Zach wrote:Marie wrote:Voting is really tight! Just wondering... Is there a minimum vote someone needs to win by or does it only take one? Let's say one picture has 14 votes and the other has 15. At the same time, there are 20 other votes for various other pictures. Does the one with 15 win? Or, should there be a vote off between the two? That way, the 20 other voters have a choice about which picture they like for the calendar. What if 19 of the 20 voters liked the one with 14 votes? I guess you can't really change the voting rules now. Just something to think about.
WOW! That's my new favoritist avatar.
But I must admit I haven't any idea of what you just said.
Okay, so maybe that wasn't the clearest of posts. Let's try again. Right now, entries #3 and #10 have 12 votes each. That's a total of 24 votes. They are clearly the favorites! BUT, 41 people have voted. That means that 17 people (40% of all voters) did not vote for #3 or #10. Follow me so far?
Now, let's suppose when the voting is over with, a total of 55 people voted. #3 has 15 votes, #10 has 14 votes, and the other pictures have a combined total of 26 votes. That means #3 wins by only 1 vote. Does this really make #3 the clear favorite? Remember, that nearly 50% of the voters did not vote for #3 or #10.
In such a close race, should there be a vote-off? Perhaps the 50% of voters who did not vote for #3 or #10 favor one picture over the other. Their votes may help one picture win by a larger margin than 1 vote. The winning picture is going in the calendar. If the initial voting is soooo close, shouldn't the remaining 50% of voters be able to help choose which picture they want to see in the calendar?
Like I said, it's just a thought.
You would pretty much just have to let everyone vote again for the two finalist pictures.
