ranked.vote // San Francisco Mayor

The San Francisco Consolidated Municipal Election was held on November 5, 2019. London N. Breed was the winner out of 7 candidatesafter 2 elimination rounds.

London N. Breed was also the Condorcet winner.

London N. BreedEllen Lee ZhouJoel VentrescaEliminated in round 2Paul Ybarra RobertsonEliminated in round 2Wilma PangEliminated in round 1Robert L. Jordan, Jr.Eliminated 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 3London N. BreedEllen Lee ZhouJoel VentrescaPaul Ybarra RobertsonWilma PangRobert L. Jordan, Jr.ExhaustedLondon N. BreedEllen Lee ZhouExhausted

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
Joel Ventresca
Wilma Pang
Robert L. Jordan, Jr.
Paul Ybarra Robertson
Ellen Lee Zhou
London N. Breed
Joel Ventresca60.1%73.9%55.4%41.7%16.2%
Wilma Pang39.9%70.3%48.4%31%13.4%
Robert L. Jordan, Jr.26.1%29.7%31.3%23.3%9.5%
Paul Ybarra Robertson44.6%51.6%68.7%35.7%13.9%
Ellen Lee Zhou58.3%69%76.7%64.3%21%
London N. Breed83.8%86.6%90.5%86.1%79%

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
Joel Ventresca
Wilma Pang
Robert L. Jordan, Jr.
Paul Ybarra Robertson
Ellen Lee Zhou
London N. Breed
Exhausted
Joel Ventresca13.5%5%13.3%13.5%25.8%28.9%
Wilma Pang14.6%11.2%12.1%29.9%12.5%19.8%
Robert L. Jordan, Jr.13.3%13.6%26.7%12.2%13.8%20.5%
Paul Ybarra Robertson22.7%9.7%10.2%22.8%14.1%20.4%
Ellen Lee Zhou9.8%21.7%4.1%15%20.3%29.1%
London N. Breed10.8%5%3.2%6.3%13%61.7%

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
4
5
6
All Candidates
(179,096 voters)
51.2%11.1%9.3%1.9%4.7%21.7%
London N. Breed
(125,867 voters)
61.7%8.6%7.3%1.2%3.1%18.1%
Ellen Lee Zhou
(24,938 voters)
29.1%17.1%14.1%3.1%7.7%29.0%
Joel Ventresca
(13,263 voters)
28.9%19.2%13.6%3.4%7.1%27.7%
Paul Ybarra Robertson
(7,625 voters)
20.4%15.2%14.6%4.5%10.0%35.2%
Wilma Pang
(4,953 voters)
19.8%15.0%16.6%5.2%11.9%31.5%
Robert L. Jordan, Jr.
(2,450 voters)
20.5%12.7%12.4%5.4%13.4%35.6%

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
Ellen Lee Zhou
London N. Breed
Exhausted
Joel Ventresca27.6%34.6%37.8%
Wilma Pang51.1%20.6%28.3%
Robert L. Jordan, Jr.41.3%25.7%33%
Paul Ybarra Robertson44.8%24.1%31.1%

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