I was curious about the election results in Armory Park (precinct 45) so I went to the city website and extracted the following information:
Precinct 045
REGISTERED VOTERS – TOTAL 1,197
BALLOTS CAST – TOTAL 247
BALLOTS CAST – NONPARTISAN 0
BALLOTS CAST – Democrat 228 92.31%
BALLOTS CAST – Republican 15 6.07%
BALLOTS CAST – Libertarian 0 0%
BALLOTS CAST – Green 4 1.62%
BALLOTS CAST – BLANK 2 0.81%
VOTER TURNOUT – TOTAL 20.63%
VOTER TURNOUT – BLANK 0.17%
********** (Democrat) **********
Council Member Ward 6
(VOTE FOR) 1
KOZACHIK, STEVE 221 97.36%
WRITE-IN 6 2.64%
********** (Republican) **********
Council Member Ward 6
(VOTE FOR) 1
RODRIGUEZ, MARIANO 13 92.86%
WRITE-IN 1 7.14%
********** (Libertarian) **********
Council Member Ward 6
(VOTE FOR) 1
WRITE-IN 0 0%
********** (Green) **********
Council Member Ward 6
(VOTE FOR) 1
CEASE, MIKE 4 100%
OATMAN, MICHAEL 0 0%
WRITE-IN 0 0%
Precinct 45 is larger than Armory Park. It extends roughly from Broadway to 22nd and from I-10 to the railroad tracks. So these figures include the barrios and some residents to our south. These people are residents of our extended neighborhood and seem to share our political orientation.
Voter turnout in uncontested primaries is always low, about 20% in this case. The turnout for Steve Kozachik is particularly significant here. He needed no votes to advance to the general election, nevertheless, 221 voters made the effort to cast a ballot for him. The bad news: there are probably less than half of Precinct 45 residents registered to vote and only about 20% voted. The good news: 93% of voters chose Steve.
I hope and expect that this level of support will continue into the general election.
