| DemoChoice Web Poll: Oakland City Council District 2 - April 15, 2025 special election |
| 1 candidate will be elected with 12,617 ballots cast. |
| Charlene Wang | Kara Murray-Badal | Harold Lowe III | Kanitha Matoury | Paula F.L. Thomas | Rev Kenneth Anderson | Write-In | None of these | Need to win | |
| Round 1 Count | 5883 | 4216 | 1367 | 557 | 261 | 240 | 93 | 0 | 6309 |
| Transfers from Write-In | 22 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 34 | ||
| Round 2 Count | 5905 | 4223 | 1381 | 559 | 269 | 246 | 0 | 34 | 6292 |
| Transfers from Rev Kenneth Anderson | 46 | 40 | 34 | 39 | 34 | 53 | |||
| Round 3 Count | 5951 | 4263 | 1415 | 598 | 303 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 6265 |
| Transfers from Paula F.L. Thomas | 71 | 34 | 50 | 88 | 60 | ||||
| Round 4 Count | 6022 | 4297 | 1465 | 686 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 6235 |
| Transfers from Kanitha Matoury | 250 | 123 | 152 | 161 | |||||
| Round 5 Count | 6272 | 4420 | 1617 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 308 | 6155 |
| Status | Elected | Defeated | Defeated | Defeated | Defeated | Defeated | Defeated |
Ballots cast: 12617