Some Milwaukee Neighborhoods Reported Unusually High Election Turnout
By Petr Svab
November 25, 2020 Updated: November 25, 2020
Some 13,000 fewer people voted in Milwaukee in the 2020 election, compared to 2016. But in several neighborhoods, the number of ballots cast dramatically increased.
In one city ward, more than 105 percent of the eligible voting population cast ballots, based on demographic data from 2010—the most recent the city makes available. Another four wards had turnout over 92 percent.
Wisconsin is one of the states where President Donald Trump is contesting the results, which show his opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, ahead by some 20,000 votes in unofficial results.
Milwaukee, a city of nearly 600,000, is divided into more than 300 wards, each reporting election results for its residents.
Ward 235 recorded 1,768 votes of which 1,391 were for Biden and 339 for Trump. But the ward only had a voting-eligible population of 1,680, according to the Milwaukee city election commission demographic data, which matches the 2010 census results.
It’s possible the ward’s population has increased in recent years. It does sport several new apartment buildings and reports over 2,100 registered voters. But voter registrations don’t necessarily reflect how many people actually live there. Most commonly, many voters don’t cancel their registrations when they move.
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