ranked.vote // New York City DEM Council Member - 30th Council District

The New York City Primary Election was held on June 24, 2025. Phil Wong was the winner out of 3 candidatesafter 2 elimination rounds.

Phil Wong was also the Condorcet winner.

Phil WongPaul PogozelskiDermot P. SmythEliminated in round 2Write-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 3Phil WongPaul PogozelskiDermot P. SmythWrite-inExhaustedPhil WongPaul PogozelskiExhausted

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
Dermot P. Smyth
Paul Pogozelski
Phil Wong
Write-in
Dermot P. Smyth49.9%47.4%97.1%
Paul Pogozelski50.1%48.5%97.1%
Phil Wong52.6%51.5%96.4%
Write-in2.9%2.9%3.6%

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
Dermot P. Smyth
Paul Pogozelski
Phil Wong
Write-in
Exhausted
Dermot P. Smyth28.4%22.7%0.8%48%
Paul Pogozelski25.6%22.5%1%51%
Phil Wong24.8%22.4%0.3%52.5%
Write-in19%16.1%4.8%60.1%

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
4
All Candidates
(12,804 voters)
50.7%16.0%32.0%1.3%
Phil Wong
(4,639 voters)
52.5%11.4%34.9%1.3%
Paul Pogozelski
(4,066 voters)
51.0%17.0%30.6%1.4%
Dermot P. Smyth
(3,931 voters)
48.0%20.5%30.6%0.9%
Write-in
(168 voters)
60.1%11.9%16.7%11.3%

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
Paul Pogozelski
Phil Wong
Exhausted
Dermot P. Smyth28.6%22.8%48.6%
Write-in25%8.9%66.1%

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