1997 Cambridge Election Analysis - Distribution of #2 Votes
School Committee

Each of the tables shown gives the name of the elected School Committee member at the top and the distribution of second preferences on those ballots which expressed a first preference for that School Committee member. For example, out of a total of 2058 ballots which listed Joe Grassi as the first preference, Fred Fantini received 798 second preferences on those ballots. This constitutes 38.8% of those ballots.

Candidate Fantini Pct. Candidate Grassi Pct. Candidate Harris Pct. Candidate Maher Pct.
Grassi 639 36.2 Fantini 798 38.8 Simmons 577 29.2 Fantini 856 39.4
Maher 501 28.4 Maher 418 20.3 Segat 441 22.3 Grassi 358 16.5
Stead 111 6.3 Simmons 144 7.0 Turkel 415 21.0 Segat 212 9.8
Segat 85 4.8 Stead 110 5.3 Stead 239 12.1 Stead 151 7.0
Simmons 71 4.0 Harris 89 4.3 Maher 92 4.7 Turkel 136 6.3
Turkel 69 3.9 Turkel 88 4.3 Grassi 50 2.5 Simmons 99 4.6
Harris 69 3.9 Segat 84 4.1 Fantini 49 2.5 Harris 66 3.0
Other 218 12.4 Other 327 15.9 Other 112 5.7 Other 294 13.5
Total 1763 100.0 Total 2058 100.0 Total 1975 100.0 Total 2172 100.0
Candidate Segat Pct. Candidate Simmons Pct. Candidate Stead Pct. Candidate Turkel Pct.
Turkel 970 37.5 Harris 528 26.0 Harris 232 24.4 Segat 831 31.1
Simmons 490 18.9 Turkel 490 24.1 Simmons 194 20.4 Harris 585 21.9
Harris 424 16.4 Stead 256 12.6 Fantini 121 12.7 Simmons 568 21.3
Maher 193 7.5 Segat 247 12.2 Maher 104 10.9 Maher 149 5.6
Fantini 141 5.5 Grassi 107 5.3 Grassi 88 9.3 Fantini 121 4.5
Grassi 113 4.4 Maher 92 4.5 Turkel 63 6.6 Grassi 87 3.3
Stead 65 2.5 Fantini 84 4.1 Segat 42 4.4 Stead 51 1.9
Other 191 7.4 Other 227 11.2 Other 106 11.2 Other 278 10.4
Total 2587 100.0 Total 2031 100.0 Total 950 100.0 Total 2670 100.0


Last Updated on 4/5/99
By Robert Winters