ranked.vote // San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 3

The San Francisco Consolidated General Election was held on November 4, 2008. David Chiu was the winner out of 9 candidates after 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-InExhausted34.1%20.9%10.5%8.4%9.6%34.9%21.3%11.1%9.2%10.2%35.9%22.1%11.9%9.6%10.8%36.3%23.6%12.3%10.1%12.2%37%24.7%14%10.7%13.5%41%27.2%15.4%16.4%45.1%30.9%24%David 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
David Chiu
Joseph Alioto, Jr.
Denise Mccarthy
Claudine Cheng
Lynn Jefferson
Mike Denunzio
Tony Gantner
Wilma Pang
Mark Quessey
Write-In
David Chiu59.4%69%73.1%78.5%82.9%83.6%85.4%94.9%99.6%
Joseph Alioto, Jr.40.6%53.9%62.2%73.7%82.8%72%72.1%93.5%99.5%
Denise Mccarthy31%46.1%57.9%72.7%77.2%76.1%70%92.6%99.4%
Claudine Cheng26.9%37.8%42.1%61.8%71%61.6%71.1%88.7%99%
Lynn Jefferson21.5%26.3%27.3%38.2%60.9%50.5%51.9%84.4%98.6%
Mike Denunzio17.1%17.2%22.8%29%39.1%40.7%41.3%78.7%97.9%
Tony Gantner16.4%28%23.9%38.4%49.5%59.3%50.9%83.6%98.5%
Wilma Pang14.6%27.9%30%28.9%48.1%58.7%49.1%84.3%98.4%
Mark Quessey5.1%6.5%7.4%11.3%15.6%21.3%16.4%15.7%93.2%
Write-In0.4%0.5%0.6%1%1.4%2.1%1.5%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
David Chiu
Joseph Alioto, Jr.
Denise Mccarthy
Claudine Cheng
Lynn Jefferson
Mike Denunzio
Tony Gantner
Wilma Pang
Mark Quessey
Write-In
Exhausted
David Chiu13.4%31.8%17.6%4.1%1.4%5.4%6.5%0.8%0%18.9%
Joseph Alioto, Jr.18.9%15.7%15%7.9%10.5%6.1%3.4%1.3%0.2%21%
Denise Mccarthy24.4%18.9%6.9%19.2%3.4%9%3.4%1.5%0.1%13.1%
Claudine Cheng30.7%19.4%8.7%6.2%2.8%3%16.4%0.6%0%12.2%
Lynn Jefferson13.4%16.9%28.2%11.3%6.7%6.2%5.4%1.3%0.2%10.4%
Mike Denunzio6.3%29%7.1%7.9%10.7%9.5%3.4%3.9%0.2%21.9%
Tony Gantner23.3%20.5%18%7.9%7.7%5.9%2.3%1.3%13.1%
Wilma Pang20.8%9%12.4%25.8%8.9%2%3%5.6%12.4%
Mark Quessey16.2%11.8%14.2%2.5%10.3%10.3%4.4%15.7%0.5%14.2%
Write-In11.4%5.7%2.9%2.9%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
David Chiu
Joseph Alioto, Jr.
Exhausted
Denise Mccarthy32.9%27.3%39.7%
Claudine Cheng41.9%28.1%30%
Lynn Jefferson20.3%29.3%50.4%
Mike Denunzio10%39.9%50.2%
Tony Gantner33.1%30.2%36.7%
Wilma Pang40%15.2%44.7%
Mark Quessey24%16.7%59.3%
Write-In11.4%2.9%85.7%

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