DemoChoice Web Poll: California Attorney General
1 candidate will be elected with 1,282 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Poochigian, California Senator/Attorney (Republican) |
|
442 | (34.5%) | |
| Jerry Brown, Oakland Mayor/Attorney (Democratic) |
|
395 | (30.8%) | |
| Kenneth Weissman, Attorney At Law (Libertarian) |
|
258 | (20.1%) | |
| Michael Wyman, Attorney-At-Law (Green) |
|
130 | (10.1%) | |
| Jack Harrison, Attorney/Rent Commissioner (Peace and Freedom) |
|
57 | (4.4%) | Defeated |
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (Jack Harrison, Attorney/Rent Commissioner (Peace and Freedom)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
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DemoChoice Web Poll: California Attorney General
1 candidate will be elected with 1,282 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Poochigian, California Senator/Attorney (Republican) |
|
442 | (34.7%) | |
| Jerry Brown, Oakland Mayor/Attorney (Democratic) |
|
405 | (31.8%) | |
| Kenneth Weissman, Attorney At Law (Libertarian) |
|
260 | (20.4%) | |
| Michael Wyman, Attorney-At-Law (Green) |
|
165 | (13.0%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Michael Wyman, Attorney-At-Law (Green)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: California Attorney General
1 candidate will be elected with 1,282 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Poochigian, California Senator/Attorney (Republican) |
|
452 | (36.4%) | |
| Jerry Brown, Oakland Mayor/Attorney (Democratic) |
|
491 | (39.5%) | |
| Kenneth Weissman, Attorney At Law (Libertarian) |
|
299 | (24.1%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Kenneth Weissman, Attorney At Law (Libertarian)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: California Attorney General
1 candidate will be elected with 1,282 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Poochigian, California Senator/Attorney (Republican) |
|
661 | (54.4%) | Elected |
| Jerry Brown, Oakland Mayor/Attorney (Democratic) |
|
554 | (45.6%) | Defeated |
Chuck Poochigian, California Senator/Attorney (Republican) has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 51.6% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 34.5% if only the first-round votes were used.
Also, view the Ballot Depth info to see how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.
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DemoChoice Web Poll: California Attorney General
1 candidate will be elected with 1,282 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 |
|
66.9% | |
| 2nd |
|
31.9% | |
| 3rd |
|
0.8% | |
| 4th |
|
0.5% | |