DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin West 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for lower house of Irish parliament
3 candidates will be elected with 29,988 ballots cast.

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

Round 1    
--------------------------------------- 25%
Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)  8,086.0  (27.0%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :FFF
Higgins, Joe (Socialist)  6,442.0  (21.5%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _____ :
Burton, Joan (Labour)  3,810.0  (12.7%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ___________________ :
Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)  3,694.0  (12.3%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ____________________ :
Mc Donald, Mary Lou (Sinn Féin)  2,404.0  (8.0%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGG __________________________ :
Morrissey, Tom (Progressive Democrat)  2,370.0  (7.9%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHH ___________________________ :
Doherty Ryan, Deirdre (Fianna Fáil)  2,300.0  (7.7%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDD ___________________________ :
Bonnie, Robert (Green)  748.0  (2.5%) 
BBBB ___________________________________ :
Smyth, John Thomas (Christian Solidarity)  134.0  (0.4%) 
I ______________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil) Elected
B C D E
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 (25% of counted votes).

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil) 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: Dáil - Dublin West 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for lower house of Irish parliament
3 candidates will be elected with 29,988 ballots cast.

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

Round 2    
--------------------------------------- 25%
Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)  7,497.0  (25.0%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
Higgins, Joe (Socialist)  6,512.2  (21.7%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _____ :
Burton, Joan (Labour)  3,867.0  (12.9%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC __________________ :
Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)  3,739.1  (12.5%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ____________________ :
Mc Donald, Mary Lou (Sinn Féin)  2,428.9  (8.1%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGG ___________________________ :
Morrissey, Tom (Progressive Democrat)  2,442.8  (8.1%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHH ___________________________ :
Doherty Ryan, Deirdre (Fianna Fáil)  2,609.4  (8.7%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDD _________________________ :
Bonnie, Robert (Green)  756.4  (2.5%) 
BBBB ___________________________________ :
Smyth, John Thomas (Christian Solidarity)  135.1  (0.5%) 
I ______________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Smyth, John Thomas (Christian Solidarity) Defeated
G
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 (25% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Smyth, John Thomas (Christian Solidarity)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

New colors:
K
None of these

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin West 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for lower house of Irish parliament
3 candidates will be elected with 29,988 ballots cast.

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

Round 3    
--------------------------------------- 25%
Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)  7,499.3  (25.0%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
Higgins, Joe (Socialist)  6,533.3  (21.8%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _____ :
Burton, Joan (Labour)  3,871.1  (12.9%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC __________________ :
Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)  3,760.2  (12.5%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ____________________ :
Mc Donald, Mary Lou (Sinn Féin)  2,448.0  (8.2%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGG __________________________ :
Morrissey, Tom (Progressive Democrat)  2,455.9  (8.2%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHH __________________________ :
Doherty Ryan, Deirdre (Fianna Fáil)  2,632.8  (8.8%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDD _________________________ :
Bonnie, Robert (Green)  776.4  (2.6%) 
BBBB ___________________________________ :
None of these  11.0   
_______________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Bonnie, Robert (Green) Defeated
CC E K
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 (25% of counted votes).

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

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin West 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for lower house of Irish parliament
3 candidates will be elected with 29,988 ballots cast.

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

Round 4    
--------------------------------------- 25%
Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)  7,513.8  (25.1%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
Higgins, Joe (Socialist)  6,731.1  (22.5%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ____ :
Burton, Joan (Labour)  4,078.5  (13.6%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _________________ :
Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)  3,829.2  (12.8%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ___________________ :
Mc Donald, Mary Lou (Sinn Féin)  2,524.2  (8.4%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGG __________________________ :
Morrissey, Tom (Progressive Democrat)  2,553.7  (8.5%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHH __________________________ :
Doherty Ryan, Deirdre (Fianna Fáil)  2,697.5  (9.0%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDD _________________________ :
None of these  60.0   
_______________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Mc Donald, Mary Lou (Sinn Féin) Defeated
C DD EEEEEE F J KK
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 (25% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Mc Donald, Mary Lou (Sinn Féin)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin West 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for lower house of Irish parliament
3 candidates will be elected with 29,988 ballots cast.

