DemoChoice Web Poll: Board of Supervisors, District 11 - San Francisco, 2008
1 candidate will be elected with 26,909 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 1    
-------------------------------------------------- 50%
John Avalos  6,964  (28.2%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ______________________ :
Ahsha Safai  5,965  (24.2%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _________________________ :
Myrna Lim  4,462  (18.1%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ________________________________ :
Julio Ramos  3,646  (14.8%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ___________________________________ :
Randy Knox  2,337  (9.5%) 
HHHHHHHHH _________________________________________ :
Mary Goodnature  459  (1.9%) 
GG ________________________________________________ :
Adrian Bermudez  415  (1.7%) 
II ________________________________________________ :
Eli M. Horn  394  (1.6%) 
EE ________________________________________________ :
Write-In  30  (0.1%) 
__________________________________________________ :
A. Jackson Matteson  1  (0.0%) 
__________________________________________________ :
None of these  2,236   
MMMMMMMMM _________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
A. Jackson Matteson Defeated
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (A. Jackson Matteson) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Board of Supervisors, District 11 - San Francisco, 2008
1 candidate will be elected with 26,909 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 2    
-------------------------------------------------- 50%
John Avalos  6,964  (28.2%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ______________________ :
Ahsha Safai  5,965  (24.2%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _________________________ :
Myrna Lim  4,463  (18.1%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ________________________________ :
Julio Ramos  3,646  (14.8%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ___________________________________ :
Randy Knox  2,337  (9.5%) 
HHHHHHHHHH ________________________________________ :
Mary Goodnature  459  (1.9%) 
GG ________________________________________________ :
Adrian Bermudez  415  (1.7%) 
I _________________________________________________ :
Eli M. Horn  394  (1.6%) 
E _________________________________________________ :
Write-In  30  (0.1%) 
__________________________________________________ :
None of these  2,236   
MMMMMMMMM _________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Write-In Defeated
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Write-In) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Board of Supervisors, District 11 - San Francisco, 2008
1 candidate will be elected with 26,909 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 3    
--------------------------------------------------- 50%
John Avalos  6,965  (28.3%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ______________________ :
Ahsha Safai  5,965  (24.2%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC __________________________ :
Myrna Lim  4,465  (18.1%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ________________________________ :
Julio Ramos  3,646  (14.8%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ____________________________________ :
Randy Knox  2,337  (9.5%) 
HHHHHHHHHH _________________________________________ :
Mary Goodnature  459  (1.9%) 
GG _________________________________________________ :
Adrian Bermudez  415  (1.7%) 
II _________________________________________________ :
Eli M. Horn  394  (1.6%) 
EE _________________________________________________ :
None of these  2,263   
MMMMMMMMM __________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Eli M. Horn Defeated
F M
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Eli M. Horn) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Board of Supervisors, District 11 - San Francisco, 2008
1 candidate will be elected with 26,909 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 4    
-------------------------------------------------- 50%
John Avalos  7,012  (28.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF _____________________ :
Ahsha Safai  6,027  (24.6%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _________________________ :
Myrna Lim  4,511  (18.4%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ________________________________ :
Julio Ramos  3,681  (15.0%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ___________________________________ :
Randy Knox  2,408  (9.8%) 
HHHHHHHHH _________________________________________ :
Mary Goodnature  480  (2.0%) 
GG ________________________________________________ :
Adrian Bermudez  429  (1.7%) 
II ________________________________________________ :
None of these  2,361   
MMMMMMMMM _________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Adrian Bermudez Defeated
B C
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Adrian Bermudez) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Board of Supervisors, District 11 - San Francisco, 2008
1 candidate will be elected with 26,909 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 5    
-------------------------------------------------- 50%
John Avalos  7,074  (28.9%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF _____________________ :
Ahsha Safai  6,100  (24.9%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _________________________ :
Myrna Lim  4,555  (18.6%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD _______________________________ :
Julio Ramos  3,800  (15.5%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ___________________________________ :
Randy Knox  2,428  (9.9%) 
HHHHHHHHHH ________________________________________ :
Mary Goodnature  510  (2.1%) 
GG ________________________________________________ :
None of these  2,442   
MMMMMMMMMM ________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Mary Goodnature Defeated
C M
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Mary Goodnature) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Board of Supervisors, District 11 - San Francisco, 2008
1 candidate will be elected with 26,909 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 6    
-------------------------------------------------- 50%
John Avalos  7,124  (29.2%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF _____________________ :
Ahsha Safai  6,190  (25.4%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _________________________ :
Myrna Lim  4,678  (19.2%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ______________________________ :
Julio Ramos  3,884  (15.9%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB __________________________________ :
Randy Knox  2,487  (10.2%) 
HHHHHHHHHH ________________________________________ :
None of these  2,546   
MMMMMMMMMM ________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Randy Knox Defeated
B CC D FF MMM
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Randy Knox) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Board of Supervisors, District 11 - San Francisco, 2008
1 candidate will be elected with 26,909 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 7    
------------------------------------------------ 50%
John Avalos  7,625  (32.1%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF _________________ :
Ahsha Safai  6,727  (28.4%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _____________________ :
Myrna Lim  5,053  (21.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ___________________________ :
Julio Ramos  4,321  (18.2%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ______________________________ :
None of these  3,183   
MMMMMMMMMMMMM ___________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Julio Ramos Defeated
CCC DDDD FFFFF MMMMM
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Julio Ramos) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Board of Supervisors, District 11 - San Francisco, 2008
1 candidate will be elected with 26,909 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 8    
--------------------------------------------- 50%
John Avalos  8,887  (39.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF _________ :
Ahsha Safai  7,611  (33.9%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ______________ :
Myrna Lim  5,929  (26.4%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ____________________ :
None of these  4,482   
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM __________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Myrna Lim Defeated
CCCCCCC FFFFFF MMMMMMMMMMMM
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Myrna Lim) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Board of Supervisors, District 11 - San Francisco, 2008
1 candidate will be elected with 26,909 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 9    
--------------------------------------- 50%
John Avalos  10,225  (52.9%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :FFF
Ahsha Safai  9,092  (47.1%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC __ :
None of these  7,592   
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ________
   
Results  
Ahsha SafaiDefeated 
John AvalosElected 
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

John Avalos has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 38% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 25.9% if only the first-round votes were used.

The Ballot Depth section shows how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.
















 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: Board of Supervisors, District 11 - San Francisco, 2008
1 candidate will be elected with 26,909 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Final Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

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

Rank Fraction of votes for winner
1st 67.7% 
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2nd 22.2% 
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3rd 10.2% 
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