DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 6 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 17,845 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loren Taylor |
|
7,158 | (40.1%) | |
| Desley Brooks |
|
4,429 | (24.8%) | |
| Mya Whitaker |
|
2,500 | (14.0%) | |
| Natasha Middleton |
|
2,167 | (12.1%) | |
| Marlo Rodriguez |
|
1,591 | (8.9%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Marlo Rodriguez) 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 17,845 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loren Taylor |
|
7,539 | (43.1%) | |
| Desley Brooks |
|
4,577 | (26.2%) | |
| Mya Whitaker |
|
2,883 | (16.5%) | |
| Natasha Middleton |
|
2,501 | (14.3%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Natasha Middleton) 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 17,845 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loren Taylor |
|
8,420 | (49.1%) | |
| Desley Brooks |
|
4,814 | (28.1%) | |
| Mya Whitaker |
|
3,908 | (22.8%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Mya Whitaker) 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 17,845 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loren Taylor |
|
9,858 | (64.3%) | Elected |
| Desley Brooks |
|
5,483 | (35.7%) | Defeated |
Loren Taylor has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 55.2% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 40.1% 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 17,845 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 |
|
72.5% | |
| 2nd |
|
17.4% | |
| 3rd |
|
10.1% | |