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Auggie

(31,798 posts) Tue May 8, 2018, 06:52 PM May 2018

May 9th 2018 Election: Cuyahoga County voter turnout at 19.5 percent

CLEVELAND, Ohio - About 20 percent of registered voters in Cuyahoga County have cast a ballot in the primary election as of 5 p.m., according to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections.

Officials had predicted a turnout of just under 30 percent.

According to the most recent update, 71,894 absentee ballots have been cast compared to 100,625 at polling places.

More than twice as many Democrats as Republicans have voted.

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/05/cuyahoga_county_voter_turnout.html#incart_big-photo

The Dem vs Repuke number is good news, I guess. But 19.5%? Good grief, Cleveland ...

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May 9th 2018 Election: Cuyahoga County voter turnout at 19.5 percent (Original Post) Auggie May 2018 OP

Not sure if it's ohio or just common for these elections. CincyDem May 2018 #1

Sounds like very good news with 2-1 democrats to Republucans Tiggeroshii May 2018 #2

CincyDem

(6,935 posts)

1. Not sure if it's ohio or just common for these elections.

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Tue May 8, 2018, 06:54 PM

May 2018

Cincinnati's mayor (a total dweeb) got elected in an election with 16.5% turnout. And it was close. So 8.25% of registered voters put him in office.

Welcome to democracy...it belongs to those who show up.

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)

2. Sounds like very good news with 2-1 democrats to Republucans

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Tue May 8, 2018, 06:58 PM

May 2018

Hopefully we see more of that in other trump states.

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