ranked.vote // Minnetonka City Council Ward 1

The Minnetonka Municipal Election was held on November 7, 2023. Patsy Foster-Bolton was the winner out of 4 candidates after 1 elimination round.

Patsy Foster-Bolton was also the Condorcet winner.

Patsy Foster-BoltonBonnie BurtonDana MinionEliminated in round 1Reed GilkeyEliminated 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 2Patsy Foster-BoltonBonnie BurtonDana MinionReed GilkeyUndeclared Write-insExhausted45.7%33.1%13.6%51.6%38.4%10%Patsy Foster-BoltonBonnie BurtonExhausted

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
Patsy Foster-Bolton
Bonnie Burton
Dana Minion
Reed Gilkey
Undeclared Write-ins
Patsy Foster-Bolton57.3%69.6%86.9%98.4%
Bonnie Burton42.7%57.9%84.7%98.4%
Dana Minion30.4%42.1%83.3%98.1%
Reed Gilkey13.1%15.3%16.7%93%
Undeclared Write-ins1.6%1.6%1.9%7%

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
Patsy Foster-Bolton
Bonnie Burton
Dana Minion
Reed Gilkey
Undeclared Write-ins
Exhausted
Patsy Foster-Bolton26.2%38.4%5.6%0.3%29.5%
Bonnie Burton17.6%21.8%5.5%1%54.2%
Dana Minion36.2%29%8.8%0.7%25.3%
Reed Gilkey8.9%16.7%28.9%1.1%44.4%
Undeclared Write-ins16.7%83.3%

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
(3,023 voters)
38.1%24.1%37.8%
Patsy Foster-Bolton
(1,443 voters)
29.5%30.6%39.9%
Bonnie Burton
(1,047 voters)
54.2%15.0%30.9%
Dana Minion
(431 voters)
25.3%28.3%46.4%
Reed Gilkey
(90 voters)
44.4%8.9%46.7%
Undeclared Write-ins
(12 voters)
83.3%16.7%

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
Patsy Foster-Bolton
Bonnie Burton
Exhausted
Dana Minion38.7%32.5%28.8%
Reed Gilkey20%28.9%51.1%
Undeclared Write-ins16.7%83.3%

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