DemoChoice Web Poll: Nov 2024 San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 23,972 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Preston |
|
9,745 | (40.7%) | |
| Bilal Mahmood |
|
9,574 | (39.9%) | |
| Scotty Jacobs |
|
2,233 | (9.3%) | |
| Autumn Hope Looijen |
|
2,030 | (8.5%) | |
| Allen Jones |
|
343 | (1.4%) | |
| Write-In |
|
47 | (0.2%) | Defeated |
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (Write-In) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Nov 2024 San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 23,972 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Preston |
|
9,751 | (40.7%) | |
| Bilal Mahmood |
|
9,581 | (40.0%) | |
| Scotty Jacobs |
|
2,236 | (9.3%) | |
| Autumn Hope Looijen |
|
2,036 | (8.5%) | |
| Allen Jones |
|
344 | (1.4%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Allen Jones) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Nov 2024 San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 23,972 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Preston |
|
9,805 | (41.1%) | |
| Bilal Mahmood |
|
9,624 | (40.4%) | |
| Scotty Jacobs |
|
2,310 | (9.7%) | |
| Autumn Hope Looijen |
|
2,097 | (8.8%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Autumn Hope Looijen) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Nov 2024 San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 23,972 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Preston |
|
10,087 | (43.2%) | |
| Bilal Mahmood |
|
10,279 | (44.1%) | |
| Scotty Jacobs |
|
2,968 | (12.7%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Scotty Jacobs) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Nov 2024 San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 23,972 ballots cast.
Round 5
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Preston |
|
10,581 | (47.1%) | Defeated |
| Bilal Mahmood |
|
11,888 | (52.9%) | Elected |
Bilal Mahmood has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 49.6% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 40.7% 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: Nov 2024 San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 23,972 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 |
|
80.5% | |
| 2nd |
|
14.2% | |
| 3rd |
|
4.0% | |
| 4th |
|
1.2% | |