ranked.vote // Burlington Mayor

The Burlington Mayoral Election was held on March 3, 2009. Bob Kiss was the winner out of 6 candidatesafter 2 elimination rounds.

Andy Montroll was the Condorcet winner, meaning that they would have won in a head-to-head matchup against Bob Kiss.

Bob KissKurt WrightAndy MontrollEliminated in round 2Dan SmithEliminated in round 1Write-inEliminated in round 1James SimpsonEliminated 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 3Kurt WrightBob KissAndy MontrollDan SmithWrite-inJames SimpsonExhaustedBob KissKurt WrightExhausted

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
Bob Kiss
Andy Montroll
James Simpson
Dan Smith
Kurt Wright
Write-in
Bob Kiss46.1%86.7%52.4%51.5%98.2%
Andy Montroll53.9%91.4%60.4%55.6%98.5%
James Simpson13.3%8.6%11.5%19.9%95.4%
Dan Smith47.6%39.6%88.5%48.9%98.2%
Kurt Wright48.5%44.4%80.1%51.1%97.4%
Write-in1.8%1.5%4.6%1.8%2.6%

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
Bob Kiss
Andy Montroll
James Simpson
Dan Smith
Kurt Wright
Write-in
Exhausted
Bob Kiss51.1%4.6%22.1%9.1%0.5%12.6%
Andy Montroll36.2%3%31.1%20.6%0.5%8.6%
James Simpson40%11.4%25.7%11.4%2.9%8.6%
Dan Smith27.3%34.5%3.7%25%0.1%9.5%
Kurt Wright9.5%28.8%2.6%29.9%0.7%28.5%
Write-in16.7%36.1%5.6%13.9%27.8%

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
4
5
All Candidates
(8,976 voters)
16.5%21.3%20.1%10.3%31.8%
Kurt Wright
(2,951 voters)
28.5%21.8%14.7%6.5%28.5%
Bob Kiss
(2,585 voters)
12.6%22.0%21.6%11.6%32.2%
Andy Montroll
(2,063 voters)
8.6%21.5%23.4%13.1%33.4%
Dan Smith
(1,306 voters)
9.5%18.5%24.2%12.3%35.5%
Write-in
(36 voters)
27.8%27.8%8.3%5.6%30.6%
James Simpson
(35 voters)
8.6%20.0%17.1%8.6%45.7%

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
Bob Kiss
Kurt Wright
Exhausted
Andy Montroll52.4%30.8%16.8%
James Simpson57.1%25.7%17.1%
Dan Smith46.9%35.1%18%
Write-in41.7%13.9%44.4%

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