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By The Numbers: About 1 In 4 Escambia Voters Took Part In Primary Election
August 27, 2024
Nearly 1 in 4 registered voters in Escambia County turned out for last week’s 2024 Primary Election.
Of Escambia County’s 198,336 active eligible voters, 48,385 or 24.4% voted, according to the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections.
Nearly 60% of the ballots were cast before election day. There were 15,781 early votes cast and 13,255 that took advantage of early voting and 10 Escambia County locations.
Preliminary data indicates just 22.4% of registered voters statewide participated in the primary election season. That is the lowest turnout during a presidential election year since 2012.
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8 Responses to “By The Numbers: About 1 In 4 Escambia Voters Took Part In Primary Election”
@Bob,
You missed my point entirely, sir, which was that if you do not vote, you have no right to complain since you didn’t participate. It’s kind of like being on the party planning committee but not actually participating in any of the planning then complaining because you don’t like the party. You only have yourself to blame because you chose to stand by and abdicate your potential to help to others.
By the way, the progressive/conservative labels are a large part of the problem. We don’t need either one. We need people with common sense who understand that there are always multiple choices to be made, but the only choices that MUST be made are the ones that solve the most problems, benefit the most people and reflect the values of the majority.
@Just Saying
Voting isn’t exactly leading to change either.
Can you point out a single progressive candidate in Escambia County that has a prayer of a chance of winning?
The only options we have are which flavor of conservative you want in office.
If you don’t vote, you forfeit your right to complain. It’s pretty simple, folks. If you’re unhappy with the way things are, GO VOTE and try to change it. If you want things to start exactly the way they are, DO NOTHING.
a few have been voted out&yes voted back in. all voters please remember what new&incumbents do&have done.
A small minority of voters have determined our collective future (yes, I voted). This is NOT democracy…. far from it. At MINIMUM, We the People deserve open primaries. Even better, ranked choice voting. Republicans will still dominate, but the winners will have to earn it. Democrat, Independent, and NPA voters collectively outnumber Republicans in Escambia but have no voice in their own governance. Imagine yourself a staunch Republican living in a Democrat-dominated area with closed primaries… maybe that helps you understand.
@oversight
Burgy lost because he allowed 9 mile rd and Pine Forest to overbuild and not fix Pine Forest north I-10
Also, slow process of the helo field… Collect the money ,move on, and new taxesfrom what is built… DUH!
Not to mention he never returned my cslls
If you dig deeper into the Election Day numbers, most of the Top 10 locations were in the 9 Mile, Beulah, and Cantonment area. Plus Extension being one of the busiest EV locations. Time for our elected officials to work on having appropriately sized locations to deal with the voters we are processing and to work toward having Election Day voting centers where voters can easily vote. The change in lines sent a lot of people to new but small locations.
Low voter turn out is an incumbent’s dream for reelection in Florida. Most are able to lockout competition and secure a win with less than 50% of the vote in a primary. This should move voters to demand change in the law, and force a runoff of the highest two vote receivers when there is no other qualified party canindadate for the general. It is noted that it doesn’t always workout for incumbents as in Bergosh’s failed reelection bid.