DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 5 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 11,292 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Gallo |
|
4,633 | (41.0%) | |
| Mario Juarez |
|
3,775 | (33.4%) | |
| Dawn McMahan |
|
2,059 | (18.2%) | |
| Aracely "Shelly" Garza |
|
752 | (6.7%) | |
| Write-In |
|
73 | (0.6%) | 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: Member, City Council, Dist. 5 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 11,292 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Gallo |
|
4,639 | (41.3%) | |
| Mario Juarez |
|
3,785 | (33.7%) | |
| Dawn McMahan |
|
2,067 | (18.4%) | |
| Aracely "Shelly" Garza |
|
754 | (6.7%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Aracely "Shelly" Garza) 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. 5 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 11,292 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Gallo |
|
4,847 | (43.9%) | |
| Mario Juarez |
|
3,965 | (35.9%) | |
| Dawn McMahan |
|
2,239 | (20.3%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Dawn McMahan) 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. 5 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 11,292 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Gallo |
|
5,716 | (54.6%) | Elected |
| Mario Juarez |
|
4,744 | (45.4%) | Defeated |
Noel Gallo has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 50.6% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 41% 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. 5 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 11,292 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 |
|
80.8% | |
| 2nd |
|
14.8% | |
| 3rd |
|
4.4% | |