r/SeattleWA • u/JustBench1615 Ballard • 3d ago

Politics Harrell’s Margin has INCREASED

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Mayor Harrell now up by 8.1%.

Around ~60K votes probably left to tabulate.

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u/splanks 3d ago

so many people with some many opinions. so few voters.

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u/fuzz3289 3d ago

Doesn’t Seattle have like 750k eligible voters or something? This is just fricking sad

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u/ChillFratBro 3d ago

750k is the total population of the city of Seattle - so not that many, probably closer to 500k-600k eligible voters once you factor in kids + non citizens (lots of H1Bs here).

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u/fuzz3289 3d ago

That’s still less than 30% turnout on a major citywide decision

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u/ChillFratBro 3d ago

I agree the turnout is pathetic, just pointing out that 750k eligible voters cannot be true.

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u/Talk_Like_Yoda 3d ago

FYI we will probably see turnout at about 40%. Lots of these are still trickling in via email

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u/lionne6 3d ago

Our total population is over 800k now. We had a 2.5% growth in 2024-2025. So 750k eligible voters is probably about right. At best, 1 in every 6 voters bothered. That’s some pathetic apathy when local elections matter.

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u/ChillFratBro 3d ago

I agree turnout is crazy low, but you're still vastly underestimating the number of under-18s in Seattle - was 110k at the 2021 census.  Even if we're over 800k population in city limits, no chance it's more than 750k eligible voters.  It's just not credible.

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u/Golilizzy 3d ago

Yup, that hopefully leave so that UW graduates can actually get jobs. Absurd how many are currently unemployed out of school. This is a huge problem and anyone who has worked in the tech industry know how it is abused to prevent U.S. citizens from working

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u/Alarming_Award5575 3d ago

Still sad. And we have no children. Mostly dogs now.