DemoChoice Web Poll: California Lieutenant Governor

1 candidate will be elected with 1,573 ballots cast.


Round 1

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Candidate Votes Status
Tom McClintock, California State Senator (Republican)   Chart color  380  (24.2%)   
Stewart Alexander, Automobile Sales Consultant (Peace and Freedom)   Chart color  369  (23.5%)   
John Garamendi, California State Insurance Commissioner (Democratic)   Chart color  283  (18.0%)   
James King, Real Estate Broker (American Independent)   Chart color  230  (14.6%)   
Donna Warren, Financial Manager/Author (Green)   Chart color  204  (13.0%)   
Lynnette Shaw, Caregiver/Musician (Libertarian)   Chart color  107  (6.8%)  Defeated
Pie chart

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (Lynnette Shaw, Caregiver/Musician (Libertarian)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: California Lieutenant Governor

1 candidate will be elected with 1,573 ballots cast.


Round 2

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Tom McClintock, California State Senator (Republican)   Chart color  444  (28.3%)   
Stewart Alexander, Automobile Sales Consultant (Peace and Freedom)   Chart color  377  (24.0%)   
John Garamendi, California State Insurance Commissioner (Democratic)   Chart color  289  (18.4%)   
James King, Real Estate Broker (American Independent)   Chart color  235  (15.0%)   
Donna Warren, Financial Manager/Author (Green)   Chart color  225  (14.3%)  Defeated
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Donna Warren, Financial Manager/Author (Green)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: California Lieutenant Governor

1 candidate will be elected with 1,573 ballots cast.


Round 3

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Tom McClintock, California State Senator (Republican)   Chart color  474  (30.3%)   
Stewart Alexander, Automobile Sales Consultant (Peace and Freedom)   Chart color  432  (27.7%)   
John Garamendi, California State Insurance Commissioner (Democratic)   Chart color  415  (26.6%)   
James King, Real Estate Broker (American Independent)   Chart color  241  (15.4%)  Defeated
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (James King, Real Estate Broker (American Independent)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: California Lieutenant Governor

1 candidate will be elected with 1,573 ballots cast.


Round 4

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Tom McClintock, California State Senator (Republican)   Chart color  481  (33.9%)   
Stewart Alexander, Automobile Sales Consultant (Peace and Freedom)   Chart color  510  (35.9%)   
John Garamendi, California State Insurance Commissioner (Democratic)   Chart color  429  (30.2%)  Defeated
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (John Garamendi, California State Insurance Commissioner (Democratic)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: California Lieutenant Governor

1 candidate will be elected with 1,573 ballots cast.


Round 5

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Tom McClintock, California State Senator (Republican)   Chart color  751  (54.4%)  Elected
Stewart Alexander, Automobile Sales Consultant (Peace and Freedom)   Chart color  629  (45.6%)  Defeated
Pie chart

Tom McClintock, California State Senator (Republican) has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.

In the end, 47.7% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 24.2% if only the first-round votes were used.

Also, view the Ballot Depth info to see how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: California Lieutenant Governor

1 candidate will be elected with 1,573 ballots cast.


Ballot Depth

This shows how much the lower rankings on ballots contributed to the winning candidate.

Rank Fraction of votes for winner
1st    50.6% 
2nd    30.1% 
3rd    5.9% 
4th    10.8% 
5th    2.7% 
Pie chart