Cohen's key precincts

As you know, the Houston GLBT community, in particular the Houston GLBT Political Caucus, strongly supported Ellen Cohen in her race against Martha Wong in HD134. They did a ton of blockwalking in four key precincts in Montrose - precincts 37, 38, 39, and 60, to be precise. How did their efforts go? The numbers speak for themselves. Here's a comparison of Wong/Danburg 2002 to Wong/Cohen 2006:

Candidate   Year   Pcnct   Votes   Pct Turnout

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Wong        2002      37    161   21.2     758

Danburg     2002      37    580   76.5     758


Wong        2006      37    178   20.3     875

Cohen       2006      37    671   76.7     875



Wong        2002      38    371   32.2    1151

Danburg     2002      38    756   65.7    1151

Wong        2006      38    313   25.0    1251

Cohen       2006      38    904   72.3    1251



Wong        2002      39    302   25.7    1174

Danburg     2002      39    859   73.2    1174

Wong        2006      39    235   18.8    1247

Cohen       2006      39    986   79.1    1247



Wong        2002      60    278   28.0     994

Danburg     2002      60    696   70.0     994

Wong        2006      60    203   19.7    1032

Cohen       2006      60    798   77.3    1032

That's 328 more voters overall, which is an eight percent increase, in a year where Harris County's turnout was down almost eight percent, and it's a swing of 651 votes in Cohen's favor, which is 12.5% of Cohen's margin of victory. It's also almost a quarter of Wong's 2785 vote margin of victory in 2002. That's pretty darned impressive.

As it happens, there was one more precinct that the HGLBTPC wanted to canvass but didn't have the time and personpower to do:

Candidate   Year   Pcnct   Votes   Pct Turnout

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Wong        2002     200    621   42.5    1461

Danburg     2002     200    821   56.2    1461


Wong        2006     200    516   34.7    1485

Cohen       2006     200    940   63.3    1485

Another 200 vote swing to Cohen, but without the boost in turnout. However you slice it, Cohen cleaned up here.

Posted by Charles Kuffner on November 17, 2006 to Election 2006 | TrackBack