DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 8 - Berkeley (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 4,518 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lori Droste |
|
1,318 | (29.2%) | |
| George Beier |
|
1,198 | (26.5%) | |
| Mike Alvarez Cohen |
|
1,165 | (25.8%) | |
| Jacquelyn Mccormick |
|
837 | (18.5%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Jacquelyn Mccormick) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 8 - Berkeley (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 4,518 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lori Droste |
|
1,614 | (36.8%) | |
| George Beier |
|
1,473 | (33.6%) | |
| Mike Alvarez Cohen |
|
1,300 | (29.6%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Mike Alvarez Cohen) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 8 - Berkeley (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 4,518 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lori Droste |
|
2,072 | (50.2%) | Elected |
| George Beier |
|
2,056 | (49.8%) | Defeated |
Lori Droste has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 45.9% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 29.2% 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: Member, City Council, Dist. 8 - Berkeley (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 4,518 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 |
|
63.4% | |
| 2nd |
|
29.9% | |
| 3rd |
|
6.7% | |