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Ranked-Choice Voting in San Francisco |
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Ranked-Choice Voting in San Francisco |
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San Francisco is the first city in California to use an instant runoff process to elect its officers, in which voters rank their choices on one ballot rather than vote for one candidate in one election and then another in a separate runoff election. Here, you can participate in a practice poll.
Rank the candidates you support, in order of preference.
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Your vote counts for Bob, your first choice. Nobody has a majority mandate from voters.
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Kim gets enough of Bob's second choices to get a majority.
In this count, because Bob was eliminated, your vote counted for Kim, your second choice.
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Click on your district to go to your ballot!
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After voting here, try ranked choice voting in the statewide election. |
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Past results
(both real results and practice polls)
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On November 8, 2005, San Franciscans voted for city treasurer and assessor-recorder (see the real results). The treasurer was elected with a majority of first-choice votes. The assessor election had a clear leader, but required an instant runoff to produce a majority winner. Under the pre-2002 rules, the city would have had to hold a second election in December just for this one office, so the instant runoff saved the city millions of dollars and millions of hours of voters' time.
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The first ranked-choice election in San Francisco was in 2004. Supervisors in odd-numbered districts were elected, and a vacancy was filled in district 2. The real results for districts 2, 3, and 9 gave a majority winner in the first round. |
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Brought to you by DemoChoice web polls - create your own ranked choice poll on the web!
DemoChoice is not affiliated with or authorized by the San Francisco Elections Department or any candidate in the election. Ballot links to candidates are those published by the Elections Department, or directly requested by a candidate. A candidate may request to be excluded from the polls.
