DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland City Council, At-Large Seat
1 candidate will be elected with 186,249 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 1    
------------------------------------------------------ 50%
Rebecca Kaplan  90,242  (48.5%) 
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Derreck B. Johnson  78,200  (42.0%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA _________ :
Nancy Sidebotham  14,034  (7.5%) 
BBBBBBBB ______________________________________________ :
Write-In  3,773  (2.0%) 
DD ____________________________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Write-In Defeated
B E

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

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.

New colors:
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DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland City Council, At-Large Seat
1 candidate will be elected with 186,249 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 2    
----------------------------------------------------- 50%
Rebecca Kaplan  91,109  (49.3%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :
Derreck B. Johnson  79,419  (43.0%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA _______ :
Nancy Sidebotham  14,342  (7.8%) 
BBBBBBBB _____________________________________________ :
None of these  1,379   
_____________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Nancy Sidebotham Defeated
AAAA CC E

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

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

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DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland City Council, At-Large Seat
1 candidate will be elected with 186,249 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 3    
---------------------------------------------------- 50%
Rebecca Kaplan  95,330  (52.4%) 
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Derreck B. Johnson  86,692  (47.6%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA __ :
None of these  4,227   
EEE _________________________________________________
   
Results  
Derreck B. JohnsonDefeated 
Rebecca KaplanElected 

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

Rebecca Kaplan has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 51.2% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 48.5% if only the first-round votes were used.

The Ballot Depth section shows how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.


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DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland City Council, At-Large Seat
1 candidate will be elected with 186,249 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Final Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Ballot Depth: This shows how much the lower rankings on ballots contributed to the winning candidate.

Rank Fraction of votes for winner
1st 94.7% 
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2nd 5.2% 
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3rd 0.1%