Election Results Show SRO Tenants Propelled Daly to VictoryEarl Brownbyline‚ Nov. 14‚ 2006Analysis of the unofficial results in at the Department of Elections (11/11/06) reveals a startling new development that likely propelled Chris Daly to victory in the District 6 Supervisor race. Higher than normal turnout among the population of 10,000 or so tenants living in District 6’s SRO residential hotels, traditionally neglected by election campaigning, proved to be a decisive factor in securing the progressive supervisor’s reelection. Although a definitive analysis awaits the final voter file, preliminary analysis of the rate of registrants who voted in the Civic Center/Downtown and of a sampling of SRO heavy precincts strongly indicate that support from SRO tenants was critical to Daly’s victory. |