DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 1 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 28,659 ballots cast.

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


Round 1    
------------------------------------------------------- 50%
Dan Kalb  8,259  (28.8%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG _______________________ :
Amy Lemley  7,255  (25.3%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ___________________________ :
RIchard Raya  5,737  (20.0%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD _________________________________ :
Gordon "Don" Link  2,152  (7.5%) 
BBBBBBBB _______________________________________________ :
Len Raphael  1,905  (6.6%) 
EEEEEEE ________________________________________________ :
Donald Macleay  1,858  (6.5%) 
HHHHHHH ________________________________________________ :
Craig Brandt  1,386  (4.8%) 
CCCCC __________________________________________________ :
Write-In  107  (0.4%) 
_______________________________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Write-In Defeated

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).

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.

New colors:
K
None of these

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 1 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 28,659 ballots cast.

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


Round 2    
------------------------------------------------------- 50%
Dan Kalb  8,259  (28.9%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG _______________________ :
Amy Lemley  7,259  (25.4%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ____________________________ :
RIchard Raya  5,737  (20.1%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD _________________________________ :
Gordon "Don" Link  2,152  (7.5%) 
BBBBBBBB _______________________________________________ :
Len Raphael  1,907  (6.7%) 
EEEEEEEE _______________________________________________ :
Donald Macleay  1,862  (6.5%) 
HHHHHHH ________________________________________________ :
Craig Brandt  1,386  (4.9%) 
CCCCC __________________________________________________ :
None of these  97   
K ______________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Craig Brandt Defeated
B E F H 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 (Craig Brandt) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 1 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 28,659 ballots cast.

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


Round 3    
------------------------------------------------------ 50%
Dan Kalb  8,400  (29.6%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ______________________ :
Amy Lemley  7,511  (26.5%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF _________________________ :
RIchard Raya  5,937  (21.0%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD _______________________________ :
Gordon "Don" Link  2,382  (8.4%) 
BBBBBBBBBB ____________________________________________ :
Len Raphael  2,165  (7.6%) 
EEEEEEEE ______________________________________________ :
Donald Macleay  1,937  (6.8%) 
HHHHHHHH ______________________________________________ :
None of these  327   
K _____________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Donald Macleay Defeated
B D F GGGG 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 (Donald Macleay) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 1 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 28,659 ballots cast.

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


Round 4    
------------------------------------------------------ 50%
Dan Kalb  9,394  (33.5%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG __________________ :
Amy Lemley  7,743  (27.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ________________________ :
RIchard Raya  6,125  (21.8%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ______________________________ :
Gordon "Don" Link  2,521  (9.0%) 
BBBBBBBBBB ____________________________________________ :
Len Raphael  2,290  (8.2%) 
EEEEEEEEE _____________________________________________ :
None of these  586   
KK ____________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Len Raphael Defeated
B D F G KKK

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 (Len Raphael) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 1 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 28,659 ballots cast.

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


Round 5    
----------------------------------------------------- 50%
Dan Kalb  9,833  (35.8%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ________________ :
Amy Lemley  8,149  (29.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ______________________ :
RIchard Raya  6,605  (24.0%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ___________________________ :
Gordon "Don" Link  2,913  (10.6%) 
BBBBBBBBBBB __________________________________________ :
None of these  1,159   
KKKKK ________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Gordon "Don" Link Defeated
DD FF G KKKK

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 (Gordon "Don" Link) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

next round Next Round














 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 1 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 28,659 ballots cast.

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


Round 6    
-------------------------------------------------- 50%
Dan Kalb  10,302  (39.1%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG __________ :
Amy Lemley  8,757  (33.2%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ________________ :
RIchard Raya  7,290  (27.7%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ______________________ :
None of these  2,310   
KKKKKKKKK _________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
RIchard Raya Defeated
FFFFFFFFFF GGGGGGG KKKKKKKKKK

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 (RIchard Raya) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

next round Next Round














 
  
DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 1 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 28,659 ballots cast.

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


Round 7    
---------------------------------------------- 50%
Dan Kalb  12,293  (51.8%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :G
Amy Lemley  11,448  (48.2%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF __ :
None of these  4,918   
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK ___________________________
   
Results  
Amy LemleyDefeated 
Dan KalbElected 

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).

Dan Kalb has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 42.9% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 28.8% 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. 1 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 28,659 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 67.1% 
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2nd 20.2% 
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3rd 12.7% 
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