The results are in. The votes have been counted—three different ways. And now the wait is over. So, it’s the question you’ve all been asking: who won the pet election?
There was a clear favorite in this year’s running, and it wasn’t even close. Winsome the hedgehog is the cutest TIP pet! But things were more closely contested for second and third place, and the winners depend on which voting system you use.
As a reminder, your candidates were:
Charlie | |
Chester | |
Cooper | |
Peewee | |
Rocky | |
Sirius | |
Winsome |
Winner-take-all
If we calculated the vote with a system where everyone got one vote to cast for the single pet they thought was the cutest, the results were:
Place | Pet |
---|---|
First | Winsome |
Second | Cooper |
Third | Charlie |
Fourth | Chester |
Fifth | Sirius |
Sixth | Peewee |
Seventh | Rocky |
Weighted
If we calculated the vote with a system where voters provided ranked choices—in other words, where a first-place vote was worth seven points, a second-place vote was worth six points, etc.—the results were:
Place | Pet |
---|---|
First | Winsome |
Second | Cooper |
Third | Chester |
Fourth | Peewee |
Fifth | Charlie |
Sixth | Sirius |
Seventh | Rocky |
Electoral College
If we calculated the vote with an Electoral College system, where whoever got the most first-place votes in a state earned all the Electoral College votes for that state, the results were:
Place | Pet |
---|---|
First | Winsome |
Second | Chester |
Third | Cooper |
Fourth | Sirius |
Fifth | Charlie |
Sixth | Peewee |
Seventh | Rocky |