Instant-runoff voting: Difference between revisions

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{| class="wikitable"
|+Rankings of the candidates
!Number of votes for each candidate:
!62
!4
!5
!5
!6
|D-
!Number of voters to the right
Rankings below
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Rankings of the candidates
!Number of votes for each candidate:
! colspan="2" |<big>8</big>
!4
!5
!5
|C-
!Number of voters to the right
Rankings below
!2
!6
!4
!5
!5
!6
|-
|1st
|'''<big>B</big>'''
|'''<big>B</big>'''
|'''<big>A</big>'''
|'''<big>C</big>'''
|'''<big>D</big>'''
|'''<big>B</big>'''
|-
|2nd
|CD
|D
|D
|D
|A
|D
|-
|3rd
|C
|C
|A
|C
|A
|C
|-
|4th
|A
|C
|B
|B
|B
|C
|}
Note that the last column has moved next to the 2nd column because both voters' 1st choices are now B, and so their combined support yields 8 votes for B, shown in the cell above them. Now A has the smallest coalition in favor of them (4 votes), so they are eliminated. Then:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Rankings of the candidates
!Number of votes for each candidate:
!8
!9
!5
!
!
|-
!Number of voters to the right
Rankings below
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Rankings of the candidates
!Number of votes for each candidate:
!<small>8</small>
!<big>14</big>
!
!
!
|-
!Number of voters to the right
Rankings below
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|<small><s>D</s></small>
|}
D wins with 14 votes to B's 8.
 
Note that this form of visualization becomes harder when allowing for equal-ranking.
 
==See also==