DemoChoice Web Poll: Favorite Ice Cream
1 candidate will be elected with 3,887 ballots cast.

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

Round 1    
-------------------------------------------------- 50%
Chocolate  1,581  (40.7%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _________ :
Vanilla  1,131  (29.1%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _____________________ :
Mint  813  (20.9%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA _____________________________ :
Garlic  362  (9.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDD ________________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Garlic Defeated
AAA BB CC EEE
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.
No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Garlic) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

New colors:
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DemoChoice Web Poll: Favorite Ice Cream
1 candidate will be elected with 3,887 ballots cast.

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

Round 2    
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Chocolate  1,650  (43.7%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _____ :
Vanilla  1,193  (31.6%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _________________ :
Mint  935  (24.7%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ________________________ :
None of these  109   
EE ______________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Mint Defeated
BBBBBBBBBBB CCCCCCCCCCCC 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 (50% of counted votes).

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Mint) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Favorite Ice Cream
1 candidate will be elected with 3,887 ballots cast.

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

Round 3    
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Chocolate  2,141  (57.2%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CCCCCCC
Vanilla  1,599  (42.8%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ______ :
None of these  147   
EEEE ____________________________________________
   
Results  
VanillaDefeated 
ChocolateElected 
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).

Chocolate has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 55.1% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 40.7% 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: Favorite Ice Cream
1 candidate will be elected with 3,887 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 73.8% 
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2nd 22.2% 
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3rd 4.0% 
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