DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Berkeley City Council, District 2
1 candidate will be elected with 8,194 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Taplin |
|
3,218 | (39.3%) | |
| Cheryl Davila |
|
2,419 | (29.5%) | |
| Alex Sharenko |
|
1,965 | (24.0%) | |
| Timothy W. Carter |
|
554 | (6.8%) | |
| Write-In |
|
38 | (0.5%) | 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: 2020 Berkeley City Council, District 2
1 candidate will be elected with 8,194 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Taplin |
|
3,222 | (39.4%) | |
| Cheryl Davila |
|
2,423 | (29.6%) | |
| Alex Sharenko |
|
1,974 | (24.1%) | |
| Timothy W. Carter |
|
562 | (6.9%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Timothy W. Carter) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Berkeley City Council, District 2
1 candidate will be elected with 8,194 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Taplin |
|
3,415 | (42.4%) | |
| Cheryl Davila |
|
2,513 | (31.2%) | |
| Alex Sharenko |
|
2,122 | (26.4%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Alex Sharenko) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Berkeley City Council, District 2
1 candidate will be elected with 8,194 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Taplin |
|
4,756 | (62.2%) | Elected |
| Cheryl Davila |
|
2,885 | (37.8%) | Defeated |
Terry Taplin has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 58% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 39.3% 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: 2020 Berkeley City Council, District 2
1 candidate will be elected with 8,194 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 |
|
67.7% | |
| 2nd |
|
26.7% | |
| 3rd |
|
5.5% | |
| 4th |
|
0.2% | |