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When you vote in this Presidential poll, all your preferences (and all the preferences of all the other voters) are used in the VoteFair ranking calculations to completely (and correctly) rank all the candidates from most popular down to least popular.


Show ballot for these 2008 Presidential candidates:

Ron Paul (Republican)
John McCain (Republican)
Fred Thompson (Republican)
Mitt Romney (Republican)
Rudy Giuliani (Republican)
Mike Huckabee (Republican)
 Hillary Clinton (Democrat)
Barack Obama (Democrat)
John Edwards (Democrat)
Dennis Kucinich (Democrat)
Mike Gravel (Democrat)
Bill Richardson (Democrat)

Skip to the results  (The poll was restarted December 10.)

 

The results based on 61 votes collected between July 19 and December 10 are summarized here:

Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular
is a tie among these choices		 Al Gore (Dem) Ranking score is 56 for Al Gore (Dem) 15 voters marked Al Gore (Dem) as their first choice
Ron Paul (Rep) Ranking score is 49 for Ron Paul (Rep) 16 voters marked Ron Paul (Rep) as their first choice
Second-most popular Barack Obama (Dem) Ranking score is 48 for Barack Obama (Dem) 5 voters marked Barack Obama (Dem) as their first choice
Third-most popular John Edwards (Dem) Ranking score is 45 for John Edwards (Dem) 4 voters marked John Edwards (Dem) as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Dennis Kucinich (Dem) Ranking score is 39 for Dennis Kucinich (Dem) 6 voters marked Dennis Kucinich (Dem) as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Bill Richardson (Dem) Ranking score is 29 for Bill Richardson (Dem) 0 voter marked Bill Richardson (Dem) as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Hillary Clinton (Dem) Ranking score is 26 for Hillary Clinton (Dem) 2 voters marked Hillary Clinton (Dem) as their first choice
Seventh-most popular John McCain (Rep) Ranking score is 19 for John McCain (Rep) 0 voters marked John McCain (Rep) as their first choice
Eighth-most popular Fred Thompson (Rep) Ranking score is 13 for Fred Thompson (Rep) 7 voters marked Fred Thompson (Rep) as their first choice
Ninth-most popular Mitt Romney (Rep) Ranking score is 8 for Mitt Romney (Rep) 2 voters marked Mitt Romney (Rep) as their first choice
Tenth-most popular Rudy Giuliani (Rep) Ranking score is 4 for Rudy Giuliani (Rep) 2 voters marked Rudy Giuliani (Rep) as their first choice
Eleventh-most popular Newt Gingrich (Rep) Ranking score is 0 for Newt Gingrich (Rep) 0 voters marked Newt Gingrich (Rep) as their first choice

 

The results based on 213 votes collected between March 6 and July 19 are summarized here:

Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular Barack Obama (Dem) Ranking score is 54 for Barack Obama (Dem) 43 voters marked Barack Obama (Dem) as their first choice
Second-most popular Al Gore (Dem) Ranking score is 44 for Al Gore (Dem) 21 voters marked Al Gore (Dem) as their first choice
Third-most popular Hillary Clinton (Dem) Ranking score is 45 for Hillary Clinton (Dem) 46 voters marked Hillary Clinton (Dem) as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Rudy Giuliani (Rep) Ranking score is 40 for Rudy Giuliani (Rep) 39 voters marked Rudy Giuliani (Rep) as their first choice
Fifth-most popular John Edwards (Dem) Ranking score is 32 for John Edwards (Dem) 11 voters marked John Edwards (Dem) as their first choice
Sixth-most popular John McCain (Rep) Ranking score is 28 for John McCain (Rep) 11 voters marked John McCain (Rep) as their first choice
Seventh-most popular Bill Richardson (Dem) Ranking score is 21 for Bill Richardson (Dem) 7 voters marked Bill Richardson (Dem) as their first choice
Eighth-most popular Joe Biden (Dem) Ranking score is 15 for Joe Biden (Dem) 0 voter marked Joe Biden (Dem) as their first choice
Ninth-most popular Mitt Romney (Rep) Ranking score is 11 for Mitt Romney (Rep) 5 voters marked Mitt Romney (Rep) as their first choice
Tenth-most popular
is a tie among these choices		 Newt Gingrich (Rep) Ranking score is 0 for Newt Gingrich (Rep) 15 voters marked Newt Gingrich (Rep) as their first choice
Tommy Thompson (Rep) Ranking score is 0 for Tommy Thompson (Rep) 6 voters marked Tommy Thompson (Rep) as their first choice
George Pataki (Rep) Ranking score is 0 for George Pataki (Rep) 3 voters marked George Pataki (Rep) as their first choice

 

The results based on 32 votes collected between November 15 and March 6 are summarized here:

Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score 		Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First -most popular Al Gore (Dem) Ranking score is 58 for Al Gore (Dem)
Second -most popular John Edwards (Dem) Ranking score is 64 for John Edwards (Dem)
Third -most popular Barack Obama (Dem) Ranking score is 51 for Barack Obama (Dem)
Fourth -most popular Hillary Clinton (Dem) Ranking score is 47 for Hillary Clinton (Dem)
Fifth -most popular John Kerry (Dem) Ranking score is 34 for John Kerry (Dem)
Sixth -most popular Joe Biden (Dem) Ranking score is 29 for Joe Biden (Dem)
Seventh -most popular Rudy Giuliani (Rep) Ranking score is 29 for Rudy Giuliani (Rep)
Eighth -most popular John McCain (Rep) Ranking score is 21 for John McCain (Rep)
Ninth -most popular Mitt Romney (Rep) Ranking score is 12 for Mitt Romney (Rep)
Tenth -most popular Condoleezza Rice (Rep) Ranking score is 9 for Condoleezza Rice (Rep)
Eleventh -most popular Newt Gingrich (Rep) Ranking score is 3 for Newt Gingrich (Rep)
Twelfth -most popular Bill Frist (Rep) Ranking score is 0 for Bill Frist (Rep)

 

 

The results based on 52 votes collected between June 16 and November 15 are summarized here:

Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score 		Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First -most popular John Edwards (Dem) Ranking score is 61 for John Edwards (Dem)
Second -most popular Al Gore (Dem) Ranking score is 48 for Al Gore (Dem)
Third -most popular Hillary Clinton (Dem) Ranking score is 44 for Hillary Clinton (Dem)
Fourth -most popular Rudy Giuliani (Rep) Ranking score is 40 for Rudy Giuliani (Rep)
Fifth -most popular John McCain (Rep) Ranking score is 37 for John McCain (Rep)
Sixth -most popular Wesley Clark (Dem) Ranking score is 27 for Wesley Clark (Dem)
Seventh -most popular John Kerry (Dem) Ranking score is 23 for John Kerry (Dem)
Eighth -most popular Joseph Biden (Dem) Ranking score is 19 for Joseph Biden (Dem)
Ninth -most popular George Pataki (Rep) Ranking score is 12 for George Pataki (Rep)
Tenth -most popular Mitt Romney (Rep) Ranking score is 7 for Mitt Romney (Rep)
Eleventh -most popular Newt Gingrich (Rep) Ranking score is 3 for Newt Gingrich (Rep)
Twelfth -most popular Bill Frist (Rep) Ranking score is 0 for Bill Frist (Rep)

 

 

The results based on 111 votes collected between April 25 and June 16 are summarized here:

Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score 		Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First -most popular Rudy Giuliani (Rep) Ranking score is 57 for Rudy Giuliani (Rep) 27 voters marked Rudy Giuliani (Rep) as their first choice
Second -most popular John McCain (Rep) Ranking score is 51 for John McCain (Rep) 17 voters marked John McCain (Rep) as their first choice
Third -most popular John Edwards (Dem) Ranking score is 38 for John Edwards (Dem) 7 voters marked John Edwards (Dem) as their first choice
Fourth -most popular
is a tie among these choices 		Bill Frist (Rep) Ranking score is 29 for Bill Frist (Rep) 9 voters marked Bill Frist (Rep) as their first choice
Hillary Clinton (Dem) Ranking score is 29 for Hillary Clinton (Dem) 15 voters marked Hillary Clinton (Dem) as their first choice
Fifth -most popular George Pataki (Rep) Ranking score is 22 for George Pataki (Rep) 2 voters marked George Pataki (Rep) as their first choice
Sixth -most popular Newt Gingrich (Rep) Ranking score is 19 for Newt Gingrich (Rep) 7 voters marked Newt Gingrich (Rep) as their first choice
Seventh -most popular
is a tie among these choices 		Mitt Romney (Rep) Ranking score is 12 for Mitt Romney (Rep) 1 voter marked Mitt Romney (Rep) as their first choice
Joseph Biden (Dem) Ranking score is 10 for Joseph Biden (Dem) 3 voters marked Joseph Biden (Dem) as their first choice
Eighth -most popular Wesley Clark (Dem) Ranking score is 7 for Wesley Clark (Dem) 1 voter marked Wesley Clark (Dem) as their first choice
Ninth -most popular Al Gore (Dem) Ranking score is 3 for Al Gore (Dem) 13 voters marked Al Gore (Dem) as their first choice
Tenth -most popular John Kerry (Dem) Ranking score is 0 for John Kerry (Dem) 1 voter marked John Kerry (Dem) as their first choice

 

 

Schedule: Every few months the ballot is updated to reflect changes in potential candidates, and voting restarts.  Please note that duplicate votes are periodically removed, especially before the official VoteFair results are calculated and posted.
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