DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 4 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 25,219 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 1    
------------------------------------------------------- 50%
Sheng Thao  8,750  (34.7%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD _________________ :
Pam Harris  6,825  (27.1%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE __________________________ :
Nayeli Maxson  4,086  (16.2%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ______________________________________ :
Charlie Michelson  2,783  (11.0%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBB ___________________________________________ :
Matt Hummel  1,142  (4.5%) 
HHHHH __________________________________________________ :
Joseph E. Simmons  934  (3.7%) 
CCCC ___________________________________________________ :
Joseph Tanios  699  (2.8%) 
FFF ____________________________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Joseph Tanios Defeated
B C D G
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Joseph Tanios) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

New colors:
K
None of these

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 4 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 25,219 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 2    
------------------------------------------------------- 50%
Sheng Thao  8,855  (35.4%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD _________________ :
Pam Harris  6,920  (27.7%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _________________________ :
Nayeli Maxson  4,199  (16.8%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG _____________________________________ :
Charlie Michelson  2,862  (11.4%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBB ___________________________________________ :
Matt Hummel  1,208  (4.8%) 
HHHHHH _________________________________________________ :
Joseph E. Simmons  979  (3.9%) 
CCCC ___________________________________________________ :
None of these  196   
_______________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Joseph E. Simmons Defeated
D E G K
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Joseph E. Simmons) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 4 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 25,219 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 3    
------------------------------------------------------ 50%
Sheng Thao  8,999  (36.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD _______________ :
Pam Harris  7,267  (29.3%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ______________________ :
Nayeli Maxson  4,295  (17.3%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ___________________________________ :
Charlie Michelson  2,934  (11.8%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBB _________________________________________ :
Matt Hummel  1,273  (5.1%) 
HHHHHH ________________________________________________ :
None of these  451   
KK ____________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Matt Hummel Defeated
B D EE G K
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Matt Hummel) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 4 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 25,219 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 4    
----------------------------------------------------- 50%
Sheng Thao  9,190  (37.6%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD _____________ :
Pam Harris  7,688  (31.4%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ___________________ :
Nayeli Maxson  4,452  (18.2%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG __________________________________ :
Charlie Michelson  3,129  (12.8%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBB _______________________________________ :
None of these  760   
KKKK _________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Charlie Michelson Defeated
DDDD EE GG KKKKK
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Charlie Michelson) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 4 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 25,219 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 5    
--------------------------------------------------- 50%
Sheng Thao  10,011  (43.0%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ________ :
Pam Harris  8,291  (35.6%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ______________ :
Nayeli Maxson  4,994  (21.4%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG _____________________________ :
None of these  1,923   
KKKKKKKK ___________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Nayeli Maxson Defeated
DDDDDDDD EEEEEEEE KKKKKKK
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Nayeli Maxson) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

next round Next Round














 
  
DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 4 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 25,219 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 6    
----------------------------------------------- 50%
Sheng Thao  11,736  (54.1%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :DDDD
Pam Harris  9,960  (45.9%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ____ :
None of these  3,523   
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKK ________________________________
   
Results  
Sheng ThaoElected 
Pam HarrisDefeated 
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

Sheng Thao has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 46.5% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 34.7% if only the first-round votes were used.

The Ballot Depth section shows how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.
















 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 4 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 25,219 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Final Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Ballot Depth: This shows how much the lower rankings on ballots contributed to the winning candidate.

Rank Fraction of votes for winner
1st 74.5% 
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2nd 20.2% 
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3rd 5.3% 
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