DemoChoice Web Poll: Board of Supervisors, District 4 - San Francisco, 2006
1 candidate will be elected with 21,985 ballots cast.

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


Round 1    
-------------------------------------------------- 50%
Ed Jew  5,184  (26.2%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ________________________ :
Ron Dudum  5,134  (25.9%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ________________________ :
Jaynry Mak  4,569  (23.1%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ___________________________ :
Doug Chan  3,236  (16.3%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE __________________________________ :
David Ferguson  1,455  (7.3%) 
GGGGGGG ___________________________________________ :
Houston Zheng  234  (1.2%) 
F _________________________________________________ :
Write-in  (0.0%) 
__________________________________________________ :
None of these  2,171   
KKKKKKKKKK ________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Write-in Defeated

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).

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (Write-in) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Board of Supervisors, District 4 - San Francisco, 2006
1 candidate will be elected with 21,985 ballots cast.

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


Round 2    
-------------------------------------------------- 50%
Ed Jew  5,184  (26.2%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ________________________ :
Ron Dudum  5,134  (25.9%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _________________________ :
Jaynry Mak  4,569  (23.1%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ___________________________ :
Doug Chan  3,236  (16.3%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE __________________________________ :
David Ferguson  1,455  (7.3%) 
GGGGGGG ___________________________________________ :
Houston Zheng  234  (1.2%) 
F _________________________________________________ :
None of these  2,173   
KKKKKKKKKKK _______________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Houston Zheng Defeated
E

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 (Houston Zheng) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

next round Next Round














 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: Board of Supervisors, District 4 - San Francisco, 2006
1 candidate will be elected with 21,985 ballots cast.

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


Round 3    
------------------------------------------------- 50%
Ed Jew  5,245  (26.5%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _______________________ :
Ron Dudum  5,152  (26.0%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ________________________ :
Jaynry Mak  4,609  (23.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD __________________________ :
Doug Chan  3,285  (16.6%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _________________________________ :
David Ferguson  1,490  (7.5%) 
GGGGGGG __________________________________________ :
None of these  2,204   
KKKKKKKKKKK ______________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
David Ferguson Defeated
BB C DD KK

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 (David Ferguson) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

next round Next Round














 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: Board of Supervisors, District 4 - San Francisco, 2006
1 candidate will be elected with 21,985 ballots cast.

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


Round 4    
------------------------------------------------- 50%
Ed Jew  5,441  (28.1%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ______________________ :
Ron Dudum  5,521  (28.5%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _____________________ :
Jaynry Mak  5,012  (25.9%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ________________________ :
Doug Chan  3,414  (17.6%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ________________________________ :
None of these  2,597   
KKKKKKKKKKKKK ____________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Doug Chan Defeated
BBBB CCCCC DDDD KKKK

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 (Doug Chan) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

next round Next Round














 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: Board of Supervisors, District 4 - San Francisco, 2006
1 candidate will be elected with 21,985 ballots cast.

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


Round 5    
----------------------------------------------- 50%
Ed Jew  6,455  (34.7%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ______________ :
Ron Dudum  6,305  (33.9%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _______________ :
Jaynry Mak  5,851  (31.4%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD __________________ :
None of these  3,374   
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK ______________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Jaynry Mak Defeated
BBBBBB CCCCCCCCCC KKKKKKKKKKKKK

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 (Jaynry Mak) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

next round Next Round














 
  
DemoChoice Web Poll: Board of Supervisors, District 4 - San Francisco, 2006
1 candidate will be elected with 21,985 ballots cast.

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


Round 6    
---------------------------------------- 50%
Ed Jew  8,388  (52.5%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CC
Ron Dudum  7,587  (47.5%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB __ :
None of these  6,010   
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK __________
   
Results  
Ron DudumDefeated 
Ed JewElected 

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).

Ed Jew has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 38.2% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 23.6% if only the first-round votes were used.

The Ballot Depth section shows how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.
















 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: Board of Supervisors, District 4 - San Francisco, 2006
1 candidate will be elected with 21,985 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 61.1% 
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2nd 26.2% 
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3rd 12.7% 
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