DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland School Director, District 1
1 candidate will be elected with 34,502 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Davis |
|
16,374 | (47.5%) | |
| Austin Dannhaus |
|
11,630 | (33.7%) | |
| Stacy Thomas |
|
6,350 | (18.4%) | |
| Write-In |
|
148 | (0.4%) | 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 School Director, District 1
1 candidate will be elected with 34,502 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Davis |
|
16,400 | (47.6%) | |
| Austin Dannhaus |
|
11,655 | (33.8%) | |
| Stacy Thomas |
|
6,384 | (18.5%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Stacy Thomas) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland School Director, District 1
1 candidate will be elected with 34,502 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Davis |
|
20,992 | (62.5%) | Elected |
| Austin Dannhaus |
|
12,580 | (37.5%) | Defeated |
Sam Davis has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 60.8% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 47.5% 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 School Director, District 1
1 candidate will be elected with 34,502 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 |
|
78.0% | |
| 2nd |
|
21.9% | |