Municipal Election Voting Comparison: 2021 vs. 2023
I am just now beginning to analyze the voting patterns of the recent municipal election compared to previous years. There’s a lot more analysis to come, but here’s a quick chart showing histograms of the number of people who voted by age (in 3-year groupings):
Number of people voting in the 2021 vs. 2023 municipal elections
Note, in particular, that the number of people voting in the 24-35 age range jumped considerably, the number of people in the 56-67 age range actually dropped, and the number of people in the 74-82 age range increased considerably. The number of people voting increased from 22,097 to 23,478 (based on available data from the registered voter list and the voter history files).
Here’s the sequence of histograms for 2017 through 2023:
Here are the changes in number of people who voted for 2017 to 2019, 2019 to 2021, and 2021 to 2023:
Feel free to interpret these changes as you see fit. Possible causes are changing demographics, who was targeted by candidates, and specific issues such as bike lanes and the AHO. More to come as the spirit moves me. – RW