DemoChoice Web Poll: Berkeley City Council District 1, November 2022
1 candidate will be elected with 6,665 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashi Kesarwani |
|
3,289 | (49.3%) | |
| Elisa Mikiten |
|
2,754 | (41.3%) | |
| Tamar Michai Freeman |
|
592 | (8.9%) | |
| Write-in |
|
30 | (0.5%) | Defeated |
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.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Berkeley City Council District 1, November 2022
1 candidate will be elected with 6,665 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashi Kesarwani |
|
3,296 | (49.5%) | |
| Elisa Mikiten |
|
2,762 | (41.5%) | |
| Tamar Michai Freeman |
|
595 | (8.9%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Tamar Michai Freeman) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Berkeley City Council District 1, November 2022
1 candidate will be elected with 6,665 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashi Kesarwani |
|
3,456 | (52.9%) | Elected |
| Elisa Mikiten |
|
3,077 | (47.1%) | Defeated |
Rashi Kesarwani has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 51.9% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 49.3% 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: Berkeley City Council District 1, November 2022
1 candidate will be elected with 6,665 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 |
|
95.2% | |
| 2nd |
|
4.8% | |