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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Part I : 2019 Primary Final Matchback Analysis

Part I of an  analysis of the FINAL matchback from the Whatcom County 2019 Primary.  The small print requires big screen ideally. Will not display well on cellphones. - RMF

Sunday, August 18, 2019

Predictions for the 2019 General Election: County Council at Large

The charts below represent two twenty column tables that sort by the largest difference of

(1) Maria Cantwell's 2018 GE tally  vs. Carol Frazey 2019 PRI totals.
(2) Susan Hutchison's 2019 GE tally vs Carol Frazey 2019 PRI totals for her three combined Republican opponents. A sum of this type of potential difference of all precincts would give a 13,405 vote difference to Carol Frazey:

  • SCWMCF[,fsum(diff)]  33,425 # Cantwell - Frazey
  • SCWMHC[,fsum(diff)] 20,020 # Hutchison - CombinedR
  • SCWMCF[,fsum(diff)] - SCWMHC[,fsum(diff)]  13,405

This lead could be considered in addition to the 7K Frazey votes finished ahead of  her three combined Republican opponents. There is no intersection between the two sets of 20 precincts below. Clearly, the "all county" races are the Democrats to lose. But can they get all their faithful to vote in an 'off year' or local election? Click to enlarge the charts.

Friday, August 9, 2019

Election Summary: Mostly for Whatcom County but also some state data

Note:Updated some generational demographics  below the break - RMF 08/31/2019 . For more information on demographics from the final Whatcom County matchback see this post.

These are primary turnouts for the last 5 years. Note that 'Registered' here is strictly those voters involved in the Primary election. In odd (local) election years, many counties have partial precinct participation:

Year  Registered BallotsRet TO  LastUpdate
2019 3,967,681 1,173,009 29.56% 08/20/2019 
2018 4,299,309 1,753,545 40.79% 08/21/2018
2017 3,781,977 1,017,946 26.92% 08/15/2017
2016 4,102,624 1,431,058 34.88% 08/16/2016
2015 3,356,735   817,876 24.37% 08/19/2015

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

WA State MatchBack data from 08.05.2019

Below are WA state matchback return information for 08.05.2019 [source].  Official (pre-result) update for the primary can be found here: https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/research/ballot-return-statistics.aspx. My totals are derived from the state issued matchbacks only. These totals will change daily. Totals as of 08.05.2019. I am sticking with the July 17th VRDB totals for total voter 'Count' for this post:

   CountyCode   Count    Accepted   Received Rejected
   Total        4432473  726900     6308    11641


Statewide turnout is at Ballot Statistics was 18.8% as of 08/05/2019 5PM . That will change a lot in the next two reporting days. My data gives it at 16.4% with 726,900 'Accepted' votes. This statistic assumes all counties and precincts are active for this 2019 Primary election and some counties will only have a partial primary. 

   (726900/4432473) * 100
   16.399

I have statewide rejection (challenged ballots) at 1.56% with 11,641 'Rejected' votes.  Please check https://voter.votewa.gov  | 'Ballot Status' to see whether or not your ballot has been 'Accepted'. If you have not voted yet, do so now please:
   
  11641/(726900+6308+11641) * 100
  1.5629

A quick look at the 10 counties with more than 100K registered status active voters shows Spokane,Whatcom and King outdistancing other counties in PCT_Accepted ballots. It also shows Benton county with a comparatively high percentage of rejected ballots.  However, most of these are "undeliverables" which only ten counties are reporting now. See this post here for more information on Challenged Ballots.

Monday, August 5, 2019

Those "SDR", "Signature Does Not Match", "Undeliverable", "Unsigned", Ballot Challenged Blues...

I am publishing some statistics and thoughts I have shared with Benton county and other Democrats recently about Ballot Challenge statuses in this first "Same Day Registration"  election in WA state. The discussion below the break is long and technical and contains hypothetical statements. Here is the "bottom line" for you as a WA voter:
Do not delay any of this. The Election period is over Tuesday.

Thursday, August 1, 2019

WA State MatchBack data from 07.31.2019

Below are WA county return information for 07.31.2019 [source]. Some smaller counties (AS, GA, SM, WK, WT) are not yet reporting.  Those counties may not have 2019 Primary election candidates. These totals will change daily. Totals as of 07.31.2019:

   CountyCode   Count     Accepted Received Rejected
   Total        4432473   506618   5634     10048

Statewide turnout is at 11.43% with 506,618 'Accepted' votes. This statistic assumes all counties and precincts are active for this 2019 Primary election and some counties will only have a partial primary. In addition, 'special filing periods' are now open for unfilled races in certain counties: 

   (506618/4432473) * 100
   11.43

Statewide rejection is at 1.93% with 10,048 'Rejected' votes.  Please check https://voter.votewa.gov  | 'Ballot Status' to see whether or not your ballot has been 'Accepted'. If you have not voted yet, do so now please:
   
  (10048/(506618+5634+10048)) * 100
  1.9238

A quick look at the 10 counties with more than 100K registered status active voters shows Spokane,Whatcom and King outdistancing other counties in PCT_Accepted ballots. It also shows Benton county with a comparatively high percentage of rejected ballots: 





Column Totals represent:
Count    # 07.17.2017 Status Active Voters
Accepted # Ready for Tabulation (e.g. 'Turnout')
Received # On conveyor belt for Accepted/Rejected
Rejected # Challenged Ballots
PCT_Accepted=round(Accepted/Count,3) * 100 (e.g. Turnout PCT)
PCT_reject = round(Rejected/(Accepted+Received+Rejected),3)* 100)


See here for list of County Codes with map.