Well, it's poor for local elections, and OK for Presidential elections. But, Presidents don't plow snow, respond to fires, protect the community, keep our parks functioning, set local property taxes, sales taxes etc.
We have another local election coming up in April 2013.
Look at these figures for the recent (November) Presidential election and the local city election this past April.
Presidential election Nov 2012
Registered voters (total city) 42,344
Total voted 30,718 72.54%
Ward 1 Registered 11,030 Voted 8,297
Ward 2 Registered 10,256 Voted 7,022
Ward 3 Registered 10,598 Voted 7,969
Ward 4 Registered 10,460 Voted 7,430
City election April 2012
Registered voters (total city) 40,105
Total voted 5,229 13.04%
Ward 1 Registered 10,553 Voted 1,634
Ward 2 Registered 9,713 Voted 1,337
Ward 3 Registered 9,977 Voted 978
Ward 4 Registered 9,862 Voted 1,280
The people of Shawnee ought to be ashamed of themselves, for their lack of voting at the last city election.
