ELECTION RESULTS, DAY 2: Seattle City Council District 1 gap widens a bit

checkbox.jpgThe second-day election results are out. The end results haven’t changed for anything in our area, but if you’re watching for percentages, here’s how the Seattle City Council District 1 race changed: Lisa Herbold now has 48.55 percent of the vote, up from 47.95% in the first round; Phil Tavel now has 33.62%, down from 33.83%; Brendan Kolding, 17.38%, down from 17.76%. The total number of votes counted so far is 19.537, which is 28.69% of the district’s 68,101 registered voters (today’s count added 4,218 ballots). Next count, tomorrow afternoon.

P.S. A little more history beyond what we noted last night: The August 2015 primary had 29.3% turnout from among the then-registered 60,474 voters; the November 2015 general election had 45.5% turnout.

12 Replies to "ELECTION RESULTS, DAY 2: Seattle City Council District 1 gap widens a bit"

  • Keith August 7, 2019 (4:27 pm)

    Go, Lisa!!

    • heartless August 7, 2019 (6:22 pm)

      Dude, know your audience!  Do you wanna get mobbed in here?!

      Just kidding, but not really.  I, too, appreciate the sanity check.  I am not the biggest fan of Herbold, but she, to me, is the only contender so…

  • Lola August 8, 2019 (9:36 am)

    Don’t you people get it?  If we want change you have to Vote Out the Currant City Council Members or we are just going to keep getting worse and worse outcomes for our city.  They do nothing about the homeless, businesses suffer, people are too scared to even go downtown or out because of all the thefts, and hoodlums that hang around.  Vote out the old and lets gets some new blood into the City Council so we can see some real change.  Thank you for letting me rant. 

    • Ivan Weiss August 8, 2019 (11:42 am)

      @Lola:In case you missed it, all the candidates who based their campaigns on the same fear-driven talking points you just raised — all of them, in every district but one — failed to advance past the primary. And that one trails her incumbent Council Member by 16 percentage points. I don’t think it’s going out on any limb to say that so far, “Safe Seattle” is the big loser in this primary.

    • AMD August 8, 2019 (1:40 pm)

      Only three of the seven incumbents are running again.  You’re going to get “new blood” no matter what.  Why note vote for the most qualified candidate?  Do you believe seven people who cannot articulate a single thing about public policy are going to lead the city in a good direction simply by virtue of being new?  Lisa isn’t my favorite, but the other two candidates are a mess.   

  • Chris August 8, 2019 (3:00 pm)

    Sad to see less than 30% of registered voters can be bothered to vote.  With Washington’s mail in ballot system and 2+ weeks to respond it really doesn’t get any easier.  Sure there are always those that forget or misplace their ballot but how we don’t get 90%+ voting speaks to the complacency of the voting public and lack of general civil engagement.

    • heartless August 8, 2019 (3:24 pm)

      Chris, yeah, I guess.  But getting above 90 percent of eligible voters to vote has never really happened, in any country, like ever.  So I while I agree that voter turnout is pretty dismal (both here and in the United States in general), at this point I’d settle for something like 70% of eligible folks voting.      

    • CAM August 8, 2019 (3:30 pm)

      Agreed. While I don’t think that making voting mandatory is the answer a system like Australia’s has its benefits. 

      • WSB August 8, 2019 (3:45 pm)

        Turnout’s up to 35 percent with the latest count. Separate D-1 update to come.

        • CAM August 8, 2019 (5:35 pm)

          I saw that and was surprised but excited it had jumped so much in a day. 

  • Kathy August 8, 2019 (6:03 pm)

    Whoever stole my Herbold and Klobuchar yard signs, you gave yourself bad karma.  You know who you are.

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