What should we name our new page?
In a Facebook poll of 1,162 respondents, 27.9% chose “FIFA™ World Cup Brazil 2014”. How we count
FIFA™ World Cup Brazil 2014
27.9%324
Football - Futbol - Soccer - The Beautiful Game
19.2%223
Football - The Beautiful Game
16.3%189
FIFA™ World Cup
12.7%148
FIFA™ - Fédération Internationale de Football Association
7.9%92
FIFA™
5.6%65
Soccer - The Beautiful Game
4.7%55
World Football News
3.7%43
World Soccer News
2%23
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FIFA™ World Cup Brazil finished first with 324 votes, or 27.9%, after taking the lead in the opening stretch. It remained ahead for the rest of the 30-day poll, but the fragmented field denied it a majority.
The next three options combined for 47? Actually 223+189+148=560 votes, more than the winner’s 324, underscoring how widely support was spread across nine names.
- Plurality winner · Brazil won with 27.9%, not a majority.
- Early switch · The lead changed to Brazil on day 5.
- Nine-way field · Support was divided across nine naming options.