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Last week, DC’s Democrats, Republicans and Greens got a chance to vote in their respective party’s primaries. For local DC offices, the Democrat primary is the de facto general election, so this primary is more important than many party primaries. So did Georgetown come out and vote, and if so how?
Well about 8,000 Georgetowners are registered with a party in DC. And 729 came out to vote last week, so that’s a turnout ratio of about 9%. That’s pretty bad versus the rest of the city, which had a turnout around 15%. Of course it’s also just really bad versus any election.
Most of the Georgetown ballots were uncontested, but here are the results from a few of the contested elections:
- Democrats At Large Councilmember
- Sekou Biddle – 65%
- Peter Shapiro – 23%
- Vincent Orange – 9%
- Gail Holness – 0%
- Republican Presidential Nominee
- Mitt Romney – 81%
- John Huntsman (who’s not running anymore) – 9%
- Newt Gingrich – 6%
- Ron Paul – 4%
Despite Georgetown’s reputation as one of the more Republican neighborhoods in the city (at least relatively speaking), Democratic registration is still over three times as high as Republican registration in Georgetown.
The Georgetown Metropolitan 