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VoteVote Web Poll: Top three chocolate bars
3 candidates will be elected with 876 ballots cast.

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

Round 1    
---------------------------------------- 25%
Mars  118.0  (13.5%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA __________________ :
Galaxy  117.0  (13.4%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH __________________ :
Flake  112.0  (12.8%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ____________________ :
Kit Kat  96.0  (11.0%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ______________________ :
Yorkie  94.0  (10.7%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG _______________________ :
Snickers  92.0  (10.5%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _______________________ :
Bounty  78.0  (8.9%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _________________________ :
Milky Way  56.0  (6.4%) 
FFFFFFFFFF ______________________________ :
Penguin  46.0  (5.3%) 
JJJJJJJJJ _______________________________ :
Topic  43.0  (4.9%) 
DDDDDDDD ________________________________ :
Club  24.0  (2.7%) 
KKKKK ___________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Club Defeated
F I L
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or view the table form.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (25%).

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 (Club) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
New colors:
L
None of these

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VoteVote Web Poll: Top three chocolate bars
3 candidates will be elected with 876 ballots cast.

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

Round 2    
---------------------------------------- 25%
Mars  121.0  (13.8%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA _________________ :
Galaxy  120.0  (13.7%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH __________________ :
Flake  116.0  (13.2%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ___________________ :
Kit Kat  97.0  (11.1%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ______________________ :
Yorkie  97.0  (11.1%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ______________________ :
Snickers  94.0  (10.7%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _______________________ :
Bounty  81.0  (9.2%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _________________________ :
Milky Way  57.0  (6.5%) 
FFFFFFFFFF ______________________________ :
Penguin  47.0  (5.4%) 
JJJJJJJJJ _______________________________ :
Topic  44.0  (5.0%) 
DDDDDDDD ________________________________ :
None of these  2.0  (0.2%) 
________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Topic Defeated
BB C EE F H I J
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or view the table form.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (25%).

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

Next Round














 

VoteVote Web Poll: Top three chocolate bars
3 candidates will be elected with 876 ballots cast.

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

Round 3    
----------------------------------------- 25%
Mars  122.0  (13.9%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA __________________ :
Galaxy  128.0  (14.6%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH _________________ :
Flake  121.0  (13.8%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII __________________ :
Kit Kat  100.0  (11.4%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _______________________ :
Yorkie  98.0  (11.2%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG _______________________ :
Snickers  102.0  (11.6%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ______________________ :
Bounty  88.0  (10.0%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _________________________ :
Milky Way  62.0  (7.1%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFF _____________________________ :
Penguin  52.0  (5.9%) 
JJJJJJJJJJ _______________________________ :
None of these  3.0  (0.3%) 
_________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Penguin Defeated
A CC E F G H I L
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or view the table form.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (25%).

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

Next Round














 

VoteVote Web Poll: Top three chocolate bars
3 candidates will be elected with 876 ballots cast.

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

Round 4    
----------------------------------------- 25%
Mars  128.0  (14.6%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA _________________ :
Galaxy  137.0  (15.6%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH _______________ :
Flake  126.0  (14.4%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII __________________ :
Kit Kat  107.0  (12.2%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _____________________ :
Yorkie  105.0  (12.0%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG _____________________ :
Snickers  105.0  (12.0%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ______________________ :
Bounty  93.0  (10.6%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ________________________ :
Milky Way  66.0  (7.5%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFF _____________________________ :
None of these  9.0  (1.0%) 
LL _______________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Milky Way Defeated
AA C E G HH I L
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or view the table form.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (25%).

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

Next Round














 

VoteVote Web Poll: Top three chocolate bars
3 candidates will be elected with 876 ballots cast.

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

Round 5    
---------------------------------------- 25%
Mars  138.0  (15.8%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ______________ :
Galaxy  149.0  (17.0%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH _____________ :
Flake  135.0  (15.4%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ______________ :
Kit Kat  117.0  (13.4%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC __________________ :
Yorkie  114.0  (13.0%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG __________________ :
Snickers  110.0  (12.6%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ___________________ :
Bounty  98.0  (11.2%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _____________________ :
None of these  15.0  (1.7%) 
LLL _____________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Bounty Defeated
AA BBB CC GG HHHH III L
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or view the table form.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (25%).

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

Next Round














 

VoteVote Web Poll: Top three chocolate bars
3 candidates will be elected with 876 ballots cast.

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

Round 6    
----------------------------------------- 25%
Mars  150.0  (17.1%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA _____________ :
Galaxy  173.0  (19.7%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ________ :
Flake  153.0  (17.5%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ____________ :
Kit Kat  130.0  (14.8%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _________________ :
Yorkie  122.0  (13.9%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG __________________ :
Snickers  128.0  (14.6%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _________________ :
None of these  20.0  (2.3%) 
LLLL _____________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Yorkie Defeated
AAA BBBB CCCC HHHHHHH IIIII L
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or view the table form.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (25%).

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

Next Round














 

VoteVote Web Poll: Top three chocolate bars
3 candidates will be elected with 876 ballots cast.

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

Round 7    
----------------------------------------- 25%
Mars  166.0  (18.9%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA __________ :
Galaxy  208.0  (23.7%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ___ :
Flake  176.0  (20.1%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ________ :
Kit Kat  153.0  (17.5%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ____________ :
Snickers  148.0  (16.9%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _____________ :
None of these  25.0  (2.9%) 
LLLLL ____________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Snickers Defeated
AAAAA CCCCCCCCC HHHHHH IIIIIII LL
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or view the table form.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (25%).

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

Next Round














 

VoteVote Web Poll: Top three chocolate bars
3 candidates will be elected with 876 ballots cast.

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

Round 8    
---------------------------------------- 25%
Mars  194.0  (22.1%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ____ :
Galaxy  236.0  (26.9%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :HHHH
Flake  210.0  (24.0%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII _ :
Kit Kat  198.0  (22.6%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ___ :
None of these  38.0  (4.3%) 
LLLLLLL _________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Galaxy Elected
A I
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or view the table form.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (25%).

Galaxy 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














 

VoteVote Web Poll: Top three chocolate bars
3 candidates will be elected with 876 ballots cast.

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

Round 9    
----------------------------------------- 25%
Mars  201.3  (23.0%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ___ :
Galaxy  220.8  (25.2%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :
Flake  215.5  (24.6%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII _ :
Kit Kat  200.4  (22.9%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ___ :
None of these  38.0  (4.3%) 
LLLLLLL __________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Kit Kat Defeated
AAAAAAAAAAAAA H IIIIIIIIIIIIIII LLLLLLLLL
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or view the table form.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (25%).

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

Next Round














  

VoteVote Web Poll: Top three chocolate bars
3 candidates will be elected with 876 ballots cast.

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

Round 10    
----------------------------------------- 25%
Mars  270.3  (30.9%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :AAAAAAAAAA
Galaxy  226.8  (25.9%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :H
Flake  294.9  (33.7%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :IIIIIIIIIIIIII
None of these  84.0  (9.6%) 
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLL __________________________
   
Results  
MarsElected 
GalaxyElected 
FlakeElected 
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or view the table form.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (25%).

At this point, the number of remaining candidates equals the number of remaining seats, so the remaining candidates are declared elected.
In the end, 90.4% of votes counted toward a winner. This compares to 39.6% 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.
















 

VoteVote Web Poll: Top three chocolate bars
3 candidates will be elected with 876 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 43.8% 
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2nd 22.1% 
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3rd 17.3% 
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4th 7.9% 
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5th 3.1% 
XXXX
6th 1.9% 
XXX
7th 2.0% 
XXX
8th 0.9% 
X