You Ask, Patch Answers: Which Precinct Has The Worst Voter Turnout?
Only 6% of registered voters headed to the polls for the Massachusetts Primary in three of the town's 18 precincts.
Town Meeting member Kim Poness, of Precinct 18, asked Framingham Patch if precinct-by-precinct vote total were available for Thursday's primary election in Massachusetts.
The Framingham Town Clerk's Office released those numbers Friday.
Precincts:
- 1 - 342 voters - 12% of voters
- 2 - 332 - 13%
- 3 - 237 - 10%
- 4 - 293 - 11%
- 5 - 298 - 12%
- 6 - 285 - 11%
- 7 - 260 - 11%
- 8 - 274 - 12%
- 9 - 142 - 8%
- 10 - 101 - 6%
- 11 - 306 - 11%
- 12 - 155 - 12%
- 13 - 200 - 11%
- 14 - 130 - 9%
- 15 - 171 - 11%
- 16 - 60 - 7%
- 17 - 67 - 6%
- 18 - 83 - 6%
For a precinct-by-precinct breakdown, including how many registered voters took a Green Party, Democrat or Republican ballot see the chart uploaded to this report.
Kim Poness
7:09 pm on Friday, September 7, 2012
Oh my - that is dismal! But thank you for posting.
Bryan Corrigan
11:15 am on Saturday, September 8, 2012
As a reader it would be really helpful to my knowledge to have you post a picture/map of the precincts with the numbers. While I know where my voting station is and vote the map would help me understand the real meaning of what information you are presenting.
Ned Price
6:12 pm on Sunday, September 9, 2012
Precinct 17 on the Southeast side is largely low income and minority and immigrant residents Precenct10 along Route 9 is largely rental apartments and Precinct 18 on the Southwest side has many immigrant residents