Turnout in the Council Races

While the official turnout citywide was a bit over 40%, about a fifth of those ballots didn't include a vote for a City Council candidate. More people voted for mayor, but by far the biggest turnout was for the urban rail referendum.

In comparing the individual districts, a few numbers jump out: Due to a variety of demographic factors, some districts have way more registered voters than others: D5, D6, D9, and D10 each have twice as many as D4, for example. Combine that with the high voter turnout on the west side, and we had more people voting in District 10, than in Districts 2, 3, and 4 combined.

"Undervoting" measures ballots cast in each jurisdiction with no vote for City Council.

	Reg. Voters	Ballots Cast	Ballot Turnout	Council Votes	Council Turnout	Undervoting
D1	44,508	16,693	37.5%	13,090	29.4%	21.6%
D2	35,108	10,663	30.4%	8,479	24.2%	20.5%
D3	42,736	13,400	31.4%	10,205	23.9%	23.8%
D4	28,845	10,205	35.4%	8,470	29.4%	17.0%
D5	59,231	26,434	44.6%	21,252	35.9%	19.6%
D6	67,835	20,730	30.6%	15,396	22.7%	25.7%
D7	54,753	24,696	45.1%	19,522	35.7%	21.0%
D8	55,377	26,743	48.3%	21,538	38.9%	19.5%
D9	65,809	25,231	38.3%	20,448	31.1%	19.0%
D10	63,516	34,345	54.1%	27,927	44.0%	18.7%
Total	517,718	209,140	40.4%	166,327	32.1%	20.5%
Mayor	517,718	209,140	40.4%	175,165	33.8%	16.2%
Rail	508,933	204,913	40.3%	189,852	37.3%	7.3%