DemoChoice Web Poll: Oakland City Council District 2 - April 15, 2025 special election
1 candidate will be elected with 12,598 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlene Wang |
|
5,873 | (46.6%) | |
| Kara Murray-Badal |
|
4,210 | (33.4%) | |
| Harold Lowe III |
|
1,365 | (10.8%) | |
| Kanitha Matoury |
|
557 | (4.4%) | |
| Paula F.L. Thomas |
|
261 | (2.1%) | |
| Rev Kenneth Anderson |
|
240 | (1.9%) | |
| Write-In |
|
92 | (0.7%) | Defeated |
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.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Oakland City Council District 2 - April 15, 2025 special election
1 candidate will be elected with 12,598 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlene Wang |
|
5,895 | (46.9%) | |
| Kara Murray-Badal |
|
4,217 | (33.6%) | |
| Harold Lowe III |
|
1,379 | (11.0%) | |
| Kanitha Matoury |
|
559 | (4.4%) | |
| Paula F.L. Thomas |
|
269 | (2.1%) | |
| Rev Kenneth Anderson |
|
246 | (2.0%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Rev Kenneth Anderson) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Oakland City Council District 2 - April 15, 2025 special election
1 candidate will be elected with 12,598 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlene Wang |
|
5,941 | (47.5%) | |
| Kara Murray-Badal |
|
4,257 | (34.0%) | |
| Harold Lowe III |
|
1,413 | (11.3%) | |
| Kanitha Matoury |
|
598 | (4.8%) | |
| Paula F.L. Thomas |
|
303 | (2.4%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Paula F.L. Thomas) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Oakland City Council District 2 - April 15, 2025 special election
1 candidate will be elected with 12,598 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlene Wang |
|
6,012 | (48.3%) | |
| Kara Murray-Badal |
|
4,291 | (34.5%) | |
| Harold Lowe III |
|
1,463 | (11.7%) | |
| Kanitha Matoury |
|
686 | (5.5%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Kanitha Matoury) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Oakland City Council District 2 - April 15, 2025 special election
1 candidate will be elected with 12,598 ballots cast.
Round 5
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlene Wang |
|
6,262 | (50.9%) | Elected |
| Kara Murray-Badal |
|
4,414 | (35.9%) | Defeated |
| Harold Lowe III |
|
1,615 | (13.1%) | Defeated |
Charlene Wang has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 49.7% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 46.6% 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: Oakland City Council District 2 - April 15, 2025 special election
1 candidate will be elected with 12,598 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 |
|
93.8% | |
| 2nd |
|
4.8% | |
| 3rd |
|
1.0% | |
| 4th |
|
0.4% | |