Low, low turnout

Pub date November 6, 2007
WriterTim Redmond
SectionPolitics Blog

The traditional wisdom is the the progressives lose in low-turnout races — and turnout here looks terrible. John Arntz, the elections director, says it looks like 26 percent turnout, only around 100,000 votes. And yet, on the key progressive measures, we’re doing really well.