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\n(41.1%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| \n D4-2002<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 18,078<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 14,751<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 8,289
\n(56.2%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 45.8%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 3327
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\n(65.4%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 34.5%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 14,238
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\n(80.9%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 45.2%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 8268
\n(44.1%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| \n D7-Hall2000<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 30,229<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 18,627<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 9,333
\n(50.1%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 30.9%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 11,602
\n(38.4%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| \n D8-2002<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 27,101<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 21,091<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 11,096
\n(52.6%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 40.9%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 6010
\n(22.2%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| \n D9-never<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n No Dec. runoff<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n No runoff<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n No runoff<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Outright majority<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| \n D10-2000<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 19,764<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 10,649<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 5,887
\n(55.3%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 29.8%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 9115
\n(46.1%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| \n D11-2000<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 21,409<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 13,708<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 8,345
\n(60.9%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 39.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 7701
\n(36.0%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| <\/td>\n | \n 36.8% average<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 37.1% avg.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n That\u2019s a lot of numbers to digest, but here’s what these numbers say, in a nutshell:<\/p>\n – With RCV elections, all current members of the Board of Supervisors were elected with a majority of “continuing ballots”(as indicated by the column called “Instant runoff percent”), which is how the San Francisco charter defines a winning majority;<\/p>\n – All current members of the Board of Supervisors were elected with an average of 43.2% of “whole contest” ballots. While that’s less than a majority, it’s WAY more than the “whole contest” winners elected by December runoffs, which averaged only 36.8%.<\/p>\n That’s because so many voters didn\u2019t show up to vote in December \u2013 they are what I call “exhausted voters.” In fact, in ten of the city\u2019s 14 December runoffs between 2000 and 2003, voter turnout declined by more than a third. So while races that elected the current Board of Supervisors had an average of 19.4% in “exhausted ballots,” the last competitive December runoffs in their districts had an average of 37.1% in “exhausted voters” \u2013 nearly twice as many!<\/p>\n In fact, when we compare all December runoffs to all \u201cinstant runoffs\u201d that have been held, we find:<\/p>\n – In all the December runoffs, winners had 8,500 votes on average; but in all the instant runoff contests, winner’s on average won over 11,000 votes.<\/p>\n –\u00a0 December runoff winners’ had “whole contest” vote totals equivalent to 36% of the November vote total; but instant runoff winners’ had “whole contest” vote totals equivalent to 45% of first round vote totals, which is a huge increase.<\/p>\n – December runoffs had 38% exhausted voters on average; but instant runoffs had less than half that amount in exhausted ballots, only 17%.<\/p>\n In a nutshell, when comparing apples to apples, RCV elects winners with much higher vote totals, a higher “whole contest” vote total (percent of final round\/election to the first round\/election) and fewer exhausted voters\/ballots than December runoffs.<\/p>\n That means with RCV, a LOT more San Franciscans are having a say in who their elected office holders are. In virtually every RCV race, candidates are winning with far more votes than they would have received in a low turnout December runoff, because with RCV we finish the election in November when voter turnout usually is highest. That means \u201cinstant runoff\u201d winners have a MUCH GREATER VOTER MANDATE than December runoff winners.<\/p>\n The ultimate irony is that Sean Elsbernd himself is the poster child for what’s wrong with the old December runoffs and what’s right with RCV. Look at the results above for District 7: Supervisor Elsbernd won in 2004 in an \u201cinstant\u201d runoff race with nearly 50% more votes than his predecessor Tony Hall had in 2000 in a delayed December runoff, 13,834 votes versus 9333 (in comparable turnout years). And Elsbernd had 43.7% of the \u201cwhole contest\u201d vote total compared to 30.9% for Hall. No matter how you want to count it, more District 7 voters were able to have a say in who their supervisor is because Sup. Elsbernd was elected with ranked choice voting in a much higher turnout November election.<\/p>\n That\u2019s what you call a mandate, Supervisor Elsbernd.<\/p>\n ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2011\/bos_20110104\/_w2w8156_std.jpg\") Supervisor Sean Elsbernd.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The ultimate irony is that Sean Elsbernd himself is the poster child for what’s wrong with the old December runoffs and what’s right with RCV. Look at the results above for District 7: Supervisor Elsbernd won in 2004 in an \u201cinstant\u201d runoff race with nearly 50% more votes than his predecessor Tony Hall had in 2000 in a delayed December runoff, 13,834 votes versus 9333 (in comparable turnout years). And Elsbernd had 43.7% of the \u201cwhole contest\u201d vote total compared to 30.9% for Hall. No matter how you want to count it, more District 7 voters were able to have a say in who their supervisor is because Sup. Elsbernd was elected with ranked choice voting in a much higher turnout November election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8841,"featured_media":3207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,17],"tags":[442,1395,1396,1394,1225,1397,65,550,1398],"class_list":["post-3206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","category-politics","tag-elections","tag-instant-runoff-voting","tag-irv","tag-ranked-choice-voting","tag-rcv","tag-runoff","tag-san-francisco","tag-sean-elsbernd","tag-voting"],"yoast_head":"\n RCV is Electing Winners with Stronger Mandates than December Runoffs - Fog City Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/3206\/rcv-is-electing-winners-with-stronger-mandates-than-december-runoffs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RCV is Electing Winners with Stronger Mandates than December Runoffs - Fog City Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The ultimate irony is that Sean Elsbernd himself is the poster child for what's wrong with the old December runoffs and what's right with RCV. 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