DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 6 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 5,489 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desley Brooks |
|
2,488 | (45.3%) | |
| Shereda F. Nosakhare |
|
1,557 | (28.4%) | |
| Michael V. Johnson |
|
931 | (17.0%) | |
| James Moore |
|
513 | (9.3%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (James Moore) 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. 6 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 5,489 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desley Brooks |
|
2,570 | (48.0%) | |
| Shereda F. Nosakhare |
|
1,708 | (31.9%) | |
| Michael V. Johnson |
|
1,079 | (20.1%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Michael V. Johnson) 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. 6 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 5,489 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desley Brooks |
|
2,799 | (55.1%) | Elected |
| Shereda F. Nosakhare |
|
2,284 | (44.9%) | Defeated |
Desley Brooks has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 51% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 45.3% 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. 6 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 5,489 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 |
|
88.6% | |
| 2nd |
|
8.0% | |
| 3rd |
|
3.4% | |