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%