ranked.vote // San Francisco District Attorney

The San Francisco Consolidated Municipal Election was held on November 8, 2011. George Gascón was the winner out of 5 candidatesafter 2 elimination rounds.

George Gascón was also the Condorcet winner.

George GascónDavid OnekSharmin BockEliminated in round 2Bill FazioEliminated in round 1Vu Vuong TrinhEliminated 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 3George GascónDavid OnekSharmin BockBill FazioVu Vuong TrinhExhaustedGeorge GascónDavid OnekExhausted

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
Bill Fazio
David Onek
Vu Vuong Trinh
George Gascón
Sharmin Bock
Bill Fazio42.9%77.4%30.4%31.1%
David Onek57.1%79.1%37.7%44.9%
Vu Vuong Trinh22.6%20.9%12.9%12.8%
George Gascón69.6%62.3%87.1%55%
Sharmin Bock68.9%55.1%87.2%45%

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
Bill Fazio
David Onek
Vu Vuong Trinh
George Gascón
Sharmin Bock
Exhausted
Bill Fazio13.7%5.8%29.9%21.1%29.5%
David Onek7.6%3%11.8%61.9%15.7%
Vu Vuong Trinh10.6%17.8%20.1%25.9%25.6%
George Gascón21.5%12%3.8%29.5%33.2%
Sharmin Bock15.7%22.5%8.3%29.2%24.3%

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
(183,487 voters)
26.6%21.5%51.9%
George Gascón
(76,236 voters)
33.2%18.7%48.1%
David Onek
(43,398 voters)
15.7%30.4%53.9%
Sharmin Bock
(38,005 voters)
24.3%20.0%55.6%
Bill Fazio
(19,252 voters)
29.5%18.3%52.3%
Vu Vuong Trinh
(6,596 voters)
25.6%12.7%61.7%

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 Onek
George Gascón
Exhausted
Bill Fazio21%39.5%39.5%
Vu Vuong Trinh29.4%30.5%40.1%
Sharmin Bock29.9%37.9%32.2%

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