DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 2 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 15,293 ballots cast.

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Round 1 Legend  
Abel Guillen 
 
 4,886  (36.0%)   
Dana King 
 
 4,459  (32.9%)   
Andrew Park 
 
 2,600  (19.2%)   
Kevin Blackburn 
 
 1,299  (9.6%)   
Ken Maxey 
 
 311  (2.3%)  Defeated
   pies need GD2 extension
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or ask a question.

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (50%), so the last-place candidate (Ken Maxey) 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. 2 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 15,293 ballots cast.

First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 2 Legend  
Abel Guillen 
 
 4,953  (36.7%)   
Dana King 
 
 4,532  (33.6%)   
Andrew Park 
 
 2,653  (19.7%)   
Kevin Blackburn 
 
 1,354  (10.0%)  Defeated
   pies need GD2 extension
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or ask a question.

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (50%), so the last-place candidate (Kevin Blackburn) 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. 2 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 15,293 ballots cast.

First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 3 Legend  
Abel Guillen 
 
 5,307  (40.0%)   
Dana King 
 
 4,963  (37.4%)   
Andrew Park 
 
 2,999  (22.6%)  Defeated
   pies need GD2 extension
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or ask a question.

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (50%), so the last-place candidate (Andrew Park) 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. 2 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 15,293 ballots cast.

First Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 4 Legend  
Abel Guillen 
 
 6,547  (53.0%)  Elected
Dana King 
 
 5,800  (47.0%)  Defeated
   pies need GD2 extension
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or ask a question.

At this point, the number of remaining candidates equals the number of remaining seats, so the remaining candidates are declared elected.
In the end, 42.8% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 31.9% 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. 2 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 15,293 ballots cast.

First Round | Last 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 
 
74.4%   
2nd 
 
19.1%   
3rd 
 
6.6%   
  pies need GD