Final Voter Turnout in Durham: 23%

Only 23 percent of registered voters in Durham showed up at the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in off-year races such as Board of Finance and the Planning & Zoning Commission.

While this is not an uncommon voter turnout rate for many towns in Connecticut, it appears it is actually among the lowest in recent elections — including the off-year 2009 election. (Off-year means there was no first selectman's race, since that race is on a four-year cycle and not a two-year cycle).

According to the most recent results, 1,187 people voted in Durham on Tuesday out of 5,074 registered voters. This put the final voter turnout rate at 23.39 percent.

By comparison, the turnout in 2009 was 40 percent, according to the results posted on the town's website. 

The last municipal election in 2011 — in which incumbent First Selectman Laura Francis beat challenger Roger Kleeman — the turnout was 44 percent. And in 2012 the presidential election drew a 64 percent voter turnout rate for Durham.

The biggest race, however, was the gubernatorial race in 2010: nearly 70 percent of registered voters showed up to the polls.

See more records stretching back to the early 2000s here.