See the Library Trustees Precinct by Precinct, and Voter Turnout by Precinct

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Town of Watertown

A map of Watertown's Districts: Peach is A, Red is B, Lime Green is C, Green is D.

Town of Watertown

A map of Watertown’s Districts: Peach is A, Red is B, Lime Green is C, Green is D.

Leanne Hammonds won the race for Library Trustees by more than 500 votes, and got a lot of help from two precincts. See how each of the four candidates fared in each precinct.

With 2,536 votes, Hammonds won all 12 precincts in Watertown and got more than 300 votes in precinct 7 and 8 and won the precincts by 90 and 46 votes respectively.

Second place finisher Michael Hanlon narrowly beat Daniel Pritchard, who won the third and final spot. Hanlon did better than Pritchard in eight precincts (1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12) while Pritchard was ahead in four, precincts 3, 4, 5, and 8.

Fourth place finisher Davide Breakstone had good showing in a few precincts. In precincts 4 and 8 he got the second most votes. He got 259 votes in 4, just 15 fewer than Hammonds, and received 264 votes in 8. In 5 and 6 Breakstone finished third, ahead of Hanlon in 5 and above Pritchard in 6.

Library Trustee Race Precinct by Precinct
Precinct Hammonds Pritchard Hanlon Breakstone
1 122 88 116 69
2 165 146 150 101
3 217 202 151 125
4 274 226 196 259
5 207 182 163 176
6 166 99 145 126
7 308 213 218 173
8 313 232 215 264
9 158 121 132 111
10 236 188 231 124
11 188 141 145 122
12 182 109 132 88
total 2536 1947 1994 1738
Voter Turnout

The total turnout in Tuesday’s election was lower than the previous two Town Elections. Some precincts had more than a quarter of voters cast ballots, while less than one-in-six voters came out in others.

This year the total turnout was 4,758, or 20.23 percent. In 2015, the turnout was 4,585 (20.48 percent) and in 2013 4,780 Watertown residents voted, 21.26 percent.

Precinct 7 had the highest voter turnout by number – 563 – and turnout rate – with 27.34 percent of registered voters casting ballots. Close behind was precinct 8 where 543 residents voter, for a 26.6 percent turnout. Precinct 4 had 534 residents vote, for a turnout of 26.5 percent.

On the flip side, only 233 voters – 13.2 percent – cast ballots in precinct 1. Precinct 9 had a 15.72 percent turnout, with 281 ballots cast. Precinct 2 had 311 ballots cast (16.31 percent) and precinct 6 had 319 residents vote (16.91 percent).

Voter Turnout by Precinct
Precinct Registered Voters Ballots Cast Precinct Turnout
1 1,763 233 13.20%
2 1,907 311 16.31%
3 1,971 374 18.98%
4 2,015 534 26.50%
5 1,934 412 21.30%
6 1,886 319 16.91%
7 2,059 563 27.34%
8 2,041 543 26.60%
9 1,787 281 15.72%
10 2,553 520 20.37%
11 1,819 341 18.75%
12 1,786 327 18.31%
total 23,521 4,758 20.23%

 

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    • Under state law, city elections are held in odd-numbered years, and state & federal elections are held in even-numbered years.

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