DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 4 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 25,219 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheng Thao |
|
8,750 | (34.7%) | |
| Pam Harris |
|
6,825 | (27.1%) | |
| Nayeli Maxson |
|
4,086 | (16.2%) | |
| Charlie Michelson |
|
2,783 | (11.0%) | |
| Matt Hummel |
|
1,142 | (4.5%) | |
| Joseph E. Simmons |
|
934 | (3.7%) | |
| Joseph Tanios |
|
699 | (2.8%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Joseph Tanios) 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. 4 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 25,219 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheng Thao |
|
8,855 | (35.4%) | |
| Pam Harris |
|
6,920 | (27.7%) | |
| Nayeli Maxson |
|
4,199 | (16.8%) | |
| Charlie Michelson |
|
2,862 | (11.4%) | |
| Matt Hummel |
|
1,208 | (4.8%) | |
| Joseph E. Simmons |
|
979 | (3.9%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Joseph E. Simmons) 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. 4 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 25,219 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheng Thao |
|
8,999 | (36.3%) | |
| Pam Harris |
|
7,267 | (29.3%) | |
| Nayeli Maxson |
|
4,295 | (17.3%) | |
| Charlie Michelson |
|
2,934 | (11.8%) | |
| Matt Hummel |
|
1,273 | (5.1%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Matt Hummel) 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. 4 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 25,219 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheng Thao |
|
9,190 | (37.6%) | |
| Pam Harris |
|
7,688 | (31.4%) | |
| Nayeli Maxson |
|
4,452 | (18.2%) | |
| Charlie Michelson |
|
3,129 | (12.8%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Charlie Michelson) 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. 4 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 25,219 ballots cast.
Round 5
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheng Thao |
|
10,011 | (43.0%) | |
| Pam Harris |
|
8,291 | (35.6%) | |
| Nayeli Maxson |
|
4,994 | (21.4%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Nayeli Maxson) 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. 4 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 25,219 ballots cast.
Round 6
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheng Thao |
|
11,736 | (54.1%) | Elected |
| Pam Harris |
|
9,960 | (45.9%) | Defeated |
Sheng Thao has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 46.5% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 34.7% 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. 4 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 25,219 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 |
|
74.5% | |
| 2nd |
|
20.2% | |
| 3rd |
|
5.3% | |