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The Pierce County November 4, 2008 General Election was held on November 4, 2008. Joyce Mcdonald was the winner out of 3 candidates after 1 elimination round.

Joyce Mcdonald was also the Condorcet winner.

Joyce McdonaldAl RoseCarolyn MerrivalEliminated in round 1Write-InEliminated 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 2Joyce McdonaldAl RoseCarolyn MerrivalWrite-InExhausted49.9%30.8%19.1%52.7%42.6%4.7%Joyce McdonaldAl RoseExhausted

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
Joyce Mcdonald
Al Rose
Carolyn Merrival
Write-In
Joyce Mcdonald55.3%60.2%99%
Al Rose44.7%59.9%98.9%
Carolyn Merrival39.8%40.1%98.7%
Write-In1%1.1%1.3%

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
Joyce Mcdonald
Al Rose
Carolyn Merrival
Write-In
Exhausted
Joyce Mcdonald24.6%19.3%1%55%
Al Rose17.2%56.3%0.1%26.4%
Carolyn Merrival14.4%61.8%0.1%23.6%
Write-In7.7%12.3%12.3%67.7%

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
(39,976 voters)
40.2%17.0%42.8%
Joyce Mcdonald
(19,956 voters)
55.0%7.9%37.1%
Al Rose
(12,307 voters)
26.4%26.0%47.6%
Carolyn Merrival
(7,648 voters)
23.6%26.3%50.1%
Write-In
(65 voters)
67.7%9.2%23.1%

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
Joyce Mcdonald
Al Rose
Exhausted
Carolyn Merrival14.4%61.9%23.7%
Write-In7.7%24.6%67.7%

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