DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland City Council, District 3
1 candidate will be elected with 30,696 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Fife |
|
15,046 | (49.0%) | |
| Lynette Gibson McElhaney |
|
9,297 | (30.3%) | |
| Seneca Scott |
|
2,096 | (6.8%) | |
| Meron Semedar |
|
2,001 | (6.5%) | |
| Alexus Taylor |
|
1,373 | (4.5%) | |
| Faye Taylor |
|
720 | (2.3%) | |
| Write-In |
|
163 | (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 Oakland City Council, District 3
1 candidate will be elected with 30,696 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Fife |
|
15,067 | (49.2%) | |
| Lynette Gibson McElhaney |
|
9,310 | (30.4%) | |
| Seneca Scott |
|
2,128 | (6.9%) | |
| Meron Semedar |
|
2,017 | (6.6%) | |
| Alexus Taylor |
|
1,386 | (4.5%) | |
| Faye Taylor |
|
733 | (2.4%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Faye Taylor) 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, District 3
1 candidate will be elected with 30,696 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Fife |
|
15,203 | (49.9%) | |
| Lynette Gibson McElhaney |
|
9,415 | (30.9%) | |
| Seneca Scott |
|
2,302 | (7.6%) | |
| Meron Semedar |
|
2,096 | (6.9%) | |
| Alexus Taylor |
|
1,473 | (4.8%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Alexus Taylor) 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, District 3
1 candidate will be elected with 30,696 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Fife |
|
15,429 | (51.1%) | Elected |
| Lynette Gibson McElhaney |
|
9,687 | (32.1%) | Defeated |
| Seneca Scott |
|
2,447 | (8.1%) | Defeated |
| Meron Semedar |
|
2,631 | (8.7%) | Defeated |
Carroll Fife has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 50.3% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 49% 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, District 3
1 candidate will be elected with 30,696 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 |
|
97.5% | |
| 2nd |
|
2.2% | |
| 3rd |
|
0.2% | |