ranked.vote // San Francisco Mayor

The San Francisco Consolidated General Election was held on November 3, 2024. Daniel Lurie was the winner out of 15 candidates after 3 elimination rounds.

Daniel Lurie was also the Condorcet winner.

Daniel LurieLondon BreedAaron PeskinEliminated in round 3Mark FarrellEliminated in round 2Ahsha Safaí Eliminated in round 1Ellen Lee ZhouEliminated in round 1Dylan Hirsch-ShellEliminated in round 1Keith FreedmanEliminated in round 1Nelson MeiEliminated in round 1Shahram ShariatiEliminated in round 1Henry FlynnEliminated in round 1Paul Ybarra RobertsonEliminated in round 1Jon SoderstromEliminated in round 1Marc RothEliminated in round 1Michael LinEliminated 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 4Daniel LurieLondon BreedAaron PeskinMark FarrellAhsha Safaí Ellen Lee ZhouDylan Hirsch-ShellKeith FreedmanNelson MeiShahram ShariatiHenry FlynnPaul Ybarra RobertsonJon SoderstromMarc RothMichael LinExhausted25%23.2%21.8%17.6%26.7%24.4%23.4%19.2%36.7%27.8%25.4%10.1%44.5%36.4%19.2%Daniel LurieLondon BreedExhausted

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
Daniel Lurie
London Breed
Aaron Peskin
Mark Farrell
Ahsha Safaí
Ellen Lee Zhou
Dylan Hirsch-Shell
Keith Freedman
Nelson Mei
Shahram Shariati
Henry Flynn
Paul Ybarra Robertson
Jon Soderstrom
Marc Roth
Michael Lin
Daniel Lurie55%60.1%61.5%78.7%88.2%92.2%91.5%93.6%92.5%93.9%95.6%95.9%100%100%
London Breed45%55.9%55.4%75.3%84.8%88.5%88.8%89.6%90%91.3%92.9%93.9%100%100%
Aaron Peskin39.9%44.1%47.7%73.8%82.8%87.5%87.4%88.3%89.5%90.6%92.1%93.7%100%100%
Mark Farrell38.5%44.6%52.3%71.1%83.6%89.1%89.7%90.8%89.3%91.8%94%94.3%100%100%
Ahsha Safaí 21.3%24.7%26.2%28.9%70.2%77.4%78%79.8%79.4%84.1%85.9%89.8%100%100%
Ellen Lee Zhou11.8%15.2%17.2%16.4%29.8%60.9%62.3%66%61.9%71.7%76.4%78.2%100%100%
Dylan Hirsch-Shell7.8%11.5%12.5%10.9%22.6%39.1%45.9%58.6%53.9%59.6%71.1%71.6%100%100%
Keith Freedman8.5%11.2%12.6%10.3%22%37.7%54.1%57.8%53.3%60.7%71.7%72.4%100%100%
Nelson Mei6.4%10.4%11.7%9.2%20.2%34%41.4%42.2%49.6%56.1%69.1%69.4%100%100%
Shahram Shariati7.5%10%10.5%10.7%20.6%38.1%46.1%46.7%50.4%60.3%64.4%73.4%100%100%
Henry Flynn6.1%8.7%9.4%8.2%15.9%28.3%40.4%39.3%43.9%39.7%59.1%62.1%100%100%
Paul Ybarra Robertson4.4%7.1%7.9%6%14.1%23.6%28.9%28.3%30.9%35.6%40.9%57%100%100%
Jon Soderstrom4.1%6.1%6.3%5.7%10.2%21.8%28.4%27.6%30.6%26.6%37.9%43%100%100%
Marc Roth0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%47.4%
Michael Lin0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%52.6%

