The polls are open and the race for mayor will be decided today after the most contentious campaign for City Hall in years. The Boston City Council will also see some new faces, as well as some old familiars.Any comments or observations? How does turnout look so far? What's the word on the street? This thread will be open all day for comments on the election (but let's keep it factual and civil, not biased and inflammatory).
Here is a look at the names on today's ballot. Here is where to find the location of your polling place. Here is the Globe's election coverage.
15 comments:
Jim
Thanks for putting up the thread. As of the 9AM split, looks like a 30% turnout for 8PM or about 105,000 votes citywide. Eastie is trending towards a 32% turnout (roughly 4000 votes).
Wards 7 (South Boston), 8 (Roxbury), 16 (Mattapan/Dorchester) and 18 (Hyde Park) are showing signs of the most significant growth from the preliminary while Wards 19 (Jamaica Plain), 20, 21, and 22 (Allston/Brighton and West Roxbury) are showing the least
Stay tuned.
Jim
Looks like the 9AM Projections will hold as of 12PM - still looks like a 30% turnout citiwide (105,000 - 107,000 votes)with the most activity since 9AM in Ward 3 (North End), Ward 18 (Hyde Park), Ward 20 (Roslindale), and Ward 22.
Eastie is voting ahead of the citiwide turnout and may get into the mid 4K range (35%) for voter turnout.
More to follow after 3pm
A 30% turnout for a mayoral election is a disgrace. That means seven out of 10 registered voters cant take five minutes every four years to go and vote?.
You get the government you deserve,and apparently East Boston doesnt think it deserves much.
I voted at Ward 1, Precinct 12 -- the Orient Height Yacht Club -- at 3:40 and I cast the 337th ballot of the day there. It was rather quiet.
(Just the messenger here)
3PM Numbers appear to be confirming earlier projections of a roughly 30% turnout citywide (i.e. no significant change) - 105,000 to 107,000 Voter turnout. Probably a good early sign for the Menino Campaign.
In the District 1 race, both East Boston and Charlestown are voting at a rate consistent with the citywide turnout while the North End is voting at about 5% under- probably the sign of a very strong finish by District One Councilor LaMattina.
More to follow after 6PM ...gotta go vote!
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Turnout Prediction at 6PM is 103564 votes Citywide - 29.79% turnout. Heavier voting in Wards 1 (East Boston), 7 (South Boston), 16 and 17 (Dorchester), 18 (Hyde Park), 19 (Jamaica Plain), and 20 (Roslindale West Roxbury); Lighter voting in North End, Beacon Hill South End and Allston Brighton.
Prediction for Mayor: Menino by 12 points (55% to 43%)
Prediction for District One City Council: LaMattina by 53 Points (75% to 22%)
East Boston Turnout: 4746 votes
North End/Waterfront Downtown Turnout: 5482 Votes
Charlestown Turnout: 3637 Votes
Dear Lord it's a dead-heat at 8:50 pm! I never woulda thunk it...
Menino wins!! The streets of east boston have been very clean in the last couple of weeks, which includes the weekends, now that menino won the election it's back to the basics dirty streets.
was it me or was Yoon visibily absent from the Flaherty concession speech last night? I thought they were running mates or something? Gotta say he is a real profile in courage! Maybe he was concerned about having also made history last night - you know, Menino - Only Mayor to be elected to 5 terms; Pressley, first black woman elected to the city council; Yoon - the only candidate to ever lose a mayoral race twice....in the same year.
Bye Sam, we hardly knew ya.
OK, time to stop with personal references to people who aren't public figures and who aren't currently posting comments. I'm going to delete such references.
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