2023 Philadelphia mayoral election megathread

[Duke of York]

Final count is in for requests, there was about 6,400 more this year than 2021 which is good. I'm pretty confident we should be able to surpass that 71.8% return rate this year, too.

2021: 103,223 requested / 74,139 returned — 71.8% return rate
2023: 109,669 requested / 60,683 returned — 55.3% return rate (so far)

Not bad. Election day might be higher. In 2019 about 291,000 voted.

[wbrocks67]

2021: 103,223 requested / 74,139 returned — 71.8% return rate
2023: 109,678 requested / 63,983 returned — 58.3% return rate

Dem return rate (59.2%) now outrunning Reps (58.6%) - was the opposite for a while

[wbrocks67]

Mid-Sept to Early Nov fundraising:
Parker - $497K
Oh - $62K

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/philadelphia/philadelphia-mayoral-election-2023-cherelle-parker-david-oh-20231105.html

[wbrocks67]

2021: 103,223 requested / 74,139 returned — 71.8% return rate
2023: 109,701 requested / 72,136 returned — 65.8% return rate (so far)

Big update this morning in Philly, we're now almost topping the raw amount returned in 2021, and we still have tomorrow morning's update and the ED drop-offs, so we should definitely be able to blow past that 71.8% return rate from 2021.

Democrats finally getting their ballots in, their return rate (66.8%) now continues to grow over Republicans (64.6%)

[wbrocks67]

75,670 VBM returned as of this morning in Philly, so we've topped 2021's final raw vote total! Not to mention, we still have all the dropoffs today, which could be a pretty large number, so we should ultimately see a good edge over 2021s total.

[°Leprechaun]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/live-blog/election-day-voting-results-live-updates-rcna121782#rcrd24787

It looks like Parker has won. No surprise here.

[philly09]

Looks like McCafferty has this one.

[°Leprechaun]

A Disastrous Night for the GOP:

https://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2023/Pres/Maps/Nov08.html#item-1

Oh, and Oh got only 25.5%. This is no surprise.

see the section on PA for a brief paragraph, which notes that Parker will be the first female Philadelphia (100th mayor)

[wbrocks67]

Yep, the city council race was the final nail in the coffin.

Parker will likely end up with ~76% when all VBM are done counting, which is respectable, but still below typical D. I attribute almost of that to just her lack of a campaign.

[Duke of York]

Yep, the city council race was the final nail in the coffin.

Parker will likely end up with ~76% when all VBM are done counting, which is respectable, but still below typical D. I attribute almost of that to just her lack of a campaign.

and having a campaign would have helped the margins go even higher for judicial elections but wins are wins.

[wbrocks67]

Turnout will pass 300K though, which isn't anything spectacular, but is still higher than 2015, 2019, and 2021.