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The San Francisco Consolidated General Election was held on November 4, 2008. David Chiu was the winner out of 9 candidatesafter 6 elimination rounds.

David Chiu was also the Condorcet winner.

David ChiuJoseph Alioto, Jr.Denise MccarthyEliminated in round 6Claudine ChengEliminated in round 5Lynn JeffersonEliminated in round 4Mike DenunzioEliminated in round 3Tony GantnerEliminated in round 2Wilma PangEliminated in round 1Mark QuesseyEliminated in round 1Write-InEliminated in round 1

Runoff Rounds

This Sankey diagram shows the votes of each remaining candidate at each round, as well as the breakdown of votes transferred when each candidate was eliminated.

Note that the tabulation (but not the winner) may differ from the official count. You can read more about why this is.

Round 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7David ChiuJoseph Alioto, Jr.Denise MccarthyClaudine ChengMike DenunzioLynn JeffersonTony GantnerWilma PangMark QuesseyWrite-InExhaustedDavid ChiuJoseph Alioto, Jr.Exhausted

Pairwise Preferences

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who preferred one to the other. A preference means that either a voter ranks a candidate ahead of the other, or ranks one candidate but does not list the other. Ballots which rank neither candidate are not counted towards the percent counts.

Less-preferred Candidate
Preferred Candidate
Denise Mccarthy
Lynn Jefferson
Joseph Alioto, Jr.
Mike Denunzio
Tony Gantner
David Chiu
Claudine Cheng
Wilma Pang
Mark Quessey
Write-In
Denise Mccarthy72.7%46.1%77.2%76.1%31%57.9%70%92.6%99.4%
Lynn Jefferson27.3%26.3%60.9%50.5%21.5%38.2%51.9%84.4%98.6%
Joseph Alioto, Jr.53.9%73.7%82.8%72%40.6%62.2%72.1%93.5%99.5%
Mike Denunzio22.8%39.1%17.2%40.7%17.1%29%41.3%78.7%97.9%
Tony Gantner23.9%49.5%28%59.3%16.4%38.4%50.9%83.6%98.5%
David Chiu69%78.5%59.4%82.9%83.6%73.1%85.4%94.9%99.6%
Claudine Cheng42.1%61.8%37.8%71%61.6%26.9%71.1%88.7%99%
Wilma Pang30%48.1%27.9%58.7%49.1%14.6%28.9%84.3%98.4%
Mark Quessey7.4%15.6%6.5%21.3%16.4%5.1%11.3%15.7%93.2%
Write-In0.6%1.4%0.5%2.1%1.5%0.4%1%1.6%6.8%

First Alternate

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who ranked one candidate first ranked the other candidate second.

Second Choice
First Choice
Denise Mccarthy
Lynn Jefferson
Joseph Alioto, Jr.
Mike Denunzio
Tony Gantner
David Chiu
Claudine Cheng
Wilma Pang
Mark Quessey
Write-In
Exhausted
Denise Mccarthy19.2%18.9%3.4%9%24.4%6.9%3.4%1.5%0.1%13.1%
Lynn Jefferson28.2%16.9%6.7%6.2%13.4%11.3%5.4%1.3%0.2%10.4%
Joseph Alioto, Jr.15.7%7.9%10.5%6.1%18.9%15%3.4%1.3%0.2%21%
Mike Denunzio7.1%10.7%29%9.5%6.3%7.9%3.4%3.9%0.2%21.9%
Tony Gantner18%7.7%20.5%5.9%23.3%7.9%2.3%1.3%13.1%
David Chiu31.8%4.1%13.4%1.4%5.4%17.6%6.5%0.8%0%18.9%
Claudine Cheng8.7%6.2%19.4%2.8%3%30.7%16.4%0.6%0%12.2%
Wilma Pang12.4%8.9%9%2%3%20.8%25.8%5.6%12.4%
Mark Quessey14.2%10.3%11.8%10.3%4.4%16.2%2.5%15.7%0.5%14.2%
Write-In5.7%2.9%2.9%11.4%77.1%

Ranking Distribution

This shows how many candidates voters ranked, both overall and broken down by each candidate's first-choice supporters. This reveals whether some candidates attracted voters who ranked multiple candidates versus those who ranked fewer candidates.

Number of Candidates Ranked
Candidate
1
2
3
All Candidates
(27,198 voters)
17.4%12.9%69.7%
David Chiu
(10,270 voters)
18.9%13.8%67.3%
Joseph Alioto, Jr.
(6,285 voters)
21.0%13.0%66.0%
Denise Mccarthy
(3,172 voters)
13.1%12.3%74.6%
Claudine Cheng
(2,515 voters)
12.2%12.4%75.5%
Mike Denunzio
(1,335 voters)
21.9%13.2%64.9%
Lynn Jefferson
(1,235 voters)
10.4%12.4%77.2%
Tony Gantner
(1,195 voters)
13.1%13.1%73.9%
Wilma Pang
(952 voters)
12.4%7.8%79.8%
Mark Quessey
(204 voters)
14.2%8.8%77.0%
Write-In
(35 voters)
77.1%5.7%17.1%

Final Vote by First Choice

This table tracks which candidate ballots were ultimately allocated to, among ballots that ranked an eliminated candidate first.

Final Round Choice
First Round Choice
Joseph Alioto, Jr.
David Chiu
Exhausted
Denise Mccarthy27.3%32.9%39.7%
Lynn Jefferson29.3%20.3%50.4%
Mike Denunzio39.9%10%50.2%
Tony Gantner30.2%33.1%36.7%
Claudine Cheng28.1%41.9%30%
Wilma Pang15.2%40%44.7%
Mark Quessey16.7%24%59.3%
Write-In2.9%11.4%85.7%

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