DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Taieri Subdivision, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
1 candidate will be elected with 1,716 ballots cast.

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

Round 1    
------------------------------------------------------- 50%
John G KELLY  627  (36.5%) 
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Barry BARBOUR  477  (27.8%) 
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Robert COCHRANE  338  (19.7%) 
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Brian GRANT  274  (16.0%) 
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Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Brian GRANT 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 (Brian GRANT) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

New colors:
F
None of these

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DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Taieri Subdivision, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
1 candidate will be elected with 1,716 ballots cast.

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

Round 2    
----------------------------------------------------- 50%
John G KELLY  718  (42.7%) 
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Barry BARBOUR  559  (33.3%) 
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Robert COCHRANE  403  (24.0%) 
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None of these  36   
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Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Robert COCHRANE Defeated
BBBBBBBB EEEEEEEE FFFFFFFFF
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 (Robert COCHRANE) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

next round Next Round














 
  
DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Taieri Subdivision, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
1 candidate will be elected with 1,716 ballots cast.

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

Round 3    
------------------------------------------------- 50%
John G KELLY  851  (55.4%) 
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Barry BARBOUR  686  (44.6%) 
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None of these  179   
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Results  
Barry BARBOURDefeated 
John G KELLYElected 
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).

John G KELLY has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 49.6% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 36.5% if only the first-round votes were used.

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
















 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Taieri Subdivision, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
1 candidate will be elected with 1,716 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 73.7% 
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2nd 22.9% 
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3rd 3.4% 
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