DemoChoice Web Poll: Oakland City Council District 2 - April 15, 2025 special election
1 candidate will be elected with 12,598 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 1    
------------------------------------------------------- 50%
Charlene Wang  5,873  (46.6%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ___ :
Kara Murray-Badal  4,210  (33.4%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE __________________ :
Harold Lowe III  1,365  (10.8%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFF ___________________________________________ :
Kanitha Matoury  557  (4.4%) 
CCCCC __________________________________________________ :
Paula F.L. Thomas  261  (2.1%) 
AA _____________________________________________________ :
Rev Kenneth Anderson  240  (1.9%) 
BB _____________________________________________________ :
Write-In  92  (0.7%) 
G ______________________________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Write-In Defeated

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

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.

New colors:
H
None of these

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Oakland City Council District 2 - April 15, 2025 special election
1 candidate will be elected with 12,598 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 2    
------------------------------------------------------- 50%
Charlene Wang  5,895  (46.9%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ___ :
Kara Murray-Badal  4,217  (33.6%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE __________________ :
Harold Lowe III  1,379  (11.0%) 
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Kanitha Matoury  559  (4.4%) 
CCCCC __________________________________________________ :
Paula F.L. Thomas  269  (2.1%) 
AA _____________________________________________________ :
Rev Kenneth Anderson  246  (2.0%) 
BB _____________________________________________________ :
None of these  33   
_______________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Rev Kenneth Anderson Defeated
A E

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Rev Kenneth Anderson) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Oakland City Council District 2 - April 15, 2025 special election
1 candidate will be elected with 12,598 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 3    
------------------------------------------------------- 50%
Charlene Wang  5,941  (47.5%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ___ :
Kara Murray-Badal  4,257  (34.0%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE __________________ :
Harold Lowe III  1,413  (11.3%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFF __________________________________________ :
Kanitha Matoury  598  (4.8%) 
CCCCC __________________________________________________ :
Paula F.L. Thomas  303  (2.4%) 
AAA ____________________________________________________ :
None of these  86   
_______________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Paula F.L. Thomas Defeated
C D E

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Paula F.L. Thomas) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Oakland City Council District 2 - April 15, 2025 special election
1 candidate will be elected with 12,598 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 4    
------------------------------------------------------- 50%
Charlene Wang  6,012  (48.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ___ :
Kara Murray-Badal  4,291  (34.5%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE __________________ :
Harold Lowe III  1,463  (11.7%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFF __________________________________________ :
Kanitha Matoury  686  (5.5%) 
CCCCCC _________________________________________________ :
None of these  146   
HH _____________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Kanitha Matoury Defeated
DD E F H

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

The last-place candidate (Kanitha Matoury) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Oakland City Council District 2 - April 15, 2025 special election
1 candidate will be elected with 12,598 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 5    
------------------------------------------------------ 50%
Charlene Wang  6,262  (50.9%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :
Kara Murray-Badal  4,414  (35.9%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _______________ :
Harold Lowe III  1,615  (13.1%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFF ________________________________________ :
None of these  307   
HH ____________________________________________________
   
Results  
Charlene WangElected 
Kara Murray-BadalDefeated 
Harold Lowe IIIDefeated 

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (50% of counted votes).

Charlene Wang has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 49.7% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 46.6% if only the first-round votes were used.

The Ballot Depth section shows how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.
















 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: Oakland City Council District 2 - April 15, 2025 special election
1 candidate will be elected with 12,598 ballots cast.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Final Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Ballot Depth: This shows how much the lower rankings on ballots contributed to the winning candidate.

Rank Fraction of votes for winner
1st 93.8% 
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2nd 4.8% 
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3rd 1.0% 
X
4th 0.4%