ranked.vote // Alameda County City Council, District 1 - Oakland

The Alameda County November 6, 2012 General Election was held on November 6, 2012. Dan Kalb was the winner out of 7 candidates after 4 elimination rounds.

Dan Kalb was also the Condorcet winner.

Dan KalbAmy LemleyRichard RayaEliminated in round 4Gordon “Don” LinkEliminated in round 3Len RaphaelEliminated in round 3Donald MacleayEliminated in round 2Craig BrandtEliminated in round 1Write-InEliminated in round 1

Runoff Rounds

This Sankey diagram shows the votes of each remaining candidate at each round, as well as the breakdown of votes transferred when each candidate was eliminated.

Note that the tabulation (but not the winner) may differ from the official count. You can read more about why this is.

Round 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Dan KalbAmy LemleyRichard RayaGordon “Don” LinkLen RaphaelDonald MacleayCraig BrandtWrite-InExhausted28.8%25.3%20%7.5%6.6%6.5%29.3%26.2%20.7%8.3%7.6%6.8%32.7%27%21.4%8.8%8%35.9%30.5%25.4%8.2%42.9%39.9%17.2%Dan KalbAmy LemleyExhausted

Pairwise Preferences

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who preferred one to the other. A preference means that either a voter ranks a candidate ahead of the other, or ranks one candidate but does not list the other. Ballots which rank neither candidate are not counted towards the percent counts.

Less-preferred Candidate
Preferred Candidate
Dan Kalb
Amy Lemley
Richard Raya
Gordon “Don” Link
Len Raphael
Donald Macleay
Craig Brandt
Write-In
Dan Kalb51.8%59.2%78.2%79.9%82.7%79.6%98.9%
Amy Lemley48.2%56.3%76.9%78.9%81.3%79.2%98.7%
Richard Raya40.8%43.7%72.1%74.4%76.9%73.9%98.3%
Gordon “Don” Link21.8%23.1%27.9%53.1%58%53.7%96.2%
Len Raphael20.1%21.1%25.6%46.9%55.1%50.6%95.8%
Donald Macleay17.3%18.7%23.1%42%44.9%49.7%94.9%
Craig Brandt20.4%20.8%26.1%46.3%49.4%50.3%95.5%
Write-In1.1%1.3%1.7%3.8%4.2%5.1%4.5%

First Alternate

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who ranked one candidate first ranked the other candidate second.

Second Choice
First Choice
Dan Kalb
Amy Lemley
Richard Raya
Gordon “Don” Link
Len Raphael
Donald Macleay
Craig Brandt
Write-In
Exhausted
Dan Kalb32.8%19.3%5.7%5%5.3%3.1%0.4%28.5%
Amy Lemley34.2%20.6%6.4%5.8%3.1%6.4%0.3%23.2%
Richard Raya24.4%36.4%7.3%6.9%3.3%4.4%0.2%17.2%
Gordon “Don” Link14.3%17.8%19.9%8.8%6.3%13.7%0.5%18.6%
Len Raphael15.4%15.4%18.8%11.6%7.7%13.6%0.7%16.9%
Donald Macleay20%10.7%8.8%6%5.1%37.1%0.4%11.9%
Craig Brandt10.2%18.2%14.5%16.7%18.7%5.4%0.1%16.2%
Write-In3.7%1.9%3.7%90.7%

Ranking Distribution

This shows how many candidates voters ranked, both overall and broken down by each candidate's first-choice supporters. This reveals whether some candidates attracted voters who ranked multiple candidates versus those who ranked fewer candidates.

Number of Candidates Ranked
Candidate
1
2
3
All Candidates
(28,617 voters)
21.9%14.3%63.8%
Dan Kalb
(8,248 voters)
28.5%15.6%55.9%
Amy Lemley
(7,247 voters)
23.2%17.2%59.6%
Richard Raya
(5,735 voters)
17.2%13.5%69.3%
Gordon “Don” Link
(2,140 voters)
18.6%10.8%70.6%
Len Raphael
(1,904 voters)
16.9%12.1%71.0%
Donald Macleay
(1,856 voters)
11.9%7.8%80.4%
Craig Brandt
(1,380 voters)
16.2%13.2%70.7%
Write-In
(107 voters)
90.7%1.9%7.5%

Final Vote by First Choice

This table tracks which candidate ballots were ultimately allocated to, among ballots that ranked an eliminated candidate first.

Final Round Choice
First Round Choice
Dan Kalb
Amy Lemley
Exhausted
Richard Raya29.5%42.2%28.2%
Gordon “Don” Link23%29.1%47.9%
Len Raphael25.3%23.5%51.3%
Donald Macleay58.2%15%26.8%
Craig Brandt20.7%30.2%49.1%
Write-In0.9%3.7%95.3%

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