ranked.vote // Maine Congressional District 2

The Maine General Election was held on November 6, 2018. Jared F. Golden was the winner out of 4 candidatesafter 1 elimination round.

Jared F. Golden was also the Condorcet winner.

Jared F. GoldenBruce PoliquinTiffany L. BondEliminated in round 1William R.S. HoarEliminated in round 1

Runoff Rounds

This Sankey diagram shows the votes of each remaining candidate at each round, as well as the breakdown of votes transferred when each candidate was eliminated.

Note that the tabulation (but not the winner) may differ from the official count. You can read more about why this is.

Round 1Round 2Bruce PoliquinJared F. GoldenTiffany L. BondWilliam R.S. HoarExhaustedJared F. GoldenBruce PoliquinExhausted

Pairwise Preferences

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who preferred one to the other. A preference means that either a voter ranks a candidate ahead of the other, or ranks one candidate but does not list the other. Ballots which rank neither candidate are not counted towards the percent counts.

Less-preferred Candidate
Preferred Candidate
Bruce Poliquin
Jared F. Golden
Tiffany L. Bond
William R.S. Hoar
Bruce Poliquin49.4%62.5%66.5%
Jared F. Golden50.6%75.2%77.9%
Tiffany L. Bond37.5%24.8%65.3%
William R.S. Hoar33.5%22.1%34.7%

First Alternate

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who ranked one candidate first ranked the other candidate second.

Second Choice
First Choice
Bruce Poliquin
Jared F. Golden
Tiffany L. Bond
William R.S. Hoar
Exhausted
Bruce Poliquin6.9%11.3%14.5%67.3%
Jared F. Golden6.1%40.2%13.9%39.8%
Tiffany L. Bond9.8%29.2%34%27%
William R.S. Hoar12.9%17.4%38.1%31.6%

Ranking Distribution

This shows how many candidates voters ranked, both overall and broken down by each candidate's first-choice supporters. This reveals whether some candidates attracted voters who ranked multiple candidates versus those who ranked fewer candidates.

Number of Candidates Ranked
Candidate
1
2
3
All Candidates
(289,624 voters)
51.6%11.6%36.8%
Bruce Poliquin
(134,184 voters)
67.3%8.1%24.6%
Jared F. Golden
(132,013 voters)
39.8%13.7%46.4%
Tiffany L. Bond
(16,552 voters)
27.0%19.9%53.1%
William R.S. Hoar
(6,875 voters)
31.6%18.4%50.0%

Final Vote by First Choice

This table tracks which candidate ballots were ultimately allocated to, among ballots that ranked an eliminated candidate first.

Final Round Choice
First Round Choice
Bruce Poliquin
Jared F. Golden
Exhausted
Tiffany L. Bond17.8%46.1%36.1%
William R.S. Hoar22.7%35.9%41.5%

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