DemoChoice Web Poll: California Lieutenant Governor
1 candidate will be elected with 1,573 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom McClintock, California State Senator (Republican) |
|
380 | (24.2%) | |
| Stewart Alexander, Automobile Sales Consultant (Peace and Freedom) |
|
369 | (23.5%) | |
| John Garamendi, California State Insurance Commissioner (Democratic) |
|
283 | (18.0%) | |
| James King, Real Estate Broker (American Independent) |
|
230 | (14.6%) | |
| Donna Warren, Financial Manager/Author (Green) |
|
204 | (13.0%) | |
| Lynnette Shaw, Caregiver/Musician (Libertarian) |
|
107 | (6.8%) | Defeated |
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (Lynnette Shaw, Caregiver/Musician (Libertarian)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
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DemoChoice Web Poll: California Lieutenant Governor
1 candidate will be elected with 1,573 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom McClintock, California State Senator (Republican) |
|
444 | (28.3%) | |
| Stewart Alexander, Automobile Sales Consultant (Peace and Freedom) |
|
377 | (24.0%) | |
| John Garamendi, California State Insurance Commissioner (Democratic) |
|
289 | (18.4%) | |
| James King, Real Estate Broker (American Independent) |
|
235 | (15.0%) | |
| Donna Warren, Financial Manager/Author (Green) |
|
225 | (14.3%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Donna Warren, Financial Manager/Author (Green)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: California Lieutenant Governor
1 candidate will be elected with 1,573 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom McClintock, California State Senator (Republican) |
|
474 | (30.3%) | |
| Stewart Alexander, Automobile Sales Consultant (Peace and Freedom) |
|
432 | (27.7%) | |
| John Garamendi, California State Insurance Commissioner (Democratic) |
|
415 | (26.6%) | |
| James King, Real Estate Broker (American Independent) |
|
241 | (15.4%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (James King, Real Estate Broker (American Independent)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: California Lieutenant Governor
1 candidate will be elected with 1,573 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom McClintock, California State Senator (Republican) |
|
481 | (33.9%) | |
| Stewart Alexander, Automobile Sales Consultant (Peace and Freedom) |
|
510 | (35.9%) | |
| John Garamendi, California State Insurance Commissioner (Democratic) |
|
429 | (30.2%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (John Garamendi, California State Insurance Commissioner (Democratic)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: California Lieutenant Governor
1 candidate will be elected with 1,573 ballots cast.
Round 5
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom McClintock, California State Senator (Republican) |
|
751 | (54.4%) | Elected |
| Stewart Alexander, Automobile Sales Consultant (Peace and Freedom) |
|
629 | (45.6%) | Defeated |
Tom McClintock, California State Senator (Republican) has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 47.7% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 24.2% 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 Lieutenant Governor
1 candidate will be elected with 1,573 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 |
|
50.6% | |
| 2nd |
|
30.1% | |
| 3rd |
|
5.9% | |
| 4th |
|
10.8% | |
| 5th |
|
2.7% | |