election_title: "FL 2026 poll — 2026 FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services"
election_description: |-
  Live on BetterVoting: https://bettervoting.com/xj8pxc ·
  results: https://bettervoting.com/xj8pxc/results
  One of four STAR races in a public, open-to-anyone online poll of the 2026 Florida
  statewide ballot. Not our election — frozen here as a real-world STAR count.

bv_election_id: xj8pxc
bv_results_url: https://bettervoting.com/xj8pxc/results

scenario_description: |-
  **2026 FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services** — the one race a Republican wins, and by the widest margin in the poll: **Matt The Welder** leads the scoring round 79-39 and takes the runoff 15-8. It is also the only race every one of the 25 ballots voted in.

  Scoring round: Matt The Welder (REP) 79 · Romagnano (DEM) 39 · Simpson (REP)* 23 · Gibson (NPA) 20 · Olle Jr (REP) 7.
  Automatic Runoff: Matt The Welder (REP) 15 vs Romagnano (DEM) 8, with 2 of the
  25 tallied ballots showing Equal Support for both finalists.

  25 ballots were cast in the poll; 0 left this race blank (25 tallied).
  Markers: `&` = the BetterVoting `null` (candidate left unscored) — it tabulates as 0,
  and a ballot that is `&` all the way across is an abstention in this race.
  Party tags are the candidates' own ballot labels; `*` marks the incumbent.

  Frozen from the live poll on 2026-08-22 (the poll stays open to 2026-11-11, so the
  live page will keep moving — this file is the snapshot LH is checked against).

num_winners: 1
voting_method: STAR

ballots: |-
  Romagnano (DEM),Gibson (NPA),Olle Jr (REP),Simpson (REP)*,Matt The Welder (REP)
  &,&,&,&,5   # b-d67ygqqb
  1,1,1,0,5   # b-7qr6fp6d
  &,&,&,&,5   # b-dh7xj93b
  &,&,&,&,5   # b-qkyw76rq
  &,&,&,&,5   # b-cqcfrhgf
  &,&,&,&,5   # b-6mwmcfmd
  &,&,&,&,5   # b-8kq29hv8
  5,4,0,0,0   # b-xfftm9yb
  5,3,0,0,0   # b-gyvqdrry
  0,0,0,0,5   # b-6ywyq88y
  0,0,0,0,5   # b-9v7q4dvt
  5,1,0,0,0   # b-6c2y3d3p
  &,&,&,5,&   # b-3xdd4ptb
  0,0,0,4,5   # b-9ry7jmwv
  0,0,0,5,0   # b-rqd88v3w
  4,1,0,&,0   # b-bk8xd8fw
  5,4,1,1,0   # b-8bfw9dyf
  &,&,&,0,5   # b-gffckf36
  0,0,0,0,5   # b-6hfy233k
  &,&,&,&,5   # b-ypm6vddm
  &,&,&,&,5   # b-pfvxtxmh
  5,4,0,3,4   # b-fhgbkw3x
  5,1,0,0,0   # b-mybbty26
  4,1,0,0,0   # b-xc3yfg8c
  0,0,5,5,5   # b-vjpmvx6c

expected_winners:
  - Matt The Welder (REP)

# file: bxj8pxc_agriculture.yaml