DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 5 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 13,482 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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Noel Gallo  4,633  (41.0%) 
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Mario Juarez  3,775  (33.4%) 
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Dawn McMahan  2,059  (18.2%) 
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Aracely "Shelly" Garza  752  (6.7%) 
DDDDDD ________________________________________ :
Write-In  73  (0.6%) 
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None of these  2,190   
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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.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 5 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 13,482 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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Noel Gallo  4,639  (41.3%) 
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Mario Juarez  3,785  (33.7%) 
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Dawn McMahan  2,067  (18.4%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _____________________________ :
Aracely "Shelly" Garza  754  (6.7%) 
DDDDDDD _______________________________________ :
None of these  2,237   
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Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Aracely "Shelly" Garza Defeated
B C EE HH
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 (Aracely "Shelly" Garza) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

next round Next Round














 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 5 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 13,482 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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Noel Gallo  4,847  (43.9%) 
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Mario Juarez  3,965  (35.9%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _____________ :
Dawn McMahan  2,239  (20.3%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ___________________________ :
None of these  2,431   
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH _________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Dawn McMahan Defeated
CCCCCC EEEEEEE HHHHH
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 (Dawn McMahan) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

next round Next Round














 
  
DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 5 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 13,482 ballots cast.

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

Round 4    
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Noel Gallo  5,716  (54.6%) 
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Mario Juarez  4,744  (45.4%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ____ :
None of these  3,022   
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH __________________
   
Results  
Mario JuarezDefeated 
Noel GalloElected 
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).

Noel Gallo has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 42.4% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 34.4% if only the first-round votes were used.

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
















 
 
DemoChoice Web Poll: Member, City Council, Dist. 5 - Oakland (RCV)
1 candidate will be elected with 13,482 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 80.8% 
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2nd 14.8% 
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3rd 4.4% 
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