DemoChoice Web Poll: Nov 2024 San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 29,698 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Preston |
|
12,012 | (40.4%) | |
| Bilal Mahmood |
|
11,840 | (39.9%) | |
| Scotty Jacobs |
|
2,796 | (9.4%) | |
| Autumn Hope Looijen |
|
2,606 | (8.8%) | |
| Allen Jones |
|
444 | (1.5%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Allen Jones) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Nov 2024 San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 29,698 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Preston |
|
12,084 | (40.9%) | |
| Bilal Mahmood |
|
11,896 | (40.2%) | |
| Scotty Jacobs |
|
2,889 | (9.8%) | |
| Autumn Hope Looijen |
|
2,691 | (9.1%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Autumn Hope Looijen) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Nov 2024 San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 29,698 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Preston |
|
12,439 | (43.0%) | |
| Bilal Mahmood |
|
12,760 | (44.1%) | |
| Scotty Jacobs |
|
3,707 | (12.8%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Scotty Jacobs) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Nov 2024 San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 29,698 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Preston |
|
13,077 | (47.0%) | Defeated |
| Bilal Mahmood |
|
14,741 | (53.0%) | Elected |
Bilal Mahmood has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 49.6% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 40.4% 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: Nov 2024 San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 29,698 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 |
|
80.3% | |
| 2nd |
|
14.4% | |
| 3rd |
|
4.0% | |
| 4th |
|
1.3% | |