Wednesday, November 13, 2013

City Election Turnout Is At Statewide Median

According to the Secretary of the State's office, our city's election turnout of 33.12% was 87th best of the 165 towns and cities with elections this year.

Statewide, the turnout was 31.43%, the highest was Bridgewater's 77.39% and the lowest was Hartford's 5.21%

The full press release is below the jump.



Hartford: Secretary of the State Denise Merrill today released voter turnout numbers from the 2013 Municipal Elections which showed that overall, the statewide voter turnout among registered voters in Connecticut was 31.43%.  The town with the highest voter turnout for the municipal offices was Bridgewater, where 77.39% of registered voters cast ballots.  The municipality with the lowest voter turnout was Hartford, where only 5.21% of registered voters cast ballots.  A complete listing of turnout among towns that held elections on November 5, 2013 follows at the end of this news release. 

“Municipal elections usually have lower turnout figures than state or Presidential elections, even though the impact of the decisions made by those elected to local government is huge in the community,” said Secretary Merrill, Connecticut’s chief elections official.  “Many races were decided by just a handful of votes, and we had a number of recounts as a result, which shows once again how important it is to do your civic duty and cast a ballot.  I also want to praise our local election officials for accommodating all of the new voters in Connecticut who used their new right to register and vote on Election Day.  From everything we are hearing Election Day registration went very smoothly in 2013, and we look forward to even more voters being welcomed into the democratic process next year.”

The following reflects numbers reported to the Secretary of the State’s Office.  The column labeled (AB) represents the number of Absentee Ballots counted on Election Day.  The column labeled (EDR) represents the number of Election Day Registration ballots counted.

2013 Municipal Elections Voter Turnout Statistics

TOWN
Total Names on Registry List
Total Names Checked as Voting
Turnout Percentage
AB
EDR
Bridgewater
1331
1030
77.39%


Warren
1003
573
57.13%
21
11
Sharon
1740
983
56.49%
116

Cornwall
985
532
54.01%


Sprague
1732
922
53.23%

12
New Hartford
4573
2311
50.54%

30
East Haven
15176
7658
50.46%


Hampton
1193
596
49.96%


Harwinton
4059
2015
49.64%


Sherman
2600
1275
49.04%
126
9
Orange
10330
5014
48.54%
241
40
Wolcott
11233
5429
48.33%
254
35
Goshen
2172
1048
48.25%


