How Waltham Voted In the 2018 Midterm Election

WALTHAM, MA — As most know by now, there was an election Tuesday. And despite the rain and dreary weather in Waltham, voters turned up to the polls, braving puddles to perform their civic duty. Nearly 64 percent of registered voters cast ballots, according to city data. That's more than double what showed up for primaries in September. But less than 2016 presidential election, which had nearly 77 percent of registered voters show up.

In Tuesday's election Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Gov. Charlie Baker swept the state. That came as no big surprise. But how did Waltham vote? Well, Waltham voters overwhelmingly seem to support Warren (aside from Ward 3 precinct 1, which gave 763 votes to challenger Geoff Diehl and 869 to Warren).

As for Baker? Much like the rest of the state Waltham wanted the Republican to stick around. Except for in Ward 9 precinct 2, where 482 votes were cast for Gonzales and only 430 were given to Baker. There were tight races in ward 5 precinct 2, ward 7 precinct 2, ward 8 precint 1, and ward 9 precinct 1, too.

So what about the ballot questions? >> Read more Election 2018 Ballot Questions: How MA Voted

The most talked about in the state leading up to the election was the question of whether nurses should be limited as to how many patients they care for. It turned out the Commonwealth - as well as the Watch City - was not keen to have government regulate that.

In Waltham 14,605 voters said No, to regulations. While 6,423 people cast ballots saying they should have limits.

The question about whether a commission should be set up to look into regulating businesses passed in the state as it did here — 15,445 to 5,339.

Which leads us to Question 3. Should the state keep a 2016 law that added "gender identity" to a list of protected people? Across the city 15,271 people, or 72.30 percent of those who voted chose yes on 3. 5,850 or 27.70 percent of voters said no.

By way of comparison: In Newton 32,351 people or 83.19 percent of the voters chose yes, and only 6,539 or 16.81 percent voted no. In Brookline, 21,554 voters, or 88 percent of those voting chose yes, whereas 2,940 voted no, or 12 percent of voters.

Here's a look at the total number of voters across Waltham:

Take a look at the results by precinct here Results Sheet State Election Nov2018:

Previously:

Waltham's Voter Turnout On Primary Election Day 2018

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