TrySTV.ca Poll: Tri-Cities BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
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| 4 candidates will be elected with 820 ballots cast. |
| Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted. |
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The dotted line represents
the number of votes that guarantees victory (20.1%).
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
Mike Farnworth (NDP) 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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TrySTV.ca Poll: Tri-Cities BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
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| 4 candidates will be elected with 820 ballots cast. |
| Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted. |
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Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
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The dotted line represents
the number of votes that guarantees victory (20.1%).
No new candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Donna Vandekerkhove (Refed)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
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TrySTV.ca Poll: Tri-Cities BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
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| 4 candidates will be elected with 820 ballots cast. |
| Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the
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The dotted line represents
the number of votes that guarantees victory (20.1%).
No new candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Brent Williams (Your)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
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TrySTV.ca Poll: Tri-Cities BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
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| 4 candidates will be elected with 820 ballots cast. |
| Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (20.1%).
No new candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Rebecca Helps (Green)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
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TrySTV.ca Poll: Tri-Cities BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
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| 4 candidates will be elected with 820 ballots cast. |
| Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the
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table form,
or ask a question.
The dotted line represents
the number of votes that guarantees victory (20.1%).
No new candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Doug Stead (Independent)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
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TrySTV.ca Poll: Tri-Cities BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
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| 4 candidates will be elected with 820 ballots cast. |
| Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (20.1%).
No new candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Stephen Reid (Green)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
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TrySTV.ca Poll: Tri-Cities BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
|
| 4 candidates will be elected with 820 ballots cast. |
| Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (20.1%).
No new candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Lewis Clarke Dahlby (Libertarian)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
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TrySTV.ca Poll: Tri-Cities BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
|
| 4 candidates will be elected with 820 ballots cast. |
| Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (20.1%).
No new candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (James Filippelli (Your)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
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TrySTV.ca Poll: Tri-Cities BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
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| 4 candidates will be elected with 820 ballots cast. |
| Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (20.1%).
No new candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Paul Geddes (Libertarian)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
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TrySTV.ca Poll: Tri-Cities BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
|
| 4 candidates will be elected with 820 ballots cast. |
| Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (20.1%).
No new candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Heather McRitchie (NDP)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
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TrySTV.ca Poll: Tri-Cities BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
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| 4 candidates will be elected with 820 ballots cast. |
| Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (20.1%).
A tie was resolved by comparing votes in previous rounds.
No new candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Douglas Horne (Liberal)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
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TrySTV.ca Poll: Tri-Cities BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
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| 4 candidates will be elected with 820 ballots cast. |
| Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (20.1%).
Iain Black (Liberal) 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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TrySTV.ca Poll: Tri-Cities BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
|
| 4 candidates will be elected with 820 ballots cast. |
| Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (20.1%).
No new candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Cole Bertsch (Green)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
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TrySTV.ca Poll: Tri-Cities BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
|
| 4 candidates will be elected with 820 ballots cast. |
| Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (20.1%).
No new candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Bernie Hiller (Liberal)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
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TrySTV.ca Poll: Tri-Cities BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
|
| 4 candidates will be elected with 820 ballots cast. |
| Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (20.1%).
No new candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Shannon Watkins (NDP)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Next Round
TrySTV.ca Poll: Tri-Cities BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
|
| 4 candidates will be elected with 820 ballots cast. |
| Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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 (20.1%).
No new candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Jared Evans (Green)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
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TrySTV.ca Poll: Tri-Cities BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
|
| 4 candidates will be elected with 820 ballots cast. |
| Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted. |
Table form |
Chart form: First Round |
Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth |
How it works |
Main Page
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
an elected member's equal share of the votes (20.1%).
At this point, the number of remaining candidates equals the number of remaining seats,
so the remaining candidates are declared elected.
In the end, 87.3% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 59.1%
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 4" 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.
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TrySTV.ca Poll: Tri-Cities BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
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| 4 candidates will be elected with 820 ballots cast. |
| Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted. |
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 | 62.8% |
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| 2nd | 15.6% |
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| 3rd | 10.3% |
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| 4th | 5.1% |
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| 5th | 2.5% |
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| 6th | 1.0% |
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| 7th | 1.0% |
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| 8th | 0.7% |
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| 9th | 0.1% |
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| 10th | 0.6% |
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| 11th | 0.1% |
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| 12th | 0.3% |
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