If the recent municipal election was determined by voters at Aberdeen Mall, Mayor Malcolm Brodie would still have won, but only by 21 votes.
And council would have included Cynthia Chen, Alexa Loo, Carol Day and Cliff Wei.
Incumbents Harold Steves, Linda Barnes, Ken Johnson and Evelina Halsey-Brandt would all have been kicked off council.
These are just some of the numbers that give political pundits fodder for discussion as the city releases poll-by-poll election results.
While some names topped the polls, regardless what part of the city they're in, there is also plenty of diversity.
Day would have gotten a seat on council, for example, if it was up to the polling station at McNair secondary.
The school is on No. 4 Road near where Day lives and where she's been a strong neighbourhood advocate.
Steves topped the polls at McMath secondary in Steveston and at the West Richmond Community Centre.
Steveston is named after his family and he continues to operate a farm in the area.
Loo would have found herself on council if it was up to voters at Homma elementary. In the lead up to the 2010 Games, the students at Homma "adopted" Loo, an Olympic snowboarder, through the Canadian Olympic Committee's Adopt-an-Athlete program.
However, speculating on exactly who voted for who and why is just that - speculation, said city spokesman Ted Townsend.
"Staff wouldn't comment on that," he said. After provincial elections, pundits break down the results based on ridings and collate average income, ethnicity and other factors, but that's not usually done at the civic level, he added.
Although, information about why people voted or didn't vote was collected after the 2008 election and used to help in this year's "Get out to vote" campaign, Townsend noted.
As far as the Aberdeen numbers go, mayoral candidate Richard Lee put the results down to name recognition.
Many would consider Steves' name highly recognizable in Richmond, but it isn't in many Chinese language papers, according to Lee.
"Many of the Chinese language papers only profile Chinese candidates."
Bill McNulty disagrees, saying that he feels he's been well covered by the Chinese media.
McNulty puts the disparity between polls down to "plumping," meaning that residents voted only for the few candidates they supported. McNulty believes this is what happened at four polls in particular, Aberdeen, City Centre, Lansdowne and the Cultural Centre. It also explains the huge disparity in numbers between candidates, with some earning three times as many votes as others.
McNulty also believes the results at those four polling stations has to do with the citizens' group, Richmond Choice, which worked hard to get their vote out. Alice Tsang's name is associated with this group and Tsang has worked on MP Alice Wong's federal campaign.
Carol Day says she's not sure what to make of the poll results, but says she wants to look into it further. "I hope this doesn't reflect a polarization in the city," adding that she questions if ethnicity is playing a role.
For a complete break down of the numbers, poll by poll, click here to go to the City of Richmond website.
