Brookline 2012 Election: The Analysis
In yesterday's Presidential Election, 69.6 of the town's registered voters turned out, a smaller percentage than in 2008--although a slightly larger population.
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Brookline 2012 Election: The Analysis
In yesterday's Presidential Election, 69.6 of the town's registered voters turned out, a smaller percentage than in 2008--although a slightly larger population.
Brookline voted in yesterday's election, and the larger results are well-known by now: Following Yesterday's Barack Obama was re-elected President, Elizabeth Warren won the U.S. senate seat, Joe Kennedy III picked up the fourth congressional district seat and Watertown's Marilyn Pettito Devaney retained her Governor's Council Seat. However, the (unofficial) numbers released earlier on the town Clerk's website show some interesting things about the town when compared to other election days--specifically the Sept. 6 primaries, and the 2008 Presidential elections. Of Brookline's 40,373 voters, 28,100 showed up to vote yesterday--about 69.6 percent. A large increase compared to the primaries just two months ago, when less than 15 percent of …
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Town Election: Selectmen Results - Daly and Benka Re-elected
2011 Town Election had a low turnout, but the incumbent selectmen retained their seats.
Town Election results, an unofficial version, have been released. Both incumbent Selectman candidates, Dick Benka and Nancy Daly, have been re-elected. The initial results show that Benka scored just over 43% of the vote and 45% went to Daly. Of the over 35,800 voters registered in Brookline, only about 2,800 voters cast their votes by the time polls closed. We will post full results for all elected positions in the morning.
Bill Davidson
10:30 am on Wednesday, May 4, 2011
These results were easy to predict and therefore wholly dissatisfying and disappointing. Our town government has long been presided over by an elite clique of residents. Outsiders, despite how well-meaning, never stand a chance. They only succeed when they are allowed to join the ranks of the initiated. Candidates are not judged simply on their merits, only by the number of friends they make in … more ›