DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland School Director, District 5

1 candidate will be elected with 17,094 ballots cast.


Round 1

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Mike Hutchinson  Chart color  6,898  (40.4%)   
Leroy Roches Gaines  Chart color  5,208  (30.5%)   
Sheila Pope-Lawrence  Chart color  3,013  (17.6%)   
Jorge C. Lerma  Chart color  1,910  (11.2%)   
Write-In  Chart color  65  (0.4%)  Defeated
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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.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland School Director, District 5

1 candidate will be elected with 17,094 ballots cast.


Round 2

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Mike Hutchinson  Chart color  6,909  (40.5%)   
Leroy Roches Gaines  Chart color  5,211  (30.5%)   
Sheila Pope-Lawrence  Chart color  3,025  (17.7%)   
Jorge C. Lerma  Chart color  1,917  (11.2%)  Defeated
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Jorge C. Lerma) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland School Director, District 5

1 candidate will be elected with 17,094 ballots cast.


Round 3

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Mike Hutchinson  Chart color  7,449  (44.7%)   
Leroy Roches Gaines  Chart color  5,578  (33.5%)   
Sheila Pope-Lawrence  Chart color  3,621  (21.8%)  Defeated
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (Sheila Pope-Lawrence) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland School Director, District 5

1 candidate will be elected with 17,094 ballots cast.


Round 4

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
Mike Hutchinson  Chart color  9,033  (56.5%)  Elected
Leroy Roches Gaines  Chart color  6,946  (43.5%)  Defeated
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Mike Hutchinson has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.

In the end, 52.8% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 40.4% if only the first-round votes were used.

Also, view the Ballot Depth info to see how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland School Director, District 5

1 candidate will be elected with 17,094 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    76.4% 
2nd    16.3% 
3rd    7.2% 
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