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EPH Flow Visualization: {{ category.name }}

Finalist
Close Call
Early Elimination
Other Recipients

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EPH Flow Visualization Sankey diagram showing how EPH points flow through elimination rounds, with finalists at the top and eliminated works below.

Tip: Click any work to highlight its journey through all steps. Click again to reset.

Understanding the Visualization

Node Heights

The height of each rectangular node represents the work's EPH point total at that elimination step. Taller nodes have more points and are stronger candidates.

Line Thickness

The thickness of each line shows the number of EPH points flowing between works:

  • Horizontal lines show continuation (a work surviving to the next step with its points)
  • Diagonal lines show redistribution (points transferring from an eliminated work to another work based on ballot preferences)

Thin Redistribution Lines

When a work is eliminated, its points are redistributed to other works based on voter preferences. Thin redistribution lines indicate that only a few ballots listed another eligible work as their next preference — the majority of ballots supporting the eliminated work had exhausted all their preferences among the remaining candidates. This is normal and expected behavior in E Pluribus Hugo, especially in later elimination rounds.

"Other" Nodes

When a work is eliminated, its points are redistributed to other remaining works. The largest recipients get their own individual redistribution lines, but minor recipients — works that received only a small share of the redistributed points — are aggregated into a single "Other" node. This keeps the diagram readable by avoiding a tangle of tiny lines. The height of the "Other" node represents the combined points going to all of these minor recipients (which are still on the graph).

Missing Links

If an eliminated work shows few or no redistribution lines, it means most ballots supporting that work had no other eligible works left to transfer to. These are exhausted ballots, and their points are removed from the calculation.

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