DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, District 4 - Oakland, 2010
1 candidate will be elected with 23,884 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libby Schaaf |
|
8,756 | (41.7%) | |
| Jill Broadhurst |
|
4,807 | (22.9%) | |
| Melanie Shelby |
|
2,463 | (11.7%) | |
| Daniel Swafford |
|
2,348 | (11.2%) | |
| Clinton Killian |
|
1,138 | (5.4%) | |
| Ralph Kanz |
|
883 | (4.2%) | |
| Jason Gillen |
|
530 | (2.5%) | |
| Write-In |
|
69 | (0.3%) | 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: Member, City Council, District 4 - Oakland, 2010
1 candidate will be elected with 23,884 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libby Schaaf |
|
8,758 | (41.8%) | |
| Jill Broadhurst |
|
4,809 | (23.0%) | |
| Melanie Shelby |
|
2,466 | (11.8%) | |
| Daniel Swafford |
|
2,351 | (11.2%) | |
| Clinton Killian |
|
1,143 | (5.5%) | |
| Ralph Kanz |
|
885 | (4.2%) | |
| Jason Gillen |
|
531 | (2.5%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Jason Gillen) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, District 4 - Oakland, 2010
1 candidate will be elected with 23,884 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libby Schaaf |
|
8,835 | (42.4%) | |
| Jill Broadhurst |
|
4,878 | (23.4%) | |
| Melanie Shelby |
|
2,552 | (12.2%) | |
| Daniel Swafford |
|
2,444 | (11.7%) | |
| Clinton Killian |
|
1,203 | (5.8%) | |
| Ralph Kanz |
|
936 | (4.5%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Ralph Kanz) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, District 4 - Oakland, 2010
1 candidate will be elected with 23,884 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libby Schaaf |
|
9,001 | (43.4%) | |
| Jill Broadhurst |
|
5,062 | (24.4%) | |
| Melanie Shelby |
|
2,652 | (12.8%) | |
| Daniel Swafford |
|
2,741 | (13.2%) | |
| Clinton Killian |
|
1,273 | (6.1%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Clinton Killian) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, District 4 - Oakland, 2010
1 candidate will be elected with 23,884 ballots cast.
Round 5
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libby Schaaf |
|
9,249 | (45.3%) | |
| Jill Broadhurst |
|
5,286 | (25.9%) | |
| Melanie Shelby |
|
3,017 | (14.8%) | |
| Daniel Swafford |
|
2,886 | (14.1%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Daniel Swafford) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, District 4 - Oakland, 2010
1 candidate will be elected with 23,884 ballots cast.
Round 6
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libby Schaaf |
|
10,439 | (53.1%) | Elected |
| Jill Broadhurst |
|
5,828 | (29.6%) | Defeated |
| Melanie Shelby |
|
3,404 | (17.3%) | Defeated |
Libby Schaaf has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 43.7% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 36.7% 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, District 4 - Oakland, 2010
1 candidate will be elected with 23,884 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 |
|
83.8% | |
| 2nd |
|
11.8% | |
| 3rd |
|
4.4% | |