Despite reports throughout the day of relatively light turnout, more than 20 percent of Washtenaw County's registered voters turned out at the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in the 2010 primary election.
Voters turned out heavily in Ann Arbor, topping 30 percent in several precincts. Voters there had multiple contested races, including a heated mayoral race and races for several city council seats.
Voter turnout was higher than expected in Washtenaw County
The highest turnout in the city was in Ward 2, Precinct 4, where 39 percent of registered voters cast ballots.
The highest turnout in the county came in Salem Township, where nearly 61 percent of registered voters in precinct 2 came out to vote. The race receiving the most attention in that precinct was the Republican gubernatorial decision. That precinct, like much of the rest of the state, went heavily for Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder.
In total, 55,562 of the county’s 261,115 registered voters cast ballots, a rate of 21.28 percent.
That’s up from recent primary elections.
In the August 2006 primary, 17.56 percent of Washtenaw County's registered voters cast ballots, and in the 2008 primary, 16.3 percent voted.
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