DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 1 - Berkeley (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 8,466 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashi Kesarwani |
|
3,500 | (44.5%) | |
| Igor A. Tregub |
|
2,811 | (35.7%) | |
| Margo Schueler |
|
1,216 | (15.4%) | |
| Mary Behm-steinberg |
|
345 | (4.4%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Mary Behm-steinberg) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 1 - Berkeley (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 8,466 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashi Kesarwani |
|
3,545 | (45.5%) | |
| Igor A. Tregub |
|
2,906 | (37.3%) | |
| Margo Schueler |
|
1,347 | (17.3%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Margo Schueler) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 1 - Berkeley (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 8,466 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashi Kesarwani |
|
4,120 | (54.5%) | Elected |
| Igor A. Tregub |
|
3,439 | (45.5%) | Defeated |
Rashi Kesarwani has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 48.7% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 41.3% if only the first-round votes were used.
Also, view the Ballot Depth info to see how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 1 - Berkeley (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 8,466 ballots cast.
Ballot Depth
This shows how much the lower rankings on ballots contributed to the winning candidate.
| Rank | Fraction of votes for winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |
|
84.7% | |
| 2nd |
|
12.5% | |
| 3rd |
|
2.8% | |