General Elections NYC Primary RCV RCV Analytics
Ballots in Contest
29,557
Elimination Rounds
5
Exhausted Ballots
4,940 (16.7% of contest ballots)
Winner
Virginia Maloney
Final Round Share
53.1% of active
Margin of Victory
1,535 (6.2pts of active)
Virginia Maloney led from the start with 26.7% of first-choice votes and held on through 5 rounds of elimination. The largest transfer came when Rachel J. Storch was eliminated, sending 3,567 votes (43% of their ballots) to Virginia Maloney. The final margin was 1,535 votes (6.2 pts of active ballots), while 4,940 exhausted ballots (16.7%) exceeded that margin — meaning those voters' preferences could in theory have influenced the outcome.
Notable: 4,940 ballots exhausted before the final round — more than the winner's final-round margin of 1,535 votes. This means exhausted voters' preferences, had they ranked additional candidates, could in theory have been enough to affect the outcome — though only if they had ranked in ways that changed the transfers.
How to read this: Ranked Choice Voting eliminates the last-place candidate each round, transferring their ballots to each voter's next ranked choice still in the race. Ballots in contest = voters who ranked at least one candidate here. Active votes = ballots still assigned to a remaining candidate in a given round. Exhausted ballots = ballots where all ranked choices have been eliminated. Vote counts shown in each round reflect votes before that round's elimination. Ties broken alphabetically by candidate ID (NYC BOE uses random draw; ties are rare at scale).

First-Choice Votes

Candidate First-Choice Votes Share of Contest Ballots Result
Virginia Maloney 7,886 26.7% Won
Vanessa Aronson 7,611 25.8%
Rachel J. Storch 6,797 23.0% Elim. R4
Benjamin D. Wetzler 4,424 15.0% Elim. R3
Faith A. Bondy 2,333 7.9% Elim. R2
Lukas Florczak 506 1.7% Elim. R1

Vote Share — First Choice vs. Final Round

Solid lines = candidates who reached the final round (left dot = Round 1 share, right dot = final-round share). Dashed lines = candidates eliminated before the final round (line ends at elimination, not final round).

Round-by-Round Results

Each bar shows how many active votes each candidate holds going into that round. Step through rounds or press Play to watch candidates gain and lose votes as the race unfolds.

Round 1
Round 1 Eliminated: Lukas Florczak 29,557 active votes
Candidate Votes (before elimination) Share of Active Transfers Out
Virginia Maloney 7,886 26.7%
Vanessa Aronson 7,611 25.8%
Rachel J. Storch 6,797 23.0%
Benjamin D. Wetzler 4,424 15.0%
Faith A. Bondy 2,333 7.9%
Lukas Florczak 506 1.7% Exhausted: 129 · Vanessa Aronson: 105 · Benjamin D. Wetzler: 105 · Rachel J. Storch: 68 · Virginia Maloney: 64 · Faith A. Bondy: 35
Round 2 Eliminated: Faith A. Bondy 29,428 active votes
Candidate Votes (before elimination) Share of Active Transfers Out
Virginia Maloney 7,950 27.0%
Vanessa Aronson 7,716 26.2%
Rachel J. Storch 6,865 23.3%
Benjamin D. Wetzler 4,529 15.4%
Faith A. Bondy 2,368 8.0% Rachel J. Storch: 651 · Virginia Maloney: 565 · Exhausted: 553 · Vanessa Aronson: 347 · Benjamin D. Wetzler: 252
Round 3 Eliminated: Benjamin D. Wetzler 28,875 active votes
Candidate Votes (before elimination) Share of Active Transfers Out
Virginia Maloney 8,515 29.5%
Vanessa Aronson 8,063 27.9%
Rachel J. Storch 7,516 26.0%
Benjamin D. Wetzler 4,781 16.6% Vanessa Aronson: 1,628 · Exhausted: 1,390 · Virginia Maloney: 994 · Rachel J. Storch: 769
Round 4 Eliminated: Rachel J. Storch 27,485 active votes
Candidate Votes (before elimination) Share of Active Transfers Out
Vanessa Aronson 9,691 35.3%
Virginia Maloney 9,509 34.6%
Rachel J. Storch 8,285 30.1% Virginia Maloney: 3,567 · Exhausted: 2,868 · Vanessa Aronson: 1,850
Round 5 Final 24,617 active votes
Candidate Votes (before elimination) Share of Active
Virginia Maloney 13,076 53.1%
Vanessa Aronson 11,541 46.9%

Where Did Eliminated Candidates' Votes Go?

When a candidate is eliminated, their supporters' ballots transfer to whoever they ranked next. This panel shows how each eliminated candidate's votes distributed — to the winner, to other remaining candidates, or exhausted (no further choices ranked). Cards are ordered by votes that went to the winner, highest first. Note: "Exhausted" means those voters had no more ranked candidates still in the race — their ballots stopped counting at that point.
Rachel J. Storch Eliminated R4 8,285 votes redistributed
Virginia Maloney 3,567 (43.1%)
Exhausted 2,868 (34.6%)
Vanessa Aronson 1,850 (22.3%)
Benjamin D. Wetzler Eliminated R3 4,781 votes redistributed
Vanessa Aronson 1,628 (34.1%)
Exhausted 1,390 (29.1%)
Virginia Maloney 994 (20.8%)
Rachel J. Storch 769 (16.1%)
Faith A. Bondy Eliminated R2 2,368 votes redistributed
Rachel J. Storch 651 (27.5%)
Virginia Maloney 565 (23.9%)
Exhausted 553 (23.4%)
Vanessa Aronson 347 (14.7%)
Benjamin D. Wetzler 252 (10.6%)
Lukas Florczak Eliminated R1 506 votes redistributed
Exhausted 129 (25.5%)
Vanessa Aronson 105 (20.8%)
Benjamin D. Wetzler 105 (20.8%)
Rachel J. Storch 68 (13.4%)
Virginia Maloney 64 (12.6%)
Faith A. Bondy 35 (6.9%)

Transfer Loyalty Matrix

Each cell shows what share of an eliminated candidate's votes transferred to each remaining candidate. Read across a row to see how that candidate's supporters split their next rankings. ≥50% loyalty   25–49%   <25%   Exhausted
Eliminated →
Received ↓
Maloney Aronson Exhausted
Florczak R1 12.6% 20.8% 25.5%
Bondy R2 23.9% 14.7% 23.4%
Wetzler R3 20.8% 34.1% 29.1%
Storch R4 43.1% 22.3% 34.6%

Candidate Summary

Candidate First Choice Votes at Elimination / Final Transfer Gain / Loss ⓘ Eliminated
Virginia Maloney ✓ Winner 7,886 13,076 +5,190
Vanessa Aronson 7,611 11,541 +3,930
Rachel J. Storch 6,797 8,285 +1,488 Round 4
Benjamin D. Wetzler 4,424 4,781 +357 Round 3
Faith A. Bondy 2,333 2,368 +35 Round 2
Lukas Florczak 506 506 0 Round 1

How Many Candidates Did Voters Choose to Rank?

NYC primary voters may rank up to 5 candidates in order of preference — but they are not required to. This chart shows how many candidates each voter chose to rank (1 = ranked only their top choice; 5 = used all available rankings). Voters who ranked only one candidate are more likely to exhaust — their ballot stops counting once that candidate is eliminated.
Ranked 1 8,595 (29.1%)
Ranked 2 5,413 (18.3%)
Ranked 3 5,534 (18.7%)
Ranked 4 3,165 (10.7%)
Ranked 5 6,850 (23.2%)