ranked.vote // Minneapolis City Council Ward 3

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

Michael Rainville was also the Condorcet winner.

Michael RainvilleSteve FletcherMerv MoorheadEliminated in round 1Hope HennesseyEliminated 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 2Michael RainvilleSteve FletcherMerv MoorheadHope HennesseyUndeclared Write-insExhausted41.7%36.2%8%6.1%7.6%47.8%39.1%13%Michael RainvilleSteve FletcherExhausted

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
Michael Rainville
Steve Fletcher
Merv Moorhead
Hope Hennessey
Undeclared Write-ins
Michael Rainville55%79.4%85.6%98.5%
Steve Fletcher45%64.4%79.4%98.1%
Merv Moorhead20.6%35.6%73.4%97.2%
Hope Hennessey14.4%20.6%26.6%93.8%
Undeclared Write-ins1.5%1.9%2.8%6.2%

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
Michael Rainville
Steve Fletcher
Merv Moorhead
Hope Hennessey
Undeclared Write-ins
Exhausted
Michael Rainville17%36.2%6%0.4%40.4%
Steve Fletcher28.5%12.2%7.4%0.7%51.1%
Merv Moorhead55%18.4%6.5%0.2%19.9%
Hope Hennessey17.4%18.4%10.4%2.8%51%
Undeclared Write-ins7%2.3%4.7%86%

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
(13,335 voters)
43.7%24.5%31.8%
Michael Rainville
(6,022 voters)
40.4%30.4%29.2%
Steve Fletcher
(5,224 voters)
51.1%17.9%31.0%
Merv Moorhead
(1,161 voters)
19.9%34.7%45.4%
Hope Hennessey
(885 voters)
51.0%10.8%38.2%
Undeclared Write-ins
(43 voters)
86.0%9.3%4.7%

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
Michael Rainville
Steve Fletcher
Exhausted
Merv Moorhead57.3%20.7%22%
Hope Hennessey24%21.1%54.9%
Undeclared Write-ins7%2.3%90.7%

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