DemoChoice Web Poll: 2019 San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 23,675 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Preston |
|
11,239 | (47.5%) | |
| Vallie Brown |
|
11,208 | (47.3%) | |
| Ryan Lam |
|
950 | (4.0%) | |
| Nomvula O'Meara |
|
278 | (1.2%) | Defeated |
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (Nomvula O'Meara) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: 2019 San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 23,675 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Preston |
|
11,309 | (47.9%) | |
| Vallie Brown |
|
11,259 | (47.7%) | |
| Ryan Lam |
|
1,035 | (4.4%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Ryan Lam) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: 2019 San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 23,675 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Preston |
|
11,723 | (50.4%) | Elected |
| Vallie Brown |
|
11,538 | (49.6%) | Defeated |
Dean Preston has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 49.5% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 47.5% 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: 2019 San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 23,675 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 |
|
95.9% | |
| 2nd |
|
3.0% | |
| 3rd |
|
1.2% | |