Misunderstanding the Chinese Vote in San Francisco

The Chinese American vote in San Francisco is very important, but no mayoral candidate will get a big majority of that vote.

It is both undoubtedly true, and not particularly helpful, to assert that the Chinese American vote will be important in San Francisco this year’, particularly the mayor’s race. Clearly, any candidate who gets even 50% of first place votes from Chinese Americans will likely be the next mayor. Similarly, any candidate who gets less than 15% or so of firs…