[RP TownTalk] Election Results

[Lou King]

All those points are valid and move the numbers around, but no matter 
how you adjust the numbers the lack participation is abyssal.

So on average do we have 6 people per household (2 voters and 4 kids)? 
That would make the 2,447 look better. But no, that number is inflated 
by all of Sarah's ex-neighbors, so we need even more kids. So we clean 
up the rolls and participation looks better, but disenfranchised is 
worse.  I'm not sure there is a way to dress up this sows ear. Either 
the % of eligible residents that are registered is low, or the % of 
registered voters that do vote is low, or both. No matter how you fudge 
the numbers there seems to be a lot of residents that are abulic. But 
Riverdale Park is not alone. But I live here.

Lou

Lou King wrote:
> Another result of the election that the "Post" article pointed out was 
> the lack of candidates. The lack of voters didn't merit a comment even 
> though they reported Ward 6 as 19-to-9 victory for Allen-Smith (can we 
> call that a 2:1 landslide?).
>
> One of the things I saw in the election was: In Riverdale, 6,600 
> residents, there are only 2,447 registered voters on the book and only 
> 503 of those took time to vote. 1/3 are registered, and 1/5 of those 
> voted. This is a record?
>
> Even looking at it by ward doesn't make the picture any better.  Take 
> Ward 1. ~1,100 residents, 709 registered, 208 voters. Less than 20% of 
> the residents voted in a contested race. Less than a third of the 
> registered voters participated.
>
> On the other hand there are 8 people in Ward 5 that should get some kind 
> of an award! No ward candidate, an uncontested mayoral election and they 
> show up!
>
> Lou
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