Alaska’s City of Fairbanks Mayor David Pruhs, a Republican, conceded to Mindy O’Neall, a Democrat, in the mayoral election on Tuesday night.
According to unofficial election night results made available by the city of Fairbanks, O’Neall received 1,808 votes (54 percent) and Pruhs received 1,528 votes (45.7 percent).
The ballot in mayoral elections in Fairbanks does not list party affiliations next to candidates’ names, but Republicans have held the role in Fairbanks for nearly a decade.
That turnout is depressing.
Seems on par with local council elections in the UK.
My town is about the same size as this “city” and the turnout is pretty similar.
People are pretty disconnected with politics in general. The national elections only get half-decent turnout because they spend tens of millions on ad campaigns before it.
Local politics. Eh I usually don’t bother.
It’s not that depressing.
Local election turnout is single digit to ~15% in big cities. It’s higher in rural areas, but still well below state and federal races.
15-20% is normal for a local election in Fairbanks, from what I read. So this would be higher than most population centers but low end of normal for this electorate.
32000 people in the city, so that’s like… 10%?
Crazy low
Turnout was 15% per a local journalist’s blog. That’s lower than the 15-20% it normally is, but not crazy low.