ranked.vote // Minneapolis Park and Recreation Commissioner At-Large

The Minneapolis November 3, 2009 Municipal Election was held on November 3, 2009. Annie Young was the winner out of 9 candidates after 6 elimination rounds.

Annie Young was also the Condorcet winner.

Annie YoungBob FineJohn ErwinEliminated in round 6Mary Merrill AndersonEliminated in round 5Tom NordykeEliminated in round 4David WahstedtEliminated in round 3Nancy BernardEliminated in round 2John ButlerEliminated in round 1Write InEliminated 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 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Bob FineAnnie YoungJohn ErwinMary Merrill AndersonTom NordykeDavid WahstedtNancy BernardJohn ButlerWrite InExhausted22.1%18.9%17.4%14.7%10.1%7.7%22.4%19.3%17.8%14.9%10.3%7.9%5.8%22.8%20.4%18.1%16.1%10.6%8.2%23.8%21.1%18.7%16.6%11.2%8.6%25.5%22.8%21.1%18.6%12%27.9%27.9%25.7%18.5%36.9%30.4%32.7%Annie YoungBob FineExhausted

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
Annie Young
Bob Fine
John Erwin
Mary Merrill Anderson
Tom Nordyke
David Wahstedt
Nancy Bernard
John Butler
Write In
Annie Young54.9%53.7%55.9%60.8%77.8%78.6%85.5%98.2%
Bob Fine45.1%50%50.2%52.8%74.3%71.7%84%97.8%
John Erwin46.3%50%49.8%59.5%73.9%69.1%82.1%97.7%
Mary Merrill Anderson44.1%49.8%50.2%54.8%74.4%71.5%82.5%97.7%
Tom Nordyke39.2%47.2%40.5%45.2%72.3%67.7%80.8%97.4%
David Wahstedt22.2%25.7%26.1%25.6%27.7%45%63.3%94.1%
Nancy Bernard21.4%28.3%30.9%28.5%32.3%55%67.5%94.8%
John Butler14.5%16%17.9%17.5%19.2%36.7%32.5%90.4%
Write In1.8%2.2%2.3%2.3%2.6%5.9%5.2%9.6%

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
Annie Young
Bob Fine
John Erwin
Mary Merrill Anderson
Tom Nordyke
David Wahstedt
Nancy Bernard
John Butler
Write In
Exhausted
Annie Young9.7%18.9%14.8%10.4%2.6%11.4%2.2%0.3%29.8%
Bob Fine13.3%6.3%12.5%9%3.4%5.3%3.4%0.3%46.5%
John Erwin31.8%6.9%16.4%21.7%2.3%1.6%1.9%0.1%17.3%
Mary Merrill Anderson19.5%11.5%19.1%11.9%2.5%5.8%2%0.1%27.5%
Tom Nordyke13.8%13%20.9%16.5%4.5%3.3%2.4%0.1%25.5%
David Wahstedt6.7%10.5%5%4.5%6.3%3.9%6.4%0.7%55.9%
Nancy Bernard18.6%7.2%4.5%20%4.1%3.7%5.6%0%36.3%
John Butler10.2%8.9%11.9%6.6%6.2%7.1%8.7%0.2%40.2%
Write In3.6%2.6%2.1%1.5%1%1%2.1%86.1%

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
(36,655 voters)
33.5%12.9%53.6%
Bob Fine
(8,089 voters)
46.5%13.2%40.3%
Annie Young
(6,941 voters)
29.8%15.1%55.1%
John Erwin
(6,376 voters)
17.3%14.0%68.7%
Mary Merrill Anderson
(5,394 voters)
27.5%11.7%60.8%
Tom Nordyke
(3,716 voters)
25.5%14.4%60.1%
David Wahstedt
(2,807 voters)
55.9%10.9%33.1%
Nancy Bernard
(2,024 voters)
36.3%8.4%55.3%
John Butler
(1,114 voters)
40.2%8.1%51.7%
Write In
(194 voters)
86.1%4.1%9.8%

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
Annie Young
Bob Fine
Exhausted
John Erwin44.1%10.6%45.2%
Mary Merrill Anderson30.3%15.8%53.9%
Tom Nordyke24.7%19.6%55.6%
David Wahstedt10.8%14.6%74.6%
Nancy Bernard35.8%10.3%53.9%
John Butler17.2%14%68.8%
Write In6.2%3.1%90.7%

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