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Poll Shows Daniel Lurie Beating London Breed by 18 Points Head-to-Head, But Breed Still Leads If You Count All Candidates

The good news for mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie is that a new poll shows him 18 points ahead of London Breed in a head-to-head matchup. The bad news for him is that Breed’s still ahead by five points if you count all candidates, though ranked choice favors Lurie.

Poll: Republicans Are Much More Scared of San Francisco Crime Than Democrats, Because Fox News

Thanks to the willful exaggerations of Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Tucker Carlson, and the whole gang at Fox News and Newsmax, Republican-leaning voters are far more scared to visit San Francisco right now than Democrats.

New Poll Finds — Suprise! — San Franciscans Dislike Most of Their City Leaders

A new survey that the Chronicle conducted alongside a professional pollster in late June and early July found that San Franciscans are largely unhappy with how the city is being run, and they blame both the mayor and the Board of Supervisors about equally.

Another Poll Finds A Lot of People Who Claim They'll Leave San Francisco In a Few Years

Somewhere around 40 or 50 percent of people living here — people living here who respond to polls, that is — say they plan to leave in the next few years.

Biden Leads Trump By 39 Points In CA, As Trump Loses Support From His Base

A new public opinion poll from UC Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) found that former Vice President Joe Biden's lead over President Trump in California has eclipsed Hillary Clinton's lead over Trump around this time four years ago by 9 percentage points.

Poll Says Nearly Half Of Bay Area Millennials Are Looking To Leave

46 percent of Millennials want out of the Bay Area "in the next few years" according to a poll released today by the business-backed Bay Area Council, and although that may sound like

Poll: One Third Of Bay Area Residents Say They'll Leave Soon

According to a new poll by pro-business policy group the Bay Area Council, 34 percent of Bay Area residents are "likely to move out of the Bay Area in the next few years,

Poll: For The First Time, A Majority Of San Franciscans Disapprove Of Ed Lee

Ed Lee is in the red. The Chronicle reports that numbers previously omitted from a recent Chamber of Commerce poll conducted by David Binder Research are fairly damning for the mayor's camp. Why

New Poll Confirms What Everyone Knows: SF Is Way Gay

You know how we're always making fun of The Advocate when they pump out that click-bait list every year where they try to say some city like Dayton, Ohio is gayer than San

Most San Franciscans Don't Hate Tech At All

In a recent poll of 501 likely voters commissioned by Ed Lee's re-election campaign and conducted by Oakland's EMC Research, 65% of respondents expressed a favorable opinion of "the local technology industry." By

Mayor Lee's Approval Numbers Slide In New Poll

Last year, 65% of likely voters said they had a favorable opinion of Mayor Ed Lee according to the Chronicle. His approval rating has sunk before to 49%, but earlier this year was

San Franciscans LOVE Shuttle Buses, Says Enthusiastic Poll

According to a new poll commissioned by business-sponsored, public-policy advocacy organization the Bay Area Council, a large majority of San Francisco voters don't actually believe shuttle buses are a symbol of the city's

33 Percent Of San Franciscans Think S.F. Is Getting Worse, Says Dubious Poll

According to the annual CityBeat poll conducted by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, a full third of San Franciscans think the quality of life in the city is on the decline. The

Ed Lee's Approval Ratings Slip, But Only Slightly

Matier and Ross report this morning that, according to a poll conducted from Aug. 23 to Sept. 1 by Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz and Associates, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee's shine has lost

San Franciscans Love Mayor Lee, Says Insignificant Chamber Of Commerce Poll

The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce — themselves big fans of Mayor Moustache — recently released the results of their annual Citybeat poll. The results, which do not appear to be online anywhere other than

Hey, Everyone Thinks California Sucks!

A new poll, by an organization we can't endorse called Public Policy Polling, found that in a nationwide survey, California ranks dead last in a popularity contest of all 50 states. We do

Poll Follow-Up: S.F. Fire Credit Union's the Winner [Updated]

Last month, SFist asked for reader input on which is the best credit union in town, garnering a great response to our poll, along with much insight in the comments. For those who

Former Godfathers' Pizza CEO Leads GOP President Poll

In a surprise twist, Herman Cain leads other GOPs in a recently published Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. Cain, a former Godfather's Pizza CEO, scored 4 points ahead of deplorable frontrunner candidate

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Smuggler's Cove Ranked 'Best SF Bar' By SFist Readers

Hayes Valley's tiki-tinged hidden gem—though not for long—Smuggler's Cove barely beat wildly popular transplant-cum-cyclist "dive" Zeitgeist as San Francisco's Best Bar. Smuggler's Cove nabbed 53.13% of the vote with Zeitgeist

San Francisco, So Vain?

The Examiner shares this juicy bit of poll news with us this morning: The Daily Beast has ranked San Francisco as the most vain metro area in the nation. Well thank you Daily

Provisional Voting: Better Than Nothing

So, this contributor screwed up. We totally forgot to re-register to vote after we moved a couple of months ago. We had been afraid we wouldn't be able to vote at all and

Glenn Beck, and More Americans, Support Gay Marriage

As we await the decision from Judge Walker about the stay in the Prop 8 case, allow us to point you to a new graph and a CNN poll showing the ongoing trend

Breaking: Californians Like Legal Marijuana

CBS and SurveyUSA conducted a poll on April 20 (get it?), asking 500 voters across California for their views on legal weed. The results? It discovered that "56 percent of Californians support legalization

Relax, You Will All Get the Chance to Vote Today

SFist has received scores of emails and a few comments today, Cathy-ing about the lack of ballots and alleged chaos at certain polling stations. We asked a voting official today, who asked to

SFist Votes

Here's some of ours, over here at SFist HQ! And hey, if you don't know where you vote, check here. Polls are open until 8 p.m. Here's SFist Leanne -- she's voting