DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 2 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 15,293 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abel Guillen |
|
5,307 | (40.0%) | |
| Dana King |
|
4,963 | (37.4%) | |
| Andrew Park |
|
2,999 | (22.6%) | Defeated |
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.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abel Guillen |
|
6,547 | (53.0%) | Elected |
| Dana King |
|
5,800 | (47.0%) | Defeated |
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.
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% | |