DemoChoice Web Poll: California Insurance Commissioner
1 candidate will be elected with 2,570 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Poizner, Businessman/Entrepreneur (Republican) |
|
673 | (26.2%) | |
| Cruz Bustamante, California Lt. Governor (Democratic) |
|
629 | (24.5%) | |
| Dale Ogden, Actuary/Insurance Consultant (Libertarian) |
|
359 | (14.0%) | |
| Larry Cafiero, Newspaper Editor (Green) |
|
356 | (13.9%) | |
| Jay Burden, Student (American Independent) |
|
332 | (12.9%) | |
| Tom Condit, Writer (Peace and Freedom) |
|
221 | (8.6%) | Defeated |
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (Tom Condit, Writer (Peace and Freedom)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
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DemoChoice Web Poll: California Insurance Commissioner
1 candidate will be elected with 2,570 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Poizner, Businessman/Entrepreneur (Republican) |
|
673 | (26.3%) | |
| Cruz Bustamante, California Lt. Governor (Democratic) |
|
646 | (25.2%) | |
| Dale Ogden, Actuary/Insurance Consultant (Libertarian) |
|
361 | (14.1%) | |
| Larry Cafiero, Newspaper Editor (Green) |
|
548 | (21.4%) | |
| Jay Burden, Student (American Independent) |
|
332 | (13.0%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Jay Burden, Student (American Independent)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: California Insurance Commissioner
1 candidate will be elected with 2,570 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Poizner, Businessman/Entrepreneur (Republican) |
|
929 | (36.6%) | |
| Cruz Bustamante, California Lt. Governor (Democratic) |
|
656 | (25.8%) | |
| Dale Ogden, Actuary/Insurance Consultant (Libertarian) |
|
382 | (15.0%) | Defeated |
| Larry Cafiero, Newspaper Editor (Green) |
|
572 | (22.5%) | |
The last-place candidate (Dale Ogden, Actuary/Insurance Consultant (Libertarian)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: California Insurance Commissioner
1 candidate will be elected with 2,570 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Poizner, Businessman/Entrepreneur (Republican) |
|
1,227 | (48.6%) | |
| Cruz Bustamante, California Lt. Governor (Democratic) |
|
679 | (26.9%) | |
| Larry Cafiero, Newspaper Editor (Green) |
|
620 | (24.5%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Larry Cafiero, Newspaper Editor (Green)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: California Insurance Commissioner
1 candidate will be elected with 2,570 ballots cast.
Round 5
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Poizner, Businessman/Entrepreneur (Republican) |
|
1,302 | (52.1%) | Elected |
| Cruz Bustamante, California Lt. Governor (Democratic) |
|
1,195 | (47.9%) | Defeated |
Steve Poizner, Businessman/Entrepreneur (Republican) has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 50.7% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 26.2% 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 Insurance Commissioner
1 candidate will be elected with 2,570 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 |
|
51.7% | |
| 2nd |
|
41.6% | |
| 3rd |
|
5.0% | |
| 4th |
|
1.5% | |
| 5th |
|
0.3% | |