A substantial share of Portland residents who voted in last week’s election left their preference for mayor or City Council entirely blank.

Ballot in question:

Mayor:

District 1:

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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    22 hours ago

    The difference is, prior to this election, city council seats were chosen in city wide elections.

    Now each of the four districts are guaranteed 3 seats. That’s the #1 reason we voted to change our system of government.

    But you can’t look at prior elections because those didn’t work the same way, the districts didn’t exist then.

    So, in 2020, one council seat was up for election:

    https://www.portland.gov/auditor/elections/city-election-results/2020-city-elections-results

    Mingus Mapps - 187,386 - 55.59%
    Chloe Eudaly - 146,399 - 43.43%
    Write-In - 3,376 - 0.97%
    Total Votes Cast - 337,061 - 100.00%

    So across the entire city, 337,061 votes cast.

    In 2024, if you total up all the votes for all the candidates in Districts 1-4…

    https://www.portland.gov/auditor/elections/city-election-prelim-results

    Looking just at the first round of voting assuming 1 vote per person equals the most accurate count of total votes:

    District 1 - 23,189 votes across 16 candidates + write ins.
    District 2 - 41,908 - 22 candidates + write ins
    District 3 - 46,039 - 30 candidates + write ins
    District 4 - 45,044 - 30 candidates + write ins
    Total votes, all candidates, 156,180

    So that’s 46.33% of the votes of the 2020 election.