DemoChoice Web Poll: Nov 2024 Member, City Council, District 7 - Oakland
1 candidate will be elected with 13,517 ballots cast.

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

Round 1    
------------------------------------------------------- 50%
Ken Houston  4,498  (33.3%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB __________________ :
Iris Merriouns  4,179  (30.9%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _____________________ :
Marcie Hodge  2,513  (18.6%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD __________________________________ :
Merika Goolsby  2,115  (15.6%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ______________________________________ :
Write-In  212  (1.6%) 
EE _____________________________________________________ :
   
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: Nov 2024 Member, City Council, District 7 - Oakland
1 candidate will be elected with 13,517 ballots cast.

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

Round 2    
------------------------------------------------------ 50%
Ken Houston  4,531  (33.7%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _________________ :
Iris Merriouns  4,192  (31.2%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ___________________ :
Marcie Hodge  2,566  (19.1%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD _________________________________ :
Merika Goolsby  2,148  (16.0%) 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA _____________________________________ :
None of these  80   
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Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Merika Goolsby Defeated
BBBBB CCCC DDDD 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 (Merika Goolsby) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Nov 2024 Member, City Council, District 7 - Oakland
1 candidate will be elected with 13,517 ballots cast.

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

Round 3    
---------------------------------------------------- 50%
Ken Houston  5,181  (40.1%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB __________ :
Iris Merriouns  4,709  (36.5%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ______________ :
Marcie Hodge  3,027  (23.4%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ___________________________ :
None of these  600   
FFFFF _______________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Marcie Hodge Defeated
BBBBBBBBB CCCCCCCCC FFFFFFF
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 (Marcie Hodge) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

next round Next Round














 
  
DemoChoice Web Poll: Nov 2024 Member, City Council, District 7 - Oakland
1 candidate will be elected with 13,517 ballots cast.

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

Round 4    
-------------------------------------------------- 50%
Ken Houston  6,302  (52.1%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :B
Iris Merriouns  5,803  (47.9%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ___ :
None of these  1,412   
FFFFFFFFFFFF ______________________________________
   
Results  
Ken HoustonElected 
Iris MerriounsDefeated 
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).

Ken Houston has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 46.6% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 33.3% if only the first-round votes were used.

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
















 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: Nov 2024 Member, City Council, District 7 - Oakland
1 candidate will be elected with 13,517 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 71.4% 
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2nd 21.0% 
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3rd 7.2% 
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4th 0.4%