DemoChoice Web Poll: California Governor
1 candidate will be elected with 1,905 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor (Republican) |
|
710 | (37.3%) | |
| Phil Angelides, Treasurer of the State of California (Democratic) |
|
392 | (20.6%) | |
| Peter Camejo, Financial Advisor (Green) |
|
330 | (17.3%) | |
| Edward Noonan, Computer Shop Owner (American Independent) |
|
240 | (12.6%) | |
| Art Olivier, Engineer (Libertarian) |
|
160 | (8.4%) | |
| Janice Jordan, Counselor (Peace and Freedom) |
|
73 | (3.8%) | Defeated |
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (Janice Jordan, Counselor (Peace and Freedom)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: California Governor
1 candidate will be elected with 1,905 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor (Republican) |
|
711 | (37.5%) | |
| Phil Angelides, Treasurer of the State of California (Democratic) |
|
393 | (20.7%) | |
| Peter Camejo, Financial Advisor (Green) |
|
392 | (20.7%) | |
| Edward Noonan, Computer Shop Owner (American Independent) |
|
240 | (12.6%) | |
| Art Olivier, Engineer (Libertarian) |
|
162 | (8.5%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Art Olivier, Engineer (Libertarian)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: California Governor
1 candidate will be elected with 1,905 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor (Republican) |
|
801 | (42.6%) | |
| Phil Angelides, Treasurer of the State of California (Democratic) |
|
404 | (21.5%) | |
| Peter Camejo, Financial Advisor (Green) |
|
416 | (22.1%) | |
| Edward Noonan, Computer Shop Owner (American Independent) |
|
259 | (13.8%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Edward Noonan, Computer Shop Owner (American Independent)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: California Governor
1 candidate will be elected with 1,905 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor (Republican) |
|
845 | (50.3%) | Elected |
| Phil Angelides, Treasurer of the State of California (Democratic) |
|
406 | (24.2%) | Defeated |
| Peter Camejo, Financial Advisor (Green) |
|
428 | (25.5%) | Defeated |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor (Republican) has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 44.4% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 37.3% 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 Governor
1 candidate will be elected with 1,905 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 |
|
84.0% | |
| 2nd |
|
13.7% | |
| 3rd |
|
2.2% | |