Detroit sees biggest mayoral turnout since 2017
Add Axios as your preferred source to
see more of our stories on Google.
Voter turnout improved for this year's Detroit mayoral race, but more than three-quarters of the electorate remained on the sidelines.
The big picture: Detroiters have been less enthusiastic to vote in municipal elections than gubernatorial and presidential elections in the last 25 years, per a Free Press analysis of city voting trends.
Zoom in: Turnout for Tuesday's election was about 22%, with 115,518 ballots cast out of 519,270 registered voters, unofficial results show.
The intrigue: City Clerk Janice Winfrey last week predicted turnout would be 18%-23%.
Flashback: Mayor Mike Duggan's reelection four years ago comparatively drew 93,727 total ballots cast out of 502,129 registered voters.
State of play: Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield beat the Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. by a landslide, 77%-22%.
- "I feel like today was a mandate by the residents of our city that experienced leadership is important, that there has been progress in our city but we've got to do more," she told reporters Tuesday night.