DemoChoice Web Poll: United States Senator from California
1 candidate will be elected with 1,355 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator (Democratic) |
|
482 | (35.6%) | |
| Richard Mountjoy, Immigration Control Consultant (Republican) |
|
253 | (18.7%) | |
| Todd Chretien, Writer (Green) |
|
213 | (15.7%) | |
| Michael Metti, Parent/Educator/Businessman (Libertarian) |
|
193 | (14.2%) | |
| Don Grundmann, Doctor of Chiropractic (American Independent) |
|
153 | (11.3%) | |
| Marsha Feinland, Retired Teacher (Peace and Freedom) |
|
61 | (4.5%) | Defeated |
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (Marsha Feinland, Retired Teacher (Peace and Freedom)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: United States Senator from California
1 candidate will be elected with 1,355 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator (Democratic) |
|
483 | (35.9%) | |
| Richard Mountjoy, Immigration Control Consultant (Republican) |
|
253 | (18.8%) | |
| Todd Chretien, Writer (Green) |
|
261 | (19.4%) | |
| Michael Metti, Parent/Educator/Businessman (Libertarian) |
|
194 | (14.4%) | |
| Don Grundmann, Doctor of Chiropractic (American Independent) |
|
153 | (11.4%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Don Grundmann, Doctor of Chiropractic (American Independent)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: United States Senator from California
1 candidate will be elected with 1,355 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator (Democratic) |
|
532 | (40.3%) | |
| Richard Mountjoy, Immigration Control Consultant (Republican) |
|
326 | (24.7%) | |
| Todd Chretien, Writer (Green) |
|
262 | (19.9%) | |
| Michael Metti, Parent/Educator/Businessman (Libertarian) |
|
199 | (15.1%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Michael Metti, Parent/Educator/Businessman (Libertarian)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: United States Senator from California
1 candidate will be elected with 1,355 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator (Democratic) |
|
595 | (45.5%) | |
| Richard Mountjoy, Immigration Control Consultant (Republican) |
|
431 | (32.9%) | |
| Todd Chretien, Writer (Green) |
|
283 | (21.6%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Todd Chretien, Writer (Green)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: United States Senator from California
1 candidate will be elected with 1,355 ballots cast.
Round 5
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator (Democratic) |
|
794 | (63.2%) | Elected |
| Richard Mountjoy, Immigration Control Consultant (Republican) |
|
463 | (36.8%) | Defeated |
Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator (Democratic) has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 58.6% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 35.6% 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: United States Senator from California
1 candidate will be elected with 1,355 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 |
|
60.7% | |
| 2nd |
|
23.2% | |
| 3rd |
|
5.0% | |
| 4th |
|
8.2% | |
| 5th |
|
2.9% | |