How vote totals changed in the ranked-choice Democratic gubernatorial race

This chart shows how votes were redistributed among candidates in the 2018 Democratic primary for Maine governor during the ranked-choice tabulation Wednesday. On Election Day, voters ranked candidates in order of preference. During the retabulation, losing candidates were gradually eliminated and their votes redistributed to the voters’ next choice. The first candidate to top 50 percent wins.

Initial first-choice vote allocations

This chart shows the allocation of voters’ first choices in the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial primary. In the first round, none of the candidates earned more than 50 percent of voters’ top choices, so the lowest-ranked candidates’ ballots will be re-allocated according to their lower-ranked preferences.

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Initial first-choice vote allocations