ranked.vote // New York City DEM Council Member - 17th Council District

The New York City Democratic Caucus was held on June 22, 2021. Rafael Salamanca Jr. was the winner out of 2 candidates after 1 elimination round.

Rafael Salamanca Jr. was also the Condorcet winner.

Rafael Salamanca Jr.Helen HinesWrite-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 2Rafael Salamanca Jr.Helen HinesWrite-inExhausted60%39.1%60.2%39.3%Rafael Salamanca Jr.Helen HinesExhausted

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
Rafael Salamanca Jr.
Helen Hines
Write-in
Rafael Salamanca Jr.60.5%98.5%
Helen Hines39.5%98.2%
Write-in1.5%1.8%

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
Rafael Salamanca Jr.
Helen Hines
Write-in
Exhausted
Rafael Salamanca Jr.46.3%0.6%53.1%
Helen Hines54.2%0.8%45%
Write-in29.3%24.4%46.3%

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
(9,049 voters)
49.9%47.0%3.1%
Rafael Salamanca Jr.
(5,428 voters)
53.1%44.3%2.6%
Helen Hines
(3,539 voters)
45.0%51.9%3.1%
Write-in
(82 voters)
46.3%11.0%42.7%

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
Rafael Salamanca Jr.
Helen Hines
Exhausted
Write-in29.3%24.4%46.3%

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