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Cincinnati
City Council Elections, 1925-1961:
During and After Proportional
Representation
May
2002
Table
1. City Council Elections, 1925-1955. Method: 9 seats at-large using
choice voting
Year |
Republicans |
Charter-Democrats |
Independents/Other |
First-Choice |
|
|
|
|
Votes |
Seats |
Votes |
Seats |
Votes |
Seats |
Election
% |
Elected
Blacks |
Black
Population |
|
1925
|
27.8% |
33.3% |
63.8% |
66.7% |
8.4% |
0.0% |
72.5% |
0 |
|
|
1927 |
28.6% |
22.2% |
58.0% |
66.7% |
13.4% |
11.1% |
75.8% |
0 |
|
|
1929 |
36.7% |
33.3% |
56.8% |
66.7% |
6.6% |
0.0% |
67.0% |
0 |
|
|
1931 |
39.6% |
44.4% |
52.8% |
55.6% |
7.6% |
0.0% |
71.1% |
1 |
11.1% |
|
1933 |
45.6% |
44.4% |
49.7% |
55.6% |
4.7% |
0.0% |
68.5% |
0 |
|
|
1935 |
41.1% |
44.4% |
39.6% |
44.4% |
19.3% |
11.1% |
71.0% |
1 |
|
|
1937 |
44.0% |
44.4% |
36.8% |
44.4% |
19.3% |
11.1% |
60.2% |
1 |
|
|
1939 |
49.4% |
44.4% |
34.3% |
44.4% |
16.4% |
11.1% |
67.4% |
0 |
|
|
1941 |
59.3% |
55.6% |
32.4% |
44.4% |
8.3% |
0.0% |
69.9% |
1 |
13% |
|
1943 |
54.2% |
55.6% |
40.2% |
44.4% |
5.6% |
0.0% |
76.7% |
1 |
|
|
1945 |
54.8% |
55.6% |
44.2% |
44.4% |
1.0% |
0.0% |
73.7% |
1 |
|
|
1947 |
47.8% |
44.4% |
47.8% |
55.6% |
4.4% |
0.0% |
73.6% |
1 |
|
|
1949
|
47.1% |
44.4% |
50.8% |
55.6% |
2.1% |
0.0% |
73.1% |
2 |
|
|
1951
|
52.2% |
55.6% |
47.3% |
44.4% |
0.5% |
0.0% |
74.7% |
2 |
17% |
|
1953
|
48.5% |
44.4% |
51.4% |
55.6% |
0.1% |
0.0% |
75.5% |
1 |
|
|
1955 |
51.0% |
44.4% |
42.9% |
55.6% |
6.2% |
0.0% |
74.8% |
1 |
|
Totals |
|
44.5% |
|
52.8% |
|
2.8% |
|
13
of
144
(9%) |
|
Table
2. City Council Elections, 1957-1961. Method: 9X (at-large plurality
voting)
Year |
Republicans |
Charter-Democrats |
Independents/Other |
First-Choice |
|
|
|
|
Votes |
Seats |
Votes |
Election
% |
Votes |
Seats |
Election
% |
Elected
Blacks |
Black
Population |
|
1957 |
50.3% |
55.6% |
49.7% |
44.4% |
|
|
- |
0 |
|
|
1959 |
40.8% |
55.6% |
29.1% |
22.2% |
30.1% |
22.2% |
- |
0 |
|
|
1961 |
41.4% |
55.6% |
23.0% |
11.1% |
35.7% |
33.3% |
- |
0 |
23% |
|
Totals |
|
55.6% |
|
25.9% |
|
18.5% |
- |
0 of 27
(0%) |
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Notes and
Source:
Vote
percentage is based on first-choice ballots for PR (choice voting)
elections (1925-1955) and for total ballots cast for candidates in
9X (at-large elections) that started in 1957. Democrats began
running their own slate of candidates in 1959. First Choice Election %
means the percent of voters whose first choice was elected.
Source: Barber,
Kathleen. Proportional Representation and Electoral
Reform (1995, Ohio State Univ.
Press) |
