ranked.vote // Minneapolis City Council Ward 1

The Minneapolis Municipal Election was held on November 2, 2021. Elliott Payne was the winner out of 4 candidates after 1 elimination round.

Elliott Payne was also the Condorcet winner.

Elliott PayneKevin ReichCalvin L CarpenterEliminated in round 1Thomas E WortmanEliminated in round 1Undeclared Write-insEliminated 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 2Elliott PayneKevin ReichCalvin L CarpenterThomas E WortmanUndeclared Write-insExhausted45.3%40.4%5.3%5.9%47.3%42.7%10%Elliott PayneKevin ReichExhausted

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
Elliott Payne
Kevin Reich
Calvin L Carpenter
Thomas E Wortman
Undeclared Write-ins
Elliott Payne52.5%87.2%86.9%98.7%
Kevin Reich47.5%88.7%84.9%98.6%
Calvin L Carpenter12.8%11.3%26%92.8%
Thomas E Wortman13.1%15.1%74%95.9%
Undeclared Write-ins1.3%1.4%7.2%4.1%

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
Elliott Payne
Kevin Reich
Calvin L Carpenter
Thomas E Wortman
Undeclared Write-ins
Exhausted
Elliott Payne38%1.9%13.8%0.7%45.6%
Kevin Reich33.9%6.7%11.1%0.4%47.9%
Calvin L Carpenter11.1%21%11.4%5%51.4%
Thomas E Wortman31.2%30.1%11.6%0.6%26.5%
Undeclared Write-ins4.3%17.4%8.7%4.3%65.2%

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
(11,429 voters)
46.3%22.2%31.5%
Elliott Payne
(5,506 voters)
45.6%24.5%29.9%
Kevin Reich
(4,900 voters)
47.9%20.3%31.8%
Calvin L Carpenter
(638 voters)
51.4%18.3%30.3%
Thomas E Wortman
(362 voters)
26.5%20.2%53.3%
Undeclared Write-ins
(23 voters)
65.2%17.4%17.4%

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
Elliott Payne
Kevin Reich
Exhausted
Calvin L Carpenter16%25.2%58.8%
Thomas E Wortman35.9%33.7%30.4%
Undeclared Write-ins8.7%21.7%69.6%

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