Voter Turnout in Austin City Council Elections in 2016
I recently completed a study of voter turnout in the 2016
city council elections, comparing voter turnout in 2014 with 2016. As expected,
since “timing is everything” in explanations of voter turnout in municipal
elections, voter turnout increased significantly.
Overall, voter turnout increased by 14.63 percent, which is
less than the most recent difference in voter turnout between a midterm and
presidential election in Texas—an almost 23 percent higher voter turnout. Also,
in both 2014 and 2016, the district with the highest voter turnout was District
10 with nearly 55 percent of registered voters participating. However, the
district with the lowest voter turnout in 2014 was District 6 whereas the
district with the lowest voter turnout in 2016 was District 2 with slightly
more than 37 percent.
Source: Calculated from Travis County Election Results. Percentage of registered voters.
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