DemoChoice Web Poll: 2004 San Francisco City Supervisor District 7

1 candidate will be elected with 31,639 ballots cast.


Round 1

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sean R. Elsbernd  Chart color  10,505  (33.2%)   
Christine Linnenbach  Chart color  6,784  (21.4%)   
Isaac Wang  Chart color  2,728  (8.6%)   
Gregory Corrales  Chart color  2,560  (8.1%)   
Milton "Rennie" O'Brien  Chart color  2,372  (7.5%)   
Vernon C. Grigg III  Chart color  2,091  (6.6%)   
Shawn Reifsteck  Chart color  1,108  (3.5%)   
Michael Patrick Mallen  Chart color  975  (3.1%)   
Pat Lakey  Chart color  763  (2.4%)   
Svetlana Kaff  Chart color  546  (1.7%)   
Art Belenson  Chart color  510  (1.6%)   
Sheela Kini  Chart color  349  (1.1%)   
David Parker  Chart color  348  (1.1%)  Defeated
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: 2004 San Francisco City Supervisor District 7

1 candidate will be elected with 31,639 ballots cast.


Round 2

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sean R. Elsbernd  Chart color  10,547  (33.4%)   
Christine Linnenbach  Chart color  6,817  (21.6%)   
Isaac Wang  Chart color  2,757  (8.7%)   
Gregory Corrales  Chart color  2,589  (8.2%)   
Milton "Rennie" O'Brien  Chart color  2,410  (7.6%)   
Vernon C. Grigg III  Chart color  2,104  (6.7%)   
Shawn Reifsteck  Chart color  1,136  (3.6%)   
Michael Patrick Mallen  Chart color  1,004  (3.2%)   
Pat Lakey  Chart color  783  (2.5%)   
Svetlana Kaff  Chart color  573  (1.8%)   
Art Belenson  Chart color  517  (1.6%)   
Sheela Kini  Chart color  367  (1.2%)  Defeated
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: 2004 San Francisco City Supervisor District 7

1 candidate will be elected with 31,639 ballots cast.


Round 3

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sean R. Elsbernd  Chart color  10,568  (33.5%)   
Christine Linnenbach  Chart color  6,865  (21.8%)   
Isaac Wang  Chart color  2,785  (8.8%)   
Gregory Corrales  Chart color  2,618  (8.3%)   
Milton "Rennie" O'Brien  Chart color  2,481  (7.9%)   
Vernon C. Grigg III  Chart color  2,114  (6.7%)   
Shawn Reifsteck  Chart color  1,187  (3.8%)   
Michael Patrick Mallen  Chart color  1,017  (3.2%)   
Pat Lakey  Chart color  804  (2.5%)   
Svetlana Kaff  Chart color  592  (1.9%)   
Art Belenson  Chart color  528  (1.7%)  Defeated
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: 2004 San Francisco City Supervisor District 7

1 candidate will be elected with 31,639 ballots cast.


Round 4

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sean R. Elsbernd  Chart color  10,667  (33.9%)   
Christine Linnenbach  Chart color  6,962  (22.1%)   
Isaac Wang  Chart color  2,813  (8.9%)   
Gregory Corrales  Chart color  2,658  (8.5%)   
Milton "Rennie" O'Brien  Chart color  2,525  (8.0%)   
Vernon C. Grigg III  Chart color  2,151  (6.8%)   
Shawn Reifsteck  Chart color  1,210  (3.8%)   
Michael Patrick Mallen  Chart color  1,040  (3.3%)   
Pat Lakey  Chart color  823  (2.6%)   
Svetlana Kaff  Chart color  605  (1.9%)  Defeated
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: 2004 San Francisco City Supervisor District 7

1 candidate will be elected with 31,639 ballots cast.


