
While there are still a few ballots left to be counted, data released to The Stranger by King County Elections shows that women cast a significantly greater number of votes than men and were the dominant force in far more voting precincts than men.
When we slice the data a different way, this time along generational lines, it appears it was the Boomers of Seattle who cast the most votes in the August 7 election, followed closely by the Gen X-ers. (Sorry, Millennials. But take comfort in this: You did cast a lot more votes than your elders in the Greatest Generation.)
Here's the actual vote totals, which are based on King County Elections data covering 186,977 primary election voters, released to The Stranger on August 8:
Women: 98,801 votes
Men: 87,985 votes
(Average age of Seattle women who voted in the mayoral primary: 51.36. Average age of Seattle men: 50.65.)
Millennials, age 35 and under: 45,613 votes
Generation X, age 36 - 52: 54,650 votes
Boomers, age 53 - 71: 59,311 votes
Greatest Generation, age 71 and over: 27,400 votes
(The average age of Seattle's Millennial voters: 29. For Generation X: 44. For the Boomers: 62. And for the Greatest Generation: 79.)
Interestingly, female voters beat out male voters by a significant margin in all age groups except one. In Generation X, the gender split was roughly even—although women were still in the lead.
It's also worth noting that women-dominated precincts were spread pretty much evenly throughout the city, with some notable exceptions. The relatively fewer male-dominated precincts were to be found in SoDo, downtown, and South Lake Union.
When you slice the data up by age, however, a familiar Seattle voting trend leaps out: Boomers dominated in precincts with water views, Gen X-ers dominated in a strip that runs straight down the center of town. (And Millennials dominated in a handful of precincts near the University of Washington and Seattle University.)
We'll have final numbers—including final data on which precincts went for which candidates—next week.
Steven Hsieh contributed reporting to this post.







