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county_council_2 (Pierce_WA; 2008-11-04)

🔗 2008-11-04_Pierce_WA-county_council_2-county_council_2     (tags: { from-bolson , actual , 2008 , PierceCounty_WA , Pierce_WA-2008 , WA , 2008-11 })

Below is the ABIF from the "2008-11-04_Pierce_WA-county_council_2-county_council_2" election (county_council_2 (Pierce_WA; 2008-11-04))

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Voting methods: IRVFPTPapprovalSTARPairwiseAll methods

Results

🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2008-11-04_Pierce_WA-county_council_2-county_council_2

The STAR results of 2008-11-04_Pierce_WA-county_council_2-county_council_2 are below, and can be edited in the field above.

Method Winner
STAR Joyce McDonald
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2008-11-04_Pierce_WA-county_council_2-county_council_2 STAR results permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/2008-11-04_Pierce_WA-county_council_2-county_council_2/STAR#STAR
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Note — STAR ratings estimated from ranked ballots using Borda scoring method
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The ranked ballots have been converted to STAR ratings using Borda scoring: each candidate receives points equal to (number_of_candidates - their_rank). In this election, we have 4 candidates, so the 1st choice gets 3 points, the 2nd choice gets 2 points, etc. These Borda scores are then used as STAR ratings for tabulation by STAR.

  • STAR winner: Joyce McDonald
  • Finalists: Joyce McDonald vs Al Rose
  • Runoff result:
    • Joyce McDonald: 21,056 votes (48.2%)
    • Al Rose: 17,103 votes (39.2%)
    • No preference: 5502 voters (12.6%)
  • Total stars allocated: 185,023
  • Total ballots: 43,661


(one star above is approximately 3,700 stars allocated by voters)
  • First round:
    • #0: Joyce McDonald received 73,392 stars (39.7%) from 30,249 voters (69.3%)
    • #1: Al Rose received 60,628 stars (32.8%) from 26,318 voters (60.3%)
    • #2: Carolyn Merrival received 50,096 stars (27.1%) from 23,938 voters (54.8%)
    • #3: Write-In received 907 stars (0.5%) from 553 voters (1.3%)
  • Finalists:
    • Joyce McDonald (✅ winner) preferred by 21,056 of 43,661 voters
    • Al Rose preferred by 17,103 of 43,661 voters
    • No preference between the finalists: 5502

NOTE: Since ratings or stars are not present in the provided ballots, allocated stars are estimated using a Borda-like formula.

Voting methods: IRVFPTPapprovalSTARPairwiseAll methods

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