ranked.vote // Minneapolis City Council Ward 5

The Minneapolis Municipal Election was held on November 2, 2021. Jeremiah Ellison was the winner out of 7 candidates after 2 elimination rounds.

Jeremiah Ellison was also the Condorcet winner.

Jeremiah EllisonKristel PorterVictor MartinezEliminated in round 2Suleiman IsseEliminated in round 1Cathy SpannEliminated in round 1Elijah Norris-HollidayEliminated in round 1James "Jim" SeymourEliminated 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 2Round 3Jeremiah EllisonKristel PorterVictor MartinezSuleiman IsseCathy SpannElijah Norris-HollidayJames "Jim" SeymourUndeclared Write-insExhausted31.1%24.1%24%9.6%33%26.7%26.5%13.9%37.6%36%26.4%Jeremiah EllisonKristel PorterExhausted

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
Jeremiah Ellison
Kristel Porter
Victor Martinez
Suleiman Isse
Cathy Spann
Elijah Norris-Holliday
James "Jim" Seymour
Undeclared Write-ins
Jeremiah Ellison51.1%54.8%77.6%75.5%85%94.7%98.8%
Kristel Porter48.9%55%78.1%81.8%86.8%95.4%98.8%
Victor Martinez45.2%45%71%73.3%84.2%95.2%98.6%
Suleiman Isse22.4%21.9%29%46.7%64.5%86.8%96.1%
Cathy Spann24.5%18.2%26.7%53.3%67%88.7%96.5%
Elijah Norris-Holliday15%13.2%15.8%35.5%33%85.6%93.9%
James "Jim" Seymour5.3%4.6%4.8%13.2%11.3%14.4%79.7%
Undeclared Write-ins1.2%1.2%1.4%3.9%3.5%6.1%20.3%

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
Jeremiah Ellison
Kristel Porter
Victor Martinez
Suleiman Isse
Cathy Spann
Elijah Norris-Holliday
James "Jim" Seymour
Undeclared Write-ins
Exhausted
Jeremiah Ellison37%15.7%6.7%5.2%2.3%0.5%0.3%32.2%
Kristel Porter27.6%23.7%3.7%15.7%4.5%0.2%0.1%24.4%
Victor Martinez15.1%29%3%9.1%6.2%1.4%0.5%35.7%
Suleiman Isse7.4%4.1%4.3%2.4%1.3%0.4%80.1%
Cathy Spann14%29.2%20.2%3.7%5.3%0.4%27.2%
Elijah Norris-Holliday7.2%12.4%14.9%3.1%7.2%22.7%1.5%30.9%
James "Jim" Seymour5.1%12.8%10.3%10.3%30.8%30.8%
Undeclared Write-ins28.6%71.4%

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
(5,469 voters)
35.6%20.4%44.0%
Jeremiah Ellison
(1,749 voters)
32.2%23.4%44.3%
Kristel Porter
(1,353 voters)
24.4%25.7%49.9%
Victor Martinez
(1,346 voters)
35.7%17.9%46.4%
Suleiman Isse
(538 voters)
80.1%6.9%13.0%
Cathy Spann
(243 voters)
27.2%14.0%58.8%
Elijah Norris-Holliday
(194 voters)
30.9%19.1%50.0%
James "Jim" Seymour
(39 voters)
30.8%17.9%51.3%
Undeclared Write-ins
(7 voters)
71.4%14.3%14.3%

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
Jeremiah Ellison
Kristel Porter
Exhausted
Victor Martinez18.1%36.2%45.7%
Suleiman Isse9.1%5.4%85.5%
Cathy Spann18.5%41.6%39.9%
Elijah Norris-Holliday11.3%20.6%68%
James "Jim" Seymour10.3%23.1%66.7%
Undeclared Write-ins14.3%85.7%

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