Round 5

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sean R. Elsbernd  Chart color  10,740  (34.3%)   
Christine Linnenbach  Chart color  7,078  (22.6%)   
Isaac Wang  Chart color  2,868  (9.2%)   
Gregory Corrales  Chart color  2,721  (8.7%)   
Milton "Rennie" O'Brien  Chart color  2,588  (8.3%)   
Vernon C. Grigg III  Chart color  2,186  (7.0%)   
Shawn Reifsteck  Chart color  1,236  (3.9%)   
Michael Patrick Mallen  Chart color  1,066  (3.4%)   
Pat Lakey  Chart color  840  (2.7%)  Defeated
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: 2004 San Francisco City Supervisor District 7

1 candidate will be elected with 31,639 ballots cast.


Round 6

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sean R. Elsbernd  Chart color  10,884  (34.9%)   
Christine Linnenbach  Chart color  7,231  (23.2%)   
Isaac Wang  Chart color  2,926  (9.4%)   
Gregory Corrales  Chart color  2,767  (8.9%)   
Milton "Rennie" O'Brien  Chart color  2,691  (8.6%)   
Vernon C. Grigg III  Chart color  2,252  (7.2%)   
Shawn Reifsteck  Chart color  1,286  (4.1%)   
Michael Patrick Mallen  Chart color  1,110  (3.6%)  Defeated
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: 2004 San Francisco City Supervisor District 7

1 candidate will be elected with 31,639 ballots cast.


Round 7

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sean R. Elsbernd  Chart color  11,018  (35.6%)   
Christine Linnenbach  Chart color  7,452  (24.1%)   
Isaac Wang  Chart color  3,007  (9.7%)   
Gregory Corrales  Chart color  2,878  (9.3%)   
Milton "Rennie" O'Brien  Chart color  2,847  (9.2%)   
Vernon C. Grigg III  Chart color  2,323  (7.5%)   
Shawn Reifsteck  Chart color  1,388  (4.5%)  Defeated
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: 2004 San Francisco City Supervisor District 7

1 candidate will be elected with 31,639 ballots cast.


Round 8

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sean R. Elsbernd  Chart color  11,198  (36.6%)   
Christine Linnenbach  Chart color  7,782  (25.5%)   
Isaac Wang  Chart color  3,110  (10.2%)   
Gregory Corrales  Chart color  2,946  (9.6%)   
Milton "Rennie" O'Brien  Chart color  3,090  (10.1%)   
Vernon C. Grigg III  Chart color  2,451  (8.0%)  Defeated
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Vernon C. Grigg III) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: 2004 San Francisco City Supervisor District 7

1 candidate will be elected with 31,639 ballots cast.


Round 9

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sean R. Elsbernd  Chart color  11,827  (39.4%)   
Christine Linnenbach  Chart color  8,490  (28.3%)   
Isaac Wang  Chart color  3,263  (10.9%)   
Gregory Corrales  Chart color  3,110  (10.4%)  Defeated
Milton "Rennie" O'Brien  Chart color  3,300  (11.0%)   
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: 2004 San Francisco City Supervisor District 7

1 candidate will be elected with 31,639 ballots cast.


Round 10

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sean R. Elsbernd  Chart color  12,446  (43.0%)   
Christine Linnenbach  Chart color  9,160  (31.7%)   
Isaac Wang  Chart color  3,533  (12.2%)  Defeated
Milton "Rennie" O'Brien  Chart color  3,799  (13.1%)   
Pie chart

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

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: 2004 San Francisco City Supervisor District 7

1 candidate will be elected with 31,639 ballots cast.


Round 11

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sean R. Elsbernd  Chart color  13,066  (48.2%)   
Christine Linnenbach  Chart color  9,678  (35.7%)   
Milton "Rennie" O'Brien  Chart color  4,383  (16.2%)  Defeated
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Milton "Rennie" O'Brien) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: 2004 San Francisco City Supervisor District 7

1 candidate will be elected with 31,639 ballots cast.


Round 12

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Sean R. Elsbernd  Chart color  13,834  (56.9%)  Elected
Christine Linnenbach  Chart color  10,491  (43.1%)  Defeated
Pie chart

Sean R. Elsbernd has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.

In the end, 43.7% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 33.2% if only the first-round votes were used.

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
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: 2004 San Francisco City Supervisor District 7

1 candidate will be elected with 31,639 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    75.9% 
2nd    16.6% 
3rd    7.5% 
Pie chart