Already collected the ballots? Paste them below — one person per line, options in order of preference — and get the Borda count, the first-choice (plurality) tally, and the ranked-choice / instant-runoff winner at once. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
Separate each ballot's options with >, a comma, or a tab. Names are matched case-insensitively. Options a ballot leaves out score zero on that ballot.
The Borda count turns a set of ranked ballots into a single group ranking by giving every position a score. With N options, a first-place mark is worth N−1 points, second place N−2, and so on down to 0 for last. Add up every ballot and the option with the most points is the group's consensus favorite — the choice most people rank highly, not just the one with the biggest first-place bloc.
Showing all three side by side makes it obvious when a plurality winner and the consensus (Borda) winner disagree — the whole reason ranked methods exist.
Five voters rank four offsite cities. Counting only first choices, Lisbon wins with 2 — yet three of the five rank it dead last. Run the Borda count and Austin wins with 11 points: almost nobody's first pick, but nearly everybody's strong second. Load the example above to see it computed.
They can pick different winners. Instant-runoff cares mainly about first preferences and who survives elimination; the Borda count weighs every position on every ballot, so it rewards a broadly-acceptable compromise. For a group planning something together, the compromise is usually what you want — which is why the rankit group poll uses Borda.
Do ballots have to rank every option? They don't. Any option a ballot omits simply scores zero points on that ballot for the Borda count, and is treated as no-preference in the runoff.
Is this the same as the modified Borda count? No — this uses the classic Borda scale (N−1 … 0). The modified version scores only the options a voter actually ranks; classic Borda is the standard taught and most widely used.
Is anything sent to a server? No. The tally runs entirely in your browser, so you can paste real ballots safely. Want everyone to submit their own ranking instead of pasting? Create a shared rankit poll — one link, no signup.