ranked.vote // Minneapolis City Council Ward 3

The Minneapolis Municipal Election was held on May 13, 2025. Michael Rainville was the winner out of 3 candidatesafter 1 elimination round.

Michael Rainville was also the Condorcet winner.

Michael RainvilleMarcus MillsUndeclared Write-insEliminated in round 1Valerie BartelEliminated 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 RainvilleMarcus MillsUndeclared Write-insValerie BartelExhaustedMichael RainvilleMarcus MillsExhausted

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
Marcus Mills
Undeclared Write-ins
Valerie Bartel
Michael Rainville74.2%98.5%100%
Marcus Mills25.8%96.4%100%
Undeclared Write-ins1.5%3.6%99.6%
Valerie Bartel0%0%0.4%

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
Marcus Mills
Undeclared Write-ins
Valerie Bartel
Exhausted
Michael Rainville20.3%1.5%0%78.2%
Marcus Mills31.6%3.3%65.1%
Undeclared Write-ins17.9%10.7%71.4%
Valerie Bartel100%

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
(12,877 voters)
74.8%23.6%1.6%
Michael Rainville
(9,512 voters)
78.2%20.3%1.5%
Marcus Mills
(3,308 voters)
65.1%33.2%1.7%
Undeclared Write-ins
(56 voters)
71.4%21.4%7.1%
Valerie Bartel
(1 voters)
100.0%

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
Michael Rainville
Marcus Mills
Exhausted
Undeclared Write-ins17.9%10.7%71.4%
Valerie Bartel100%

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