Beacon Falls
3858
1861
48.24%


Killingworth
4266
2054
48.15%


Middlefield
3213
1545
48.09%

5
Derby
6555
3090
47.14%

11
Westport
16994
7961
46.85%

34
Morris
1697
786
46.32%

4
Prospect
6220
2872
46.17%


Bozrah
1709
786
45.99%

7
Woodbury
6770
3098
45.76%


Bolton
3336
1523
45.65%

5
Easton
5176
2351
45.42%


Cheshire
18706
8375
44.77%
367

Stafford
7543
3374
44.73%
169
20
Pomfret
2520
1123
44.56%

4
Roxbury
1695
750
44.25%


Wallingford
25256
11163
44.20%

43
Bethlehem
2782
1228
44.14%

6
West Haven
29147
12813
43.96%


Haddam
5860
2565
43.77%

9
Brookfield
9769
4274
43.75%
185
15
Ansonia
9790
4246
43.37%


Canterbury
3376
1451
42.98%


Clinton
9213
3937
42.73%


Branford
18140
7701
42.45%

23
Westbrook
4201
1779
42.35%
72
8
North Stonington
3778
1584
41.93%


Thomaston
4818
2008
41.68%
67
9
Salisbury
2940
1197
40.71%

15
Trumbull
24401
9852
40.38%


Guilford
14804
5949
40.19%

25
Monroe
11778
4716
40.04%

15
East Granby
3477
1384
39.80%


Simsbury
16096
6403
39.78%


Granby
7106
2805
39.47%

8
Stonington
12459
4916
39.46%


Washington
2403
948
39.45%
50
4
Chaplin
1355
525
38.75%

2
Redding
6987
2694
38.56%


New Britain
25211
9568
37.95%

164
Norwalk
44407
16781
37.79%

81
East Hampton
8426
3181
37.75%
95
20
Bethel
24181
9124
37.73%
156

Sterling
2150
811
37.72%


Oxford
8552
3225
37.71%

10
Greenwich
32152
11934
37.12%

40
Suffield
8390
3110
37.07%

15
Winchester
6837
2521
36.87%
76
16
Southbury
13773
5078
36.87%


Salem
2773
1022
36.86%


Shelton
23821
8686
36.46%


Essex
4620
1675
36.26%


Lebanon
4666
1689
36.20%
46
6
Windsor Locks
7387
2666
36.09%


Lisbon
2608
938
35.97%

5
Milford
33275
11927
35.84%


Somers
6384
2273
35.60%
72
11
Stamford
60604
21441
35.38%

61
Rocky Hill
11563
4030
34.85%


Hamden
33475
11649
34.80%


Newington
17329
6030
34.80%

24
Putnam
5159
1785
34.60%


Torrington
18985
6531
34.40%

30
Canaan
759
260
34.26%
8
3
Plymouth
7494
2567
34.25%


Avon
11939
4089
34.25%

22
Thompson
5321
1817
34.15%

8
Columbia
3562
1216
34.14%


Colchester
10105
3448
34.12%

10
Southington
25824
8749
33.88%

41
Willington
3574
1192
33.35%

5
Franklin
1212
404
33.33%


Bristol
33255
11021
33.14%


Middletown
22053
7303
33.12%


Stratford
31877
10556
33.11%

40
Danbury
34286
11304
32.97%

36
Vernon
15746
5149
32.70%


Cromwell
9304
3042
32.70%

21
Berlin
12891
4214
32.69%


New Fairfield
9569
3090
32.29%


Tolland
9409
3037
32.28%
62
5
South Windsor
15780
5091
32.26%


North Haven
15342
4918
32.06%

10
Weston
6674
2134
31.97%
112
22
Madison
13347
4262
31.93%


Griswold
6676
2123
31.80%


Burlington
6117
1941
31.73%

5
Deep River
3143
994
31.63%
36
4
North Branford
8925
2781
31.16%


Brooklyn
4754
1464
30.80%


Kent
1935
584
30.18%
27

Farmington
17246
5204
30.18%

22
Darien
12249
3659
29.87%


East Haddam
5767
1722
29.86%
48
5
Wethersfield
17282
5155
29.83%

12
Seymour
9518
2825
29.68%


Enfield
21698
6426
29.62%


Watertown
14434
4272
29.60%

37
Eastford
1176
347
29.51%


Fairfield
36839
10775
29.25%


New Haven
72278
21120
29.22%

202
Marlborough
4159
1204
28.95%

3
East Lyme
12047
3457
28.70%


Barkhamsted
2646
747
28.23%


Naugatuck
17507
4903
28.01%

35
Preston
3239
907
28.00%


Montville
9792
2723
27.81%


West Hartford
38826
10727
27.63%


Manchester
28876
7889
27.32%


Coventry
7620
2069
27.15%


Windsor
20264
5490
27.09%
268
20
Portland
5932
1593
26.85%


Meriden
29416
7887
26.81%


Groton
19082
5106
26.76%


Mansfield
11269
3010
26.71%


New Canaan
13132
3481
26.51%


Plainville
10599
2795
26.37%


Norfolk
1131
297
26.26%
15

Old Lyme
6068
1591
26.22%

4
Newtown
17346
4438
25.59%


Ellington
9594
2415
25.17%


East Windsor
3827
959
25.06%
14
2
Litchfield
6405
1567
24.47%

2
Ledyard
9006
2199
24.42%

12
Old Saybrook
7448
1818
24.41%

5
Bloomfield
12772
3094
24.22%


Windham
10981
2653
24.16%


Glastonbury
21803
5266
24.15%


Ridgefield
16681
4020
24.10%

11
Ashford
2808
671
23.90%


Durham
5074
1187
23.39%
46
3
New Milford
18370
4290
23.35%
61

Norwich
19796
4573
23.10%

23
Waterbury
56470
12732
22.55%

39
North Canaan
1968
440
22.36%
15
5
Hartland
1534
339
22.10%

1
Middlebury
5195
1124
21.64%

3
Hebron
6426
1388
21.60%
30

Waterford
12810
2712
21.17%

9
New London
14245
2986
20.96%


Voluntown
1643
320
19.48%


Canton
6973
1349
19.35%
42
3
Colebrook
1079
206
19.09%


Woodstock
4983
927
18.60%


East Hartford
26920
4894
18.18%


Killingly
9222
1636
17.74%


Lyme
1782
276
15.49%

1
Scotland
1107
171
15.45%


Chester
2444
346
14.16%

1
Plainfield
8652
1070
12.37%


Bridgeport
70322
8161
11.61%


Wilton
11463
1320
11.52%

6
Hartford
47031
2449
5.21%








Total Statewide Turnout
2020194
634875
31.43%


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