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 |
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50% |
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Charlene Wang |
5,873 |
(46.6%) |
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Kara Murray-Badal |
4,210 |
(33.4%) |
|
Harold Lowe III |
1,365 |
(10.8%) |
|
Kanitha Matoury |
557 |
(4.4%) |
|
Paula F.L. Thomas |
261 |
(2.1%) |
|
Rev Kenneth Anderson |
240 |
(1.9%) |
|
Write-In |
92 |
(0.7%) |
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 |
Results |
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Redistributed Votes (to these colors) |
Write-In |
Defeated |
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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: |
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None of these |
Next Round
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 |
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|
 |
50% |
|
Charlene Wang |
5,895 |
(46.9%) |
|
Kara Murray-Badal |
4,217 |
(33.6%) |
|
Harold Lowe III |
1,379 |
(11.0%) |
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Kanitha Matoury |
559 |
(4.4%) |
|
Paula F.L. Thomas |
269 |
(2.1%) |
|
Rev Kenneth Anderson |
246 |
(2.0%) |
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None of these |
33 |
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| | |
 |
Results |
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Redistributed Votes (to these colors) |
Rev Kenneth Anderson |
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).
The last-place candidate (Rev Kenneth Anderson) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Next Round
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 |
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|
 |
50% |
|
Charlene Wang |
5,941 |
(47.5%) |
|
Kara Murray-Badal |
4,257 |
(34.0%) |
|
Harold Lowe III |
1,413 |
(11.3%) |
|
Kanitha Matoury |
598 |
(4.8%) |
|
Paula F.L. Thomas |
303 |
(2.4%) |
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None of these |
86 |
|
|
| | |
 |
Results |
|
Redistributed Votes (to these colors) |
Paula F.L. Thomas |
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).
The last-place candidate (Paula F.L. Thomas) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Next Round
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 |
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|
 |
50% |
|
Charlene Wang |
6,012 |
(48.3%) |
|
Kara Murray-Badal |
4,291 |
(34.5%) |
|
Harold Lowe III |
1,463 |
(11.7%) |
|
Kanitha Matoury |
686 |
(5.5%) |
|
None of these |
146 |
|
|
| | |
 |
Results |
|
Redistributed Votes (to these colors) |
Kanitha Matoury |
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).
The last-place candidate (Kanitha Matoury) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Next Round
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 |
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|
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50% |
|
Charlene Wang |
6,262 |
(50.9%) |
|
Kara Murray-Badal |
4,414 |
(35.9%) |
|
Harold Lowe III |
1,615 |
(13.1%) |
|
None of these |
307 |
|
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| | |
 |
Results |
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Charlene Wang | Elected | |
Kara Murray-Badal | Defeated | |
Harold Lowe III | 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).
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% |
|
4th | 0.4% |
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