DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland School Director, District 7
1 candidate will be elected with 18,308 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifford Thompson |
|
5,431 | (29.7%) | |
| Ben "Coach" Tapscott |
|
4,625 | (25.3%) | |
| Kristina Molina |
|
3,683 | (20.1%) | |
| Bronché Taylor |
|
2,253 | (12.3%) | |
| Victor Javier Valerio |
|
2,164 | (11.8%) | |
| Write-In |
|
152 | (0.8%) | 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: 2020 Oakland School Director, District 7
1 candidate will be elected with 18,308 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifford Thompson |
|
5,443 | (29.8%) | |
| Ben "Coach" Tapscott |
|
4,636 | (25.4%) | |
| Kristina Molina |
|
3,699 | (20.3%) | |
| Bronché Taylor |
|
2,266 | (12.4%) | |
| Victor Javier Valerio |
|
2,203 | (12.1%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Victor Javier Valerio) 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 7
1 candidate will be elected with 18,308 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifford Thompson |
|
5,667 | (32.0%) | |
| Ben "Coach" Tapscott |
|
4,979 | (28.1%) | |
| Kristina Molina |
|
4,287 | (24.2%) | |
| Bronché Taylor |
|
2,784 | (15.7%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Bronché Taylor) 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 7
1 candidate will be elected with 18,308 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifford Thompson |
|
6,520 | (37.7%) | |
| Ben "Coach" Tapscott |
|
6,052 | (35.0%) | |
| Kristina Molina |
|
4,739 | (27.4%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Kristina Molina) 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 7
1 candidate will be elected with 18,308 ballots cast.
Round 5
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifford Thompson |
|
8,603 | (53.3%) | Elected |
| Ben "Coach" Tapscott |
|
7,531 | (46.7%) | Defeated |
Clifford Thompson has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 47% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 29.7% 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: 2020 Oakland School Director, District 7
1 candidate will be elected with 18,308 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 |
|
63.1% | |
| 2nd |
|
20.9% | |
| 3rd |
|
10.7% | |
| 4th |
|
5.1% | |
| 5th |
|
0.1% | |