The library pattern shows higher opposition in the east and strongest support in the center (right around the library) and in the west, but it is noteworthy that in the 9 years between the first vote and the second one, the regional differences dropped sharply: extremes of 97% and 44% (a 53 point gap) in 2007 fell to 72% and 58% (a 14 point gap). The regional patterns tend to endure in both, despite shifts in margin. For the library, this is a slightly smaller margin than the 69%:31% in the 2007 millage. The millages both passed by significant margins: 72%:28% for the school millage and 65%:35% for the library millage.įor the schools this is a smaller margin than the 79%:21% in the 2015 Non-Homestead millage, (this was not a new tax and not one that affected homeowners, though not all voters knew that) but a bigger margin than the 69%:31% margin in the 2012 Bond millage (this had a large price-tag attached to it, though it was also seen by many as a renewal). But it’s always worth keeping in mind that the differences between these Democratic bastions and the least democratic precincts in a place like Ferndale is only about 10%-12% with even the least Democratic precinct still at 70%. Eastern Oak Park is almost equally Democratic, and within the city of Ferndale it is again the south-central precincts of Ferndale that are the most Democratic (with the addition this time of the central precinct 8 which proved unusually Democratic this time). There is no stronger Democratic bastion than the Charter Township of Royal Oak where only one-ONE-voter out of hundreds voted in the Republican Primary. The Charter Township of Royal Oak sometimes has low voter turnout but this summer’s spirited primary election campaign brought its turnout into line with central Ferndale and east Oak Park.Īgain, there is little surprise. Lowest turnout within the city of Ferndale was, as usual, in the eastern precincts, and in the region overall the turnout was lowest in Oak Park’s 12 th precinct. Ferndale, too, got one precinct into the top 20 (Northwest Ferndale’s precinct 1). Pleasant Ridge always does well in the turnout stakes but by my quick calculations this year its turnout was the highest of any community in the county (both of its precincts were in the top 10 in a county of over 500 precincts). So quick news on the Ferndale area voting results.įirst, who voted: The answer, as usual, is the Woodward corridor, with highest turnout in the north.
I hope my Central European friends won’t mind another (and the third that will inevitably follow the Presidential election, if that election campaign doesn’t eat its way through my brain by then). For a blog ostensibly dedicated to Central and Eastern Europe, I’ve been spending a lot of time here on local politics.
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