We know (most of) the winners now.
But where did the votes come from?
The Chicago Board of Elections has already posted ward by ward breakdowns -- with precinct by precinct numbers beneath!
Computers are an amazing thing.
If you haven't already clicked over to the City site, let's look at some selected races and see where candidates did... and didn't get support.
Subcircuits are spread over a dozen or more wards; many have territory in both city and suburbs. However, there are four or five 'core' wards in each subcircuit with substantial City territory.
Take the 8th Subcircuit, for example. The key wards are 48, 46, 44, 43 and 42. Ann Collins Dole, who won this race, carried roughly 33% in 42, 43, and 46. In the 48th Ward, she had 31.15% of the vote; in the 46th, she received 32.08%. That's a fairly even distribution.
Contrast this to the Morrissey vacancy in the 10th Subcircuit. Diana Kenworthy won this race; she was the slated candidate and hails from the 47th Ward, at the eastern end of this subcircuit. The key wards in the 10th Subcircuit run are 47, 39, 41 and 45. The 41st Ward is on the far Northwest corner of the City. Kenworthy's closest competitor, John G. Mulroe, comes from the 41st Ward.
Unlike the relatively even distribution in the 8th Subcircuit, in the race for the Morrissey vacancy, Kenworthy polled 58.28% of the vote in the 47th Ward, but only 25.87% of the vote in 41. On the other hand, Mulroe received 58.53% of the vote in the 41st Ward -- but only 25.04% of the vote in 47. In the 45th Ward, Mulroe and Kenworthy each pulled close to 40% of the vote -- but in 39 Kenworthy received 41.10% of the vote, about 600 more votes than Mulroe received.
The other two slated candidates in the 10th Subcircuit were appointed Judges James E. Snyder and Kenneth L. Fletcher. But they aren't from 47. Of these four core wards, Fletcher's and Snyder's best percentages came out of 47 -- but these were only 25.54% for Fletcher, 36.01% for Snyder.
Update: the link works... but the numbers seem to have vanished, at least for now. I'll keep looking in....
2 months ago
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Shapiro's campaign manager and IVI-IPO leader, Aviva Patt lives in the 46th Ward. She should have been able to increased that vote for her candidate.
For the record, I live in Logan Square (35th ward).
The interesting thing about the
8th subcircuit vote was how evenly the votes for each candidate were distributed. Although there were small bumps here and there, most candidates received about the same percentage in each ward. This reflects the independence of the
8th subcircuit voters, who are not controlled by the machine, but make up their own minds. We need more voters like them.
Aviva Patt
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