Politics & Government
Portsmouth Saw Strong Voter Turnout
Overall turnout was 78 percent and Ward 2 saw an 82 percent turnout on Election Day,
City ward officials knew Tuesday's election would certainly attract more voters than what they saw during the September primary, but the actual high pace they witnessed even surprised them.
According to official election results released by the Portsmouth City Clerk's office on Wednesday afternoon, the city had an overall voter turnout of 78 percent. Ward 2 saw an 82 percent voter turnout and the other wards threatened the 80 percent mark.
City numbers show the Tuesday election that pitted President Obama against Republican candidate Mitt Romney and newly-elected NH Governor Maggie Hassan against Republican candidate Ovide Lamontagne and newly-elected Congresswoman Carol-Shea Porter against U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta, R-NH, drew 14,506 registered voters. There were also 2,538 new registered voters, which brought the total voters to more than 17,000.
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More than 13,200 ballots were cast and Ward 2 saw the highest number of ballots cast with 3,013. Below is a chart that shows what Portsmouth's election day voter turnout.
City's voter turnout Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4 Ward 5 Total Registered voters 2,952 2,970 2,815 2,634 3,138 14,506 New registered voters 583 692 423 462 378 2,538 Total voters 3,535 3,662 3,238 3,096 3,516 17,047 Ballots cast 2,632 3,013 2,533 2,343 2,694 13,215 Percentage voted 74% 82% 78% 76% 77% 78%Find out what's happening in Portsmouthfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
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