DemoChoice Web Poll: San Francisco Sheriff 2011
1 candidate will be elected with 197,242 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Mirkarimi |
|
70,457 | (38.5%) | |
| Chris Cunnie |
|
51,602 | (28.2%) | |
| Paul Miyamoto |
|
49,814 | (27.2%) | |
| David Wong |
|
11,360 | (6.2%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (David Wong) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: San Francisco Sheriff 2011
1 candidate will be elected with 197,242 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Mirkarimi |
|
72,474 | (40.3%) | |
| Chris Cunnie |
|
53,213 | (29.6%) | Defeated |
| Paul Miyamoto |
|
54,350 | (30.2%) | |
The last-place candidate (Chris Cunnie) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: San Francisco Sheriff 2011
1 candidate will be elected with 197,242 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Mirkarimi |
|
86,592 | (53.5%) | Elected |
| Paul Miyamoto |
|
75,137 | (46.5%) | Defeated |
Ross Mirkarimi has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 43.9% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 35.7% if only the first-round votes were used.
Also, view the Ballot Depth info to see how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.
DemoChoice Web Poll: San Francisco Sheriff 2011
1 candidate will be elected with 197,242 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 |
|
81.1% | |
| 2nd |
|
17.1% | |
| 3rd |
|
1.9% | |