DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland School Director, District 7
1 candidate will be elected with 18,308 ballots cast.

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

Round 1    
------------------------------------------------------- 50%
Clifford Thompson  5,431  (29.7%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ______________________ :
Ben "Coach" Tapscott  4,625  (25.3%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ____________________________ :
Kristina Molina  3,683  (20.1%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ________________________________ :
Bronché Taylor  2,253  (12.3%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBB __________________________________________ :
Victor Javier Valerio  2,164  (11.8%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAA __________________________________________ :
Write-In  152  (0.8%) 
F ______________________________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Write-In Defeated
A
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:
G
None of these

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DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland School Director, District 7
1 candidate will be elected with 18,308 ballots cast.

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

Round 2    
------------------------------------------------------ 50%
Clifford Thompson  5,443  (29.8%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ______________________ :
Ben "Coach" Tapscott  4,636  (25.4%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC __________________________ :
Kristina Molina  3,699  (20.3%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _______________________________ :
Bronché Taylor  2,266  (12.4%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBB ________________________________________ :
Victor Javier Valerio  2,203  (12.1%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAA _________________________________________ :
None of these  61   
G _____________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Victor Javier Valerio Defeated
BBB CC D EEE GGG
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 (Victor Javier Valerio) 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 7
1 candidate will be elected with 18,308 ballots cast.

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

Round 3    
----------------------------------------------------- 50%
Clifford Thompson  5,667  (32.0%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ___________________ :
Ben "Coach" Tapscott  4,979  (28.1%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _______________________ :
Kristina Molina  4,287  (24.2%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ___________________________ :
Bronché Taylor  2,784  (15.7%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _____________________________________ :
None of these  591   
GGG __________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Bronché Taylor Defeated
CCCCCCC DDDDD EEE GG
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 (Bronché Taylor) 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 7
1 candidate will be elected with 18,308 ballots cast.

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

Round 4    
---------------------------------------------------- 50%
Clifford Thompson  6,520  (37.7%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD _____________ :
Ben "Coach" Tapscott  6,052  (35.0%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _______________ :
Kristina Molina  4,739  (27.4%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _______________________ :
None of these  997   
GGGGGG ______________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Kristina Molina Defeated
CCCCCCCCC DDDDDDDDDDDDD GGGGGGG
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 (Kristina Molina) 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 7
1 candidate will be elected with 18,308 ballots cast.

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

Round 5    
------------------------------------------------ 50%
Clifford Thompson  8,603  (53.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :DDDD
Ben "Coach" Tapscott  7,531  (46.7%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ___ :
None of these  2,174   
GGGGGGGGGGGGG ___________________________________
   
Results  
Ben "Coach" TapscottDefeated 
Clifford ThompsonElected 
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).

Clifford Thompson has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 47% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 29.7% 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 7
1 candidate will be elected with 18,308 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 63.1% 
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2nd 20.9% 
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3rd 10.7% 
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4th 5.1% 
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5th 0.1%