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

Round 5    
-------------------------------------- 25%
Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)  7,582.7  (25.7%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :F
Higgins, Joe (Socialist)  7,855.6  (26.6%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :EEE
Burton, Joan (Labour)  4,374.0  (14.8%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ________________ :
Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)  3,980.5  (13.5%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ _________________ :
Morrissey, Tom (Progressive Democrat)  2,661.7  (9.0%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHH ________________________ :
Doherty Ryan, Deirdre (Fianna Fáil)  3,054.4  (10.4%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ______________________ :
None of these  479.0   
KKK ___________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Higgins, Joe (Socialist) Elected
C D 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 (25% of counted votes).

Higgins, Joe (Socialist) 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: Dáil - Dublin West 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for lower house of Irish parliament
3 candidates will be elected with 29,988 ballots cast.

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

Round 6    
--------------------------------------- 25%
Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)  7,582.7  (25.7%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
Higgins, Joe (Socialist)  7,377.3  (25.0%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :
Burton, Joan (Labour)  4,623.8  (15.7%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _______________ :
Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)  4,037.3  (13.7%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ __________________ :
Morrissey, Tom (Progressive Democrat)  2,716.6  (9.2%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHH _________________________ :
Doherty Ryan, Deirdre (Fianna Fáil)  3,171.3  (10.7%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ______________________ :
None of these  479.0   
KK _____________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Morrissey, Tom (Progressive Democrat) Defeated
CCCC DDD E F JJJJ K
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 (25% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Morrissey, Tom (Progressive Democrat)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin West 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for lower house of Irish parliament
3 candidates will be elected with 29,988 ballots cast.

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

Round 7    
--------------------------------------- 25%
Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)  7,727.8  (26.3%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :F
Higgins, Joe (Socialist)  7,473.5  (25.5%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :
Burton, Joan (Labour)  5,383.4  (18.3%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ___________ :
Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)  4,931.7  (16.8%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ______________ :
Doherty Ryan, Deirdre (Fianna Fáil)  3,843.6  (13.1%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ___________________ :
None of these  628.0   
KKKK ___________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Doherty Ryan, Deirdre (Fianna Fáil) Defeated
CCCCCCC EE FFFFFFF JJJJ K
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 (25% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Doherty Ryan, Deirdre (Fianna Fáil)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin West 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for lower house of Irish parliament
3 candidates will be elected with 29,988 ballots cast.

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

Round 8    
-------------------------------------- 25%
Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)  9,066.6  (31.2%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :FFFFFFFFF
Higgins, Joe (Socialist)  7,671.3  (26.4%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :EE
Burton, Joan (Labour)  6,593.8  (22.7%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ___ :
Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)  5,739.3  (19.7%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ________ :
None of these  917.0   
KKKK __________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael) Defeated
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC EE FFFF KKKK
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 (25% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Dáil - Dublin West 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for lower house of Irish parliament
3 candidates will be elected with 29,988 ballots cast.

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

Round 9    
------------------------------------- 25%
Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)  9,845.3  (34.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :FFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Higgins, Joe (Socialist)  8,033.5  (28.2%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :EEEE
Burton, Joan (Labour)  10,563.2  (37.1%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
None of these  1,546.0   
KKKKKKKK _____________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Burton, Joan (Labour) Elected
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 (25% of counted votes).

Burton, Joan (Labour) 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: Dáil - Dublin West 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for lower house of Irish parliament
3 candidates will be elected with 29,988 ballots cast.

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

Round 10    
------------------------------------- 25%
Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)  9,845.3  (34.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Higgins, Joe (Socialist)  9,116.0  (32.1%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :EEEEEEEEEEE
Burton, Joan (Labour)  9,480.7  (33.3%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CCCCCCCCCCCCC
None of these  1,546.0   
KKKKKKKK _____________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil) Elected
EE
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 (25% of counted votes).

Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil) 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: Dáil - Dublin West 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for lower house of Irish parliament
3 candidates will be elected with 29,988 ballots cast.

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

Round 11    
------------------------------------------------- 33.3%
Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)  9,480.7  (33.3%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :F
Higgins, Joe (Socialist)  9,480.7  (33.3%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :E
Burton, Joan (Labour)  9,480.7  (33.3%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :
None of these  1,546.0   
KKKKKKKK _________________________________________
   
Results  
Burton, Joan (Labour)Elected 
Higgins, Joe (Socialist)Elected 
Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)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 (33.3% 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, 94.8% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 61.2% 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 3" 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: Dáil - Dublin West 17 May 2002
Multi-member district election for lower house of Irish parliament
3 candidates will be elected with 29,988 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 62.2% 
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2nd 18.4% 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
3rd 9.7% 
XXXXXXXX
4th 4.7% 
XXXX
5th 2.5% 
XX
6th 1.2% 
X