"As you know, the city of Detroit is predominately African-American and when President Obama ran in 2008 every person, every Detroiter felt the need to go to the polls on Election Day. According to the Detroit News, he blames the turn-out in those election years on Obama. To give context, in 2012 they counted 81,000 absentee ballots, and in 2008 they had 77,000.Ĭity of Detroit Elections director Daniel Baxter said in a press conference that this isn't surprising. So far that's a 71% return, but in initial estimates, they were projecting 65,000 ballots coming in. Her department has sent out 54,640 ballots and only 38,796 have been sent back. Winfrey says returned absentee ballots are down so far. A reduction of 51% in the 2012 election and 53% less than the 2008 election. However when compared to 2016 numbers, possibly slightly higher.Īccording to City Clerk Janice Winfrey, voter turnout could range from 45 to 50 percent. According to the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News, election officials in Detroit think voter turnout could be half of the voter turnout in 20 when Barrack Obama ran. CBS Detroit - Detroit is expecting a significantly less voter turnout this election.
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