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
Daniel Lurie
London Breed
Aaron Peskin
Mark Farrell
Ahsha Safaí
Ellen Lee Zhou
Dylan Hirsch-Shell
Keith Freedman
Nelson Mei
Shahram Shariati
Henry Flynn
Paul Ybarra Robertson
Jon Soderstrom
Marc Roth
Michael Lin
Exhausted
Daniel Lurie24.4%12.7%35.2%5.2%3%1.3%1.2%0.9%0.6%0.5%0.3%0.2%14.5%
London Breed27.8%19.6%14.6%6.2%2.3%0.8%0.8%0.5%1.1%0.4%0.4%0.2%0%25.1%
Aaron Peskin19.6%25%6.3%16.1%2.6%2.2%0.8%0.5%1.2%0.5%0.4%0.2%0%24.6%
Mark Farrell46.9%16.1%6.8%7.4%2.8%1.2%2.6%0.9%0.7%1.1%0.5%0.2%12.7%
Ahsha Safaí 16.5%17.8%27.5%13.4%4.5%1.8%1.4%0.8%4.1%1%0.4%1.3%9.6%
Ellen Lee Zhou18.1%6.4%8.2%17.3%6%2.2%5.3%9.9%4.3%3.1%1.2%1.1%16.9%
Dylan Hirsch-Shell16.2%14.3%14%9.7%6.8%3.4%5.1%11.1%5.5%2.2%1.8%0.8%9%
Keith Freedman16.3%8.5%7.5%19.1%3.7%9.2%8.3%3.7%3.6%4.7%2.7%1.9%10.9%
Nelson Mei6.7%6.3%8.1%8%3%17.7%18.7%4.7%6.1%2.6%5.5%0.7%11.9%
Shahram Shariati8.7%12.7%7.9%6.9%21.9%9.4%6.4%3.5%4.3%4.8%1.4%2.8%9.2%
Henry Flynn9.4%6.5%8.9%21.8%4.5%6.9%5.8%10.2%4.9%4.1%2.3%2%12.7%
Paul Ybarra Robertson6.5%7.4%15.9%11.6%4.3%5.4%4.6%6.9%7.9%4.8%3.3%4.1%17.4%
Jon Soderstrom7%5.1%6.1%10%7%11.9%6.6%10.2%4.4%2.7%8.3%6.3%14.6%
Marc Roth33.3%33.3%33.3%
Michael Lin100%

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
7
8
9
10
All Candidates
(390,184 voters)
18.9%22.0%30.0%10.4%4.0%1.2%0.6%0.6%1.8%10.6%
Daniel Lurie
(102,720 voters)
14.5%24.2%33.8%10.6%4.1%1.1%0.5%0.5%1.5%9.3%
London Breed
(95,117 voters)
25.1%20.5%28.5%9.3%3.6%0.9%0.5%0.5%1.6%9.3%
Aaron Peskin
(89,215 voters)
24.6%23.4%25.0%10.9%3.9%1.1%0.6%0.4%1.4%8.8%
Mark Farrell
(72,115 voters)
12.7%22.4%36.7%9.8%3.5%1.1%0.6%0.6%1.7%10.8%
Ahsha Safaí
(11,425 voters)
9.6%16.9%26.9%14.9%8.2%1.9%1.0%1.2%2.5%16.8%
Ellen Lee Zhou
(8,665 voters)
16.9%14.4%19.2%9.9%5.3%2.5%1.6%1.4%4.4%24.4%
Dylan Hirsch-Shell
(2,897 voters)
9.0%11.5%17.8%16.1%8.4%3.3%1.8%1.4%5.1%25.6%
Keith Freedman
(2,079 voters)
10.9%9.9%15.3%9.7%4.3%2.7%1.7%2.3%6.5%36.7%
Nelson Mei
(1,791 voters)
11.9%12.4%16.0%9.9%4.2%2.7%2.1%2.1%6.4%32.3%
Shahram Shariati
(1,613 voters)
9.2%11.0%16.5%11.5%5.8%3.9%2.4%1.9%6.0%31.9%
Henry Flynn
(1,319 voters)
12.7%10.0%15.4%9.8%4.1%3.6%2.0%2.4%7.3%32.8%
Paul Ybarra Robertson
(812 voters)
17.4%9.7%11.8%11.0%3.6%2.3%2.0%3.2%7.4%31.7%
Jon Soderstrom
(412 voters)
14.6%7.8%11.4%9.2%4.1%3.2%2.2%2.9%8.7%35.9%
Marc Roth
(3 voters)
33.3%33.3%33.3%
Michael Lin
(1 voters)
100.0%

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
Daniel Lurie
London Breed
Exhausted
Aaron Peskin29.5%34.3%36.2%
Mark Farrell57.1%20.5%22.4%
Ahsha Safaí 36.6%35.9%27.5%
Ellen Lee Zhou44.1%16.7%39.2%
Dylan Hirsch-Shell37.1%33%30%
Keith Freedman41.3%27.7%31%
Nelson Mei34.3%25.5%40.3%
Shahram Shariati35.5%31%33.5%
Henry Flynn42.8%21.2%36%
Paul Ybarra Robertson34%24.3%41.7%
Jon Soderstrom43.7%19.2%37.1%
Marc Roth66.7%33.3%
Michael Lin100%

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