DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 3 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 26,761 ballots cast.

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

Round 1    
--------------------------------------------- 50%
Sean Sullivan  5,736  (26.0%) 
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Lynette Gibson-McElhaney  5,207  (23.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ________________________ :
Nyeisha DeWitt  3,906  (17.7%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _____________________________ :
Derrick Muhammad  3,152  (14.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDD ________________________________ :
Alex Miller-Cole  2,003  (9.1%) 
GGGGGGGG _____________________________________ :
Larry Lionel Young, Jr.  1,959  (8.9%) 
BBBBBBBB _____________________________________ :
Write-In  132  (0.6%) 
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None of these  4,666   
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Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Write-In Defeated
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.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 3 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 26,761 ballots cast.

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

Round 2    
--------------------------------------------- 50%
Sean Sullivan  5,739  (26.1%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _____________________ :
Lynette Gibson-McElhaney  5,213  (23.7%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF _______________________ :
Nyeisha DeWitt  3,911  (17.8%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _____________________________ :
Derrick Muhammad  3,153  (14.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDD ________________________________ :
Alex Miller-Cole  2,010  (9.1%) 
GGGGGGGG _____________________________________ :
Larry Lionel Young, Jr.  1,965  (8.9%) 
BBBBBBBB _____________________________________ :
None of these  4,770   
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ _________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Larry Lionel Young, Jr. Defeated
CC D EE F G JJ
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 (Larry Lionel Young, Jr.) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 3 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 26,761 ballots cast.

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

Round 3    
-------------------------------------------- 50%
Sean Sullivan  6,136  (28.5%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC __________________ :
Lynette Gibson-McElhaney  5,507  (25.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ______________________ :
Nyeisha DeWitt  4,263  (19.8%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE __________________________ :
Derrick Muhammad  3,510  (16.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDD ______________________________ :
Alex Miller-Cole  2,129  (9.9%) 
GGGGGGGGG ___________________________________ :
None of these  5,216   
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ _______________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Alex Miller-Cole Defeated
CC D EE FF JJ
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 (Alex Miller-Cole) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 3 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 26,761 ballots cast.

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

Round 4    
------------------------------------------- 50%
Sean Sullivan  6,617  (31.5%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ________________ :
Lynette Gibson-McElhaney  5,940  (28.2%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF __________________ :
Nyeisha DeWitt  4,748  (22.6%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ________________________ :
Derrick Muhammad  3,733  (17.7%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ____________________________ :
None of these  5,723   
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ___________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Derrick Muhammad Defeated
CC EEEEE FFFF JJJJ
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 (Derrick Muhammad) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 3 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 26,761 ballots cast.

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

Round 5    
----------------------------------------- 50%
Sean Sullivan  7,147  (35.6%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ___________ :
Lynette Gibson-McElhaney  6,838  (34.1%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF _____________ :
Nyeisha DeWitt  6,067  (30.3%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ________________ :
None of these  6,709   
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ _____________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Nyeisha DeWitt Defeated
CCC FFFFFFFFFFF JJJJJJJJJJJ
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 (Nyeisha DeWitt) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 3 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 26,761 ballots cast.

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

Round 6    
------------------------------------ 50%
Sean Sullivan  8,030  (46.1%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ___ :
Lynette Gibson-McElhaney  9,397  (53.9%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :FFF
None of these  9,334   
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ JJ
   
Results  
Sean SullivanDefeated 
Lynette Gibson-McElhaneyElected 
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).

Lynette Gibson-McElhaney has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 35.1% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 21.4% if only the first-round votes were used.

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
















 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 3 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 26,761 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 55.2% 
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2nd 26.0% 
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3rd 18.8% 
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