DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland School Director, District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 17,094 ballots cast.

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

Round 1    
---------------------------------------------------- 50%
Mike Hutchinson  6,898  (40.4%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA __________ :
Leroy Roches Gaines  5,208  (30.5%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ____________________ :
Sheila Pope-Lawrence  3,013  (17.6%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC __________________________________ :
Jorge C. Lerma  1,910  (11.2%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDD ________________________________________ :
Write-In  65  (0.4%) 
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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:
F
None of these

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DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland School Director, District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 17,094 ballots cast.

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

Round 2    
---------------------------------------------------- 50%
Mike Hutchinson  6,909  (40.5%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA __________ :
Leroy Roches Gaines  5,211  (30.5%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ____________________ :
Sheila Pope-Lawrence  3,025  (17.7%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC __________________________________ :
Jorge C. Lerma  1,917  (11.2%) 
DDDDDDDDDDD _________________________________________ :
None of these  32   
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Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Jorge C. Lerma Defeated
AAA BB CCCC FF
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 (Jorge C. Lerma) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland School Director, District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 17,094 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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Mike Hutchinson  7,449  (44.7%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ______ :
Leroy Roches Gaines  5,578  (33.5%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _________________ :
Sheila Pope-Lawrence  3,621  (21.8%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _____________________________ :
None of these  446   
FFF ________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Sheila Pope-Lawrence Defeated
AAAAAAAAAA BBBBBBBB FFFF
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 (Sheila Pope-Lawrence) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

next round Next Round














 
  
DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland School Director, District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 17,094 ballots cast.

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

Round 4    
------------------------------------------------- 50%
Mike Hutchinson  9,033  (56.5%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :AAAAAA
Leroy Roches Gaines  6,946  (43.5%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _______ :
None of these  1,115   
FFFFFFF __________________________________________
   
Results  
Mike HutchinsonElected 
Leroy Roches GainesDefeated 
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).

Mike Hutchinson has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 52.8% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 40.4% if only the first-round votes were used.

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
















 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland School Director, District 5
1 candidate will be elected with 17,094 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 76.4% 
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2nd 16.3% 
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3rd 7.2% 
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4th 0.1%