DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland City Council, At-Large Seat
1 candidate will be elected with 186,249 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Kaplan |
|
90,242 | (48.5%) | |
| Derreck B. Johnson |
|
78,200 | (42.0%) | |
| Nancy Sidebotham |
|
14,034 | (7.5%) | |
| Write-In |
|
3,773 | (2.0%) | 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 Oakland City Council, At-Large Seat
1 candidate will be elected with 186,249 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Kaplan |
|
91,109 | (49.3%) | |
| Derreck B. Johnson |
|
79,419 | (43.0%) | |
| Nancy Sidebotham |
|
14,342 | (7.8%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Nancy Sidebotham) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland City Council, At-Large Seat
1 candidate will be elected with 186,249 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Kaplan |
|
95,330 | (52.4%) | Elected |
| Derreck B. Johnson |
|
86,692 | (47.6%) | Defeated |
Rebecca Kaplan has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 51.2% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 48.5% 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 Oakland City Council, At-Large Seat
1 candidate will be elected with 186,249 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 |
|
94.7% | |
| 2nd |
|
5.2% | |