DemoChoice Web Poll: Mayor - San Leandro, 2010
1 candidate will be elected with 22,484 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony B. 'Tony' Santos |
|
7,982 | (35.5%) | |
| Stephen H. Cassidy |
|
7,908 | (35.2%) | |
| Joyce Rutledge Starosciak |
|
5,206 | (23.2%) | |
| Sara M. Mestas |
|
925 | (4.1%) | |
| John R. Palau |
|
390 | (1.7%) | |
| Write-In |
|
64 | (0.3%) | |
| Lou Filipovich |
|
9 | (0.0%) | Defeated |
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (Lou Filipovich) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Mayor - San Leandro, 2010
1 candidate will be elected with 22,484 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony B. 'Tony' Santos |
|
7,982 | (35.5%) | |
| Stephen H. Cassidy |
|
7,910 | (35.2%) | |
| Joyce Rutledge Starosciak |
|
5,206 | (23.2%) | |
| Sara M. Mestas |
|
925 | (4.1%) | |
| John R. Palau |
|
394 | (1.8%) | |
| Write-In |
|
64 | (0.3%) | Defeated |
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: Mayor - San Leandro, 2010
1 candidate will be elected with 22,484 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony B. 'Tony' Santos |
|
7,987 | (35.6%) | |
| Stephen H. Cassidy |
|
7,913 | (35.3%) | |
| Joyce Rutledge Starosciak |
|
5,208 | (23.2%) | |
| Sara M. Mestas |
|
926 | (4.1%) | |
| John R. Palau |
|
396 | (1.8%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (John R. Palau) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Mayor - San Leandro, 2010
1 candidate will be elected with 22,484 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony B. 'Tony' Santos |
|
8,050 | (36.0%) | |
| Stephen H. Cassidy |
|
7,997 | (35.8%) | |
| Joyce Rutledge Starosciak |
|
5,259 | (23.5%) | |
| Sara M. Mestas |
|
1,035 | (4.6%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Sara M. Mestas) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Mayor - San Leandro, 2010
1 candidate will be elected with 22,484 ballots cast.
Round 5
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony B. 'Tony' Santos |
|
8,288 | (37.5%) | |
| Stephen H. Cassidy |
|
8,300 | (37.5%) | |
| Joyce Rutledge Starosciak |
|
5,518 | (25.0%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Joyce Rutledge Starosciak) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Mayor - San Leandro, 2010
1 candidate will be elected with 22,484 ballots cast.
Round 6
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony B. 'Tony' Santos |
|
10,045 | (49.4%) | Defeated |
| Stephen H. Cassidy |
|
10,277 | (50.6%) | Elected |
Stephen H. Cassidy has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 45.7% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 35.5% 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: Mayor - San Leandro, 2010
1 candidate will be elected with 22,484 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 |
|
76.8% | |
| 2nd |
|
18.8% | |
| 3rd |
|
4.4% | |