F A L L F R E N Z Y This map shows the percentage of voter turnout in Frisco’s precincts during the November elections. The precincts with the highest turnout included 1049 and 1036.
S P R I N G S L U M P This map shows the percentage of voter turnout in Frisco’s precincts during the May elections. The precincts with the highest turnout include 1036 and 1051, but it is reduced from November.
NOVEMBER 2020
MAY 2021
0%-20% 21%-40% 41%-60% 61%-80% 81%-100% MA P S K E Y
Highest precinct turnouts
Lowest precinct turnouts
380
380
#1049 5.31%
#212 85.65%
#1049 90.85%
#1051 12.36%
#30
#134
#1050
#30
#134
#1029
#1050
#225 #212
#1029
ELDORADO PKWY.
#212 #225
ELDORADO PKWY.
#1040
#1051
DNT TOLL
#1040 11.36%
#220
#220
#1030 #1031
MAIN ST.
#1030 #1031
MAIN ST.
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#1032 #1052
.
#92
#1032 #1052
#127
#87
423
#118 #146
#87
DNT TOLL
423
#118 #146
#111
#1034
#1033
#111
#117
#1033
#1034
SRT TOLL
SRT TOLL
#1036 88.59%
#101
#1035
#1036 22.2%
#1035
#101
#117 72.57%
#177 6.4%
#127 72.78%
SOURCES: COLLIN COUNTY ELECTIONS, DENTON COUNTY ELECTIONS ! COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
MAP NOT TO SCALE N
#92 1.14%
MAP NOT TO SCALE N
#177 69.62%
SOURCES: COLLIN COUNTY ELECTIONS, DENTON COUNTY ELECTIONS ! COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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and Frisco City Council were on the same ballot as races for the U.S. president, U.S. Senate and state representatives. But without the national races drawing interest in the May 1 elec- tion, turnout in the local races dropped signi ! icantly. For instance, in the November election 71,064 reg- istered voters in Frisco weighed in on the three-way race for the Frisco City Council Place 6 seat. However, the May election for the four-way race for the council’s Place 3 seat was decided by 10,272 voters. And the number of participants in the June 5 runoff for that Place 3 seat is expected to be even fewer. Additionally, Dynette Davis was elected to the FISD board with 83,469 people casting votes in
2017, a big part of his campaign was just telling people to go vote. “De ! initely a big part [of cam- paigning] is educating— ! irst and foremost that an election is happen- ing and what they’re voting for—but then more importantly is educating them on the candidate and their position,” he said. Permanently moving city and school elections to November along with statewide and national races is something for which some have advocated, said Matthew Esh- baugh-Soha, chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of North Texas. “You’re more likely to capti- vate people because they already have a sense that they should be paying attention to elections in
November for that race, compared to the most recent May election when Ren é Archambault was re-elected with 12,585 people casting votes. Low participation rates can sig- ni ! icantly affect the nature of repre- sentation at the ground level of local government, Schieffer said. “Low turnout means that just a small group of voters will get to decide the elections, and a lot of times, this means that a single issue becomes the contested point in an election rather than the overall gov- erning philosophy,” Schieffer said. Local participation Frisco Mayor Jeff Cheney ran unopposed in November for re-elec- tion. He said that when he faced a challenger in his run for mayor in
While local elections allow resi- dents to decide who will represent them on issues such as ! ixing local roads, repairing sidewalks, setting trash pickup rates and reviewing developments, it is not easy to get people to vote in these races, said Janice Schieffer, vice president of voter service for the League of Women Voters of Collin County. “Usually local elections for cit- ies and school boards often run under 10% of the registered voters,” Schieffer said. Local elections in 2020 were pushed from May to November to better give people an opportunity to plan for an election in the midst of a pandemic. This meant positions on the Frisco ISD board of trustees
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