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This year is an election year, and as always, the Bureau provides Committee, Contested District School Committee, At-Large
independent and non-partisan contributions to this year’s City Council, Contested District City Council, and Mayor, the
election cycle. Early on in the year, WRRB issued Worcester’s community had the opportunity to learn about candidate’s
2023 Election, a Primer explaining how municipal elections positions and plans for their potential term in office. Despite
in Worcester work—with an election on November 7, 2023, strong attendance at these debates and a very active election
and one in which new School Committee districts were to be cycle, turnout was approximately 19.5%, which while higher than
used, the brief served as an introduction and a refresher to typical turnout, is still substantially fewer than presidential or
Worcester’s elections. As the election approached, WRRB state elections. The 2023 election was explored in more depth
released its traditional Questions for the Candidates report with an interactive StoryMap, Worcester's Municipal Elections,
which highlighted important issues facing the City, Schools, and 2013-2023. This series of maps looked at overall precinct-by-
residents. Some of the same topics covered in this report, and precinct turnout in a series of maps of municipal elections from
others, were directly posed to the candidates during the 2023 2013 to 2019, and then looked at elections in 2021 and 2023 with
Municipal Election Candidate Debates at Mechanics Hall. With more depth. These more detailed maps allowed readers to see
partners, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Worcester Regional more detailed information about voter turnout, ballots cast in
Chamber of Commerce, and Worcester Education Collaborative, the mayoral election, and the results of district races, as well as
the Worcester Regional Research Bureau gathered candidates to information about citywide vote share for at-large candidates.
discuss and debate the most pressing issues facing constituents. Such maps demonstrate where Worcester's voters are coming
In a series of 5 events, one for each race for At-Large School from as well as trends over the past ten years.
TURNOUT BY PRECINCT: NOVEMBER 7, 2023 MUNICIPAL ELECTION
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Bureau Brief:
Worcester's 2023
Election, a Primer
Questions for
the Candidates
2023 Worcester
Municipal Election
Candidate Debates
Worcester's
Municipal
Elections,
2013-2023
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