DemoChoice Web Poll: Nov 2024 Member, City Council, District 7 - Oakland
1 candidate will be elected with 6,007 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Houston |
|
2,003 | (33.3%) | |
| Iris Merriouns |
|
1,676 | (27.9%) | |
| Marcie Hodge |
|
1,138 | (18.9%) | |
| Merika Goolsby |
|
1,078 | (17.9%) | |
| Write-In |
|
112 | (1.9%) | 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: Nov 2024 Member, City Council, District 7 - Oakland
1 candidate will be elected with 6,007 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Houston |
|
2,018 | (33.9%) | |
| Iris Merriouns |
|
1,688 | (28.3%) | |
| Marcie Hodge |
|
1,157 | (19.4%) | |
| Merika Goolsby |
|
1,096 | (18.4%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Merika Goolsby) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Nov 2024 Member, City Council, District 7 - Oakland
1 candidate will be elected with 6,007 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Houston |
|
2,366 | (41.8%) | |
| Iris Merriouns |
|
1,898 | (33.5%) | |
| Marcie Hodge |
|
1,395 | (24.7%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate (Marcie Hodge) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Nov 2024 Member, City Council, District 7 - Oakland
1 candidate will be elected with 6,007 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Houston |
|
2,844 | (54.3%) | Elected |
| Iris Merriouns |
|
2,389 | (45.7%) | Defeated |
Ken Houston has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 47.3% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 33.3% 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: Nov 2024 Member, City Council, District 7 - Oakland
1 candidate will be elected with 6,007 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 |
|
70.4% | |
| 2nd |
|
21.6% | |
| 3rd |
|
7.7% | |
| 4th |
|
0.2% | |