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December 8, 2009

2009 Mass. Senate Primary Results

Filed under: Election Results — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , — Bob LeLievre @ 11:40 pm

Here are some results of the 12/8/2009  Mass. Senate Primary, by Bob LeLievre (email:  boblelievre@gmail.com).  This post contains the town-by-town numbers for candidate results and turnout.  I don’t have access to detailed polling results, so I can’t offer any insight into the demographic profiles of candidates’ support.  For that, you can check out all the pundits’ opinions.  What I can do is offer some insights and highlights from poring over the raw data, something that really isn’t done in Massachusetts, or at least made public.  As always, I post all my raw number (see link below), in the interest of making public records more public and elections more transparent.

12/9/09 updates:

  • Added turnout, candidate vote totals by county.
  • Added statewide turnout counts for past 24 years.
  • Added % of voters voting in Republican vs. Democratic primaries in past 20 years.
CANDIDATE RESULTS (more…)

December 3, 2009

Boston 2009 Election Turnout Demographics

Filed under: demographics, Election Results — Tags: , , , , — Bob LeLievre @ 1:39 pm

- by Bob LeLievre, boblelievre@gmail.com, last updated 12/3/2009

Here’s an update on turnout rate vs. demographic group in Boston.  This post includes info about the 2009 primary and general elections.

You may find this info useful because it difficult to find detailed information about from low turnout elections; such as off-year municipal elections and or various primary elections.   You’ll find lots of data from pollster and media sources for high turnout elections, such as even-year November elections.  People who know about it don’t publish it.  I think this info is important because most elected officials get their start by winning one of those low turnout-elections for city council, state legislator, etc.  So to win a low-turnout election, it’s very important to understand the turnout details.

Highlights:

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November 5, 2009

Boston 2009 General Election: Complete Numbers – Turnout, Mayor, City Council

Filed under: Election Results — Tags: , , , , — Bob LeLievre @ 7:44 pm

Here  is my summary of the Boston 2009 General election results.  I include analysis of the turnout, Mayor’s race, and at-large City Council race.  I summarize the results from a neighborhood perspective, not by wards, since almost everyone can identify with a neighborhood name more easily than a ward number.

The Turnout:

Here’s a link to the turnout counts and rates by neighborhood:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tizoE2JMGeIrVUBMilOXerw&single=true&gid=0&output=html

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November 4, 2009

First look at Boston 2009 General Turnout – Turnout and Mayor’s Race

Filed under: Election Results — Tags: , , , — Bob LeLievre @ 2:16 pm

Here  is my first take on the results of the turnout and Mayor’s race in the Boston 2009 general election.  I summarize the results from a neighborhood perspective, not by wards, since almost everyone can identify with a neighborhood name more easily than a ward number.

I’ll have a city council at-large results summary tomorrow.

The Turnout:

Here’s a link to the turnout counts and rates by neighborhood.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tizoE2JMGeIrVUBMilOXerw&single=true&gid=0&output=html

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November 3, 2009

Initial Boston 2009 General Election Results

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , — Bob LeLievre @ 6:55 pm

Detailed precinct results are usually  available sometime Wednesday morning after Election Day.  Once I receive them, I’ll start my analysis.  The Boston Election Department does not release the data in spreadsheet format, so it requires lots of data entry (254 precincts times the number of candidates).

I hope to have something ready on Wednesday afternoon and full results by sometime on Thursday.   In the meantime, the unofficial results are available from the city at this link:

http://www.cityofboston.gov/elections/currentelections/default.asp

Anyone who has early precinct results can speed up the process by emailing  them to me at:

BobLeLievre@gmail.com

September 28, 2009

Boston 2009 Primary Election – Complete Summary of the Numbers

Filed under: Election Results — Tags: , , , , — Bob LeLievre @ 7:13 pm

Here  is my take on the results of the 2009 primary election in Boston.  I like to look at them from a neighborhood perspective, not by wards, since almost everyone can identify with a neighborhood name more easily than a ward number.   Neighborhoods tend to be more homogeneous in voting patterns and demographics (the book “The clustering of America” explains this well) than wards.  There are lots of numbers here, and since charts don’t format well here, I have links to public Google Docs of all my data:

The Turnout:

Here’s a link to the turnout counts and rates by neighborhood.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArYPkyBtYlUKdDJzcG1mZnd3SF

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