DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 6 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 17,845 ballots cast.

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Round 1 Legend  
Loren Taylor 
 
 7,158  (40.1%)   
Desley Brooks 
 
 4,429  (24.8%)   
Mya Whitaker 
 
 2,500  (14.0%)   
Natasha Middleton 
 
 2,167  (12.1%)   
Marlo Rodriguez 
 
 1,591  (8.9%)  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 (Marlo Rodriguez) 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. 6 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 17,845 ballots cast.

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

Round 2 Legend  
Loren Taylor 
 
 7,539  (43.1%)   
Desley Brooks 
 
 4,577  (26.2%)   
Mya Whitaker 
 
 2,883  (16.5%)   
Natasha Middleton 
 
 2,501  (14.3%)  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 (Natasha Middleton) 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. 6 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 17,845 ballots cast.

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

Round 3 Legend  
Loren Taylor 
 
 8,420  (49.1%)   
Desley Brooks 
 
 4,814  (28.1%)   
Mya Whitaker 
 
 3,908  (22.8%)  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 (Mya Whitaker) 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. 6 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 17,845 ballots cast.

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

Round 4 Legend  
Loren Taylor 
 
 9,858  (64.3%)  Elected
Desley Brooks 
 
 5,483  (35.7%)  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, 55.2% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 40.1% 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. 6 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 17,845 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 
 
72.5%   
2nd 
 
17.4%   
3rd 
 
10.1%   
  pies need GD