DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 3 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 22,095 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Sullivan |
|
5,736 | (26.0%) | |
| Lynette Gibson-McElhaney |
|
5,207 | (23.6%) | |
| Nyeisha DeWitt |
|
3,906 | (17.7%) | |
| Derrick Muhammad |
|
3,152 | (14.3%) | |
| Alex Miller-Cole |
|
2,003 | (9.1%) | |
| Larry Lionel Young, Jr. |
|
1,959 | (8.9%) | |
| Write-In |
|
132 | (0.6%) | Defeated |
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (Write-In) 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. 3 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 22,095 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Sullivan |
|
5,739 | (26.1%) | |
| Lynette Gibson-McElhaney |
|
5,213 | (23.7%) | |
| Nyeisha DeWitt |
|
3,911 | (17.8%) | |
| Derrick Muhammad |
|
3,153 | (14.3%) | |
| Alex Miller-Cole |
|
2,010 | (9.1%) | |
| Larry Lionel Young, Jr. |
|
1,965 | (8.9%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Larry Lionel Young, Jr.) 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. 3 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 22,095 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Sullivan |
|
6,136 | (28.5%) | |
| Lynette Gibson-McElhaney |
|
5,507 | (25.6%) | |
| Nyeisha DeWitt |
|
4,263 | (19.8%) | |
| Derrick Muhammad |
|
3,510 | (16.3%) | |
| Alex Miller-Cole |
|
2,129 | (9.9%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Alex Miller-Cole) 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. 3 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 22,095 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Sullivan |
|
6,617 | (31.5%) | |
| Lynette Gibson-McElhaney |
|
5,940 | (28.2%) | |
| Nyeisha DeWitt |
|
4,748 | (22.6%) | |
| Derrick Muhammad |
|
3,733 | (17.7%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Derrick Muhammad) 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. 3 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 22,095 ballots cast.
Round 5
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Sullivan |
|
7,147 | (35.6%) | |
| Lynette Gibson-McElhaney |
|
6,838 | (34.1%) | |
| Nyeisha DeWitt |
|
6,067 | (30.3%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Nyeisha DeWitt) 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. 3 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 22,095 ballots cast.
Round 6
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Sullivan |
|
8,030 | (46.1%) | Defeated |
| Lynette Gibson-McElhaney |
|
9,397 | (53.9%) | Elected |
Lynette Gibson-McElhaney has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 42.5% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 26% 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. 3 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 22,095 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 |
|
55.2% | |
| 2nd |
|
26.0% | |
| 3rd |
|
18.8% | |