Votes Cast in the 2015 City Council Primary

Together the six winners in the Asheville City Council primary gained 70.5% of all votes cast: 8,580 voters (choosing up to three candidates each) made 24,061 individual candidate choices; the six garnered 16,964 of those.

Altogether 12.78% of eligible voters (8,580 out of 67,125) went to the polls. That’s a slight increase from previous municipal primary elections, which had shown a steady decline over the past three election cycles.

2015
Registered voters:     67,125
Ballots cast:     8,580
Turnout:     12.78%

2013
Registered voters:     67,676
Ballots cast:     6,079
Turnout:     8.98%

2011
Registered voters:     64,971
Ballots cast:     6,575
Turnout:     10.12%

2009
Registered voters:     64,061
Ballots cast:     7,152
Turnout:     11.16%