies invasion or airstrikes now	67	(10.5%)
Offer and pay for safer energy alternatives	61	(9.5%)
Let the UN figure it out	60	(9.4%)
Regime change through covert operations (spies, assassins, propaganda)	57	(8.9%)
Nothing - they are developing power plants, not weapons	46	(7.2%)
Offer them Iraq in exchange for nuclear abstinence	17	(2.7%)
None of these	3
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Offer them Iraq in exchange for nuclear abstinence	Defeated

The last-place candidate (Offer them Iraq in exchange for nuclear abstinence) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 3			50%
Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence	138	(21.7%)
Nothing - Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology	101	(15.9%)
Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades	97	(15.3%)
The risk of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons justifies invasion or airstrikes now	68	(10.7%)
Offer and pay for safer energy alternatives	63	(9.9%)
Let the UN figure it out	62	(9.8%)
Regime change through covert operations (spies, assassins, propaganda)	59	(9.3%)
Nothing - they are developing power plants, not weapons	47	(7.4%)
None of these	7
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Nothing - they are developing power plants, not weapons	Defeated

The last-place candidate (Nothing - they are developing power plants, not weapons) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 4			50%
Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence	146	(23.3%)
Nothing - Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology	122	(19.5%)
Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades	98	(15.6%)
The risk of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons justifies invasion or airstrikes now	68	(10.8%)
Offer and pay for safer energy alternatives	68	(10.8%)
Let the UN figure it out	66	(10.5%)
Regime change through covert operations (spies, assassins, propaganda)	59	(9.4%)
None of these	15
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Regime change through covert operations (spies, assassins, propaganda)	Defeated

The last-place candidate (Regime change through covert operations (spies, assassins, propaganda)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 5			50%
Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence	150	(24.0%)
Nothing - Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology	123	(19.7%)
Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades	117	(18.8%)
The risk of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons justifies invasion or airstrikes now	95	(15.2%)
Offer and pay for safer energy alternatives	69	(11.1%)
Let the UN figure it out	70	(11.2%)
None of these	18
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Offer and pay for safer energy alternatives	Defeated

The last-place candidate (Offer and pay for safer energy alternatives) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 6			50%
Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence	185	(29.7%)
Nothing - Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology	134	(21.5%)
Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades	129	(20.7%)
The risk of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons justifies invasion or airstrikes now	96	(15.4%)
Let the UN figure it out	79	(12.7%)
None of these	19
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Let the UN figure it out	Defeated

The last-place candidate (Let the UN figure it out) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 7			50%
Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence	215	(34.8%)
Nothing - Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology	152	(24.6%)
Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades	148	(24.0%)
The risk of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons justifies invasion or airstrikes now	102	(16.5%)
None of these	25
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
The risk of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons justifies invasion or airstrikes now	Defeated

The last-place candidate (The risk of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons justifies invasion or airstrikes now) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 8			50%
Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence	238	(40.2%)
Nothing - Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology	154	(26.0%)
Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades	200	(33.8%)
None of these	50
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Nothing - Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology	Defeated

The last-place candidate (Nothing - Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 9			50%
Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence	333	(59.6%)
Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades	226	(40.4%)
None of these	83
Results
Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades	Defeated
Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence	Elected

Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 51.9% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 20.6% 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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Rank	Fraction of votes for winner
1st	39.6%
2nd	21.3%
3rd	15.6%
4th	9.9%
5th	8.4%
6th	4.8%
7th	0.3%