DemoChoice Web Poll: Nov 2024 San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 29,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 1    
------------------------------------------------------- 50%
Dean Preston  12,012  (40.4%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ___________ :
Bilal Mahmood  11,840  (39.9%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ___________ :
Scotty Jacobs  2,796  (9.4%) 
CCCCCCCCCC _____________________________________________ :
Autumn Hope Looijen  2,606  (8.8%) 
AAAAAAAAAA _____________________________________________ :
Allen Jones  444  (1.5%) 
DD _____________________________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Allen Jones Defeated
A B G

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Allen Jones) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

New colors:
G
None of these

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Nov 2024 San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 29,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 2    
------------------------------------------------------- 50%
Dean Preston  12,084  (40.9%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ___________ :
Bilal Mahmood  11,896  (40.2%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ___________ :
Scotty Jacobs  2,889  (9.8%) 
CCCCCCCCCCC ____________________________________________ :
Autumn Hope Looijen  2,691  (9.1%) 
AAAAAAAAAA _____________________________________________ :
None of these  138   
G ______________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Autumn Hope Looijen Defeated
BBB CCC E GG

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Autumn Hope Looijen) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

next round Next Round














 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: Nov 2024 San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 29,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 3    
------------------------------------------------------ 50%
Dean Preston  12,439  (43.0%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ________ :
Bilal Mahmood  12,760  (44.1%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _______ :
Scotty Jacobs  3,707  (12.8%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCC ________________________________________ :
None of these  792   
GGG ___________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Scotty Jacobs Defeated
BBBBBBBB EE GGGG

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Scotty Jacobs) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

next round Next Round














 
  
DemoChoice Web Poll: Nov 2024 San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 29,698 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 4    
--------------------------------------------------- 50%
Dean Preston  13,077  (47.0%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE __ :
Bilal Mahmood  14,741  (53.0%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :BBB
None of these  1,880   
GGGGGGG ____________________________________________
   
Results  
Bilal MahmoodElected 
Dean PrestonDefeated 

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

Bilal Mahmood has enough votes to guarantee victory 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.

The Ballot Depth section shows 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.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Final Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


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% 
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2nd 14.4% 
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3rd 4.0% 
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4th 1.3% 
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