DemoChoice Web Poll: Oakland Mayor, April 15, 2025 special election
1 candidate will be elected with 94,207 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Lee |
|
47,060 | (50.0%) | |
| Loren Manuel Taylor |
|
42,288 | (44.9%) | |
| Tyron C. Jordan |
|
989 | (1.0%) | |
| Mindy Ruth Pechenuk |
|
822 | (0.9%) | |
| Renia Janeen Webb |
|
788 | (0.8%) | |
| Suz Robinson |
|
748 | (0.8%) | |
| Eric Simpson |
|
577 | (0.6%) | |
| Elizabeth Swaney |
|
318 | (0.3%) | |
| Peter Liu |
|
247 | (0.3%) | |
| Write-In |
|
187 | (0.2%) | |
| President Cristina Grappo |
|
183 | (0.2%) | Defeated |
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (President Cristina Grappo) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Oakland Mayor, April 15, 2025 special election
1 candidate will be elected with 94,207 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Lee |
|
47,077 | (50.0%) | |
| Loren Manuel Taylor |
|
42,331 | (45.0%) | |
| Tyron C. Jordan |
|
1,007 | (1.1%) | |
| Mindy Ruth Pechenuk |
|
830 | (0.9%) | |
| Renia Janeen Webb |
|
798 | (0.8%) | |
| Suz Robinson |
|
762 | (0.8%) | |
| Eric Simpson |
|
581 | (0.6%) | |
| Elizabeth Swaney |
|
327 | (0.3%) | |
| Peter Liu |
|
260 | (0.3%) | |
| Write-In |
|
187 | (0.2%) | Defeated |
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: Oakland Mayor, April 15, 2025 special election
1 candidate will be elected with 94,207 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Lee |
|
47,110 | (50.1%) | Elected |
| Loren Manuel Taylor |
|
42,365 | (45.0%) | Defeated |
| Tyron C. Jordan |
|
1,017 | (1.1%) | Defeated |
| Mindy Ruth Pechenuk |
|
842 | (0.9%) | Defeated |
| Renia Janeen Webb |
|
803 | (0.9%) | Defeated |
| Suz Robinson |
|
768 | (0.8%) | Defeated |
| Eric Simpson |
|
590 | (0.6%) | Defeated |
| Elizabeth Swaney |
|
333 | (0.4%) | Defeated |
| Peter Liu |
|
266 | (0.3%) | Defeated |
Barbara Lee has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 50% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 50% 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: Oakland Mayor, April 15, 2025 special election
1 candidate will be elected with 94,207 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 |
|
99.9% | |
| 2nd |
|
0.1% | |