Tri-town voters split on presidential election

Nov 9, 2016

The results are in for the tri-town. (See interactive charts below.)

The Marion numbers show that 56 percent of voters (1,857) favored Hillary Clinton while 35 percent (1,156) chose Donald Trump. Gary Johnson took 151 votes and Jill Stein 49 votes. Write ins accounted for 60 presidential votes while 43 voters apparently remained undecided and didn't select a presidential candidate.

In the representative race for U.S. Congress, incumbent William Keating (D) received the most votes, 1,746, followed by Mark Alliegro (R) with 1,144. Paul Harrington (I) received 200 votes, Christopher Cataldo (U) 29 votes and Anna Raduc (U) 21 votes.

For the contested Plymouth County sheriff's race, incumbent Joe McDonald (R) took the most votes, 1734. Democrat Scott Vecci received 1,270.

A total of 3,316 Marion voters, almost 83 percent of those registered, came to the polls.

In Rochester, Clinton took 39 percent of votes (1,336), while about 51 percent of votes (1,728) went to Trump. Johnson received 158 votes and Stein took 49.

Alliegro received the most votes in Rochester in the representative race with 1,508 votes. Keating followed with 1,372 votes, then Herrington with 219, and both Cataldo and Raduc received 30 votes.

McDonald took the sherriff's race with 2,074 votes, versus 983 for Vecci.

A total of 3,400 voters turned out for the election, which is 77 percent of registered voters.

Results from Mattapoisett shows 49 percent of voters (2,093) voted for Clinton, while 42 percent of votes (1,811) went to Trump. Johnson received 162 votes, while Stein got 52 votes. There were 64 write-ins and 84 blanks.

Incumbent McDonald received 56 percent of votes (2,402), while Vecchi received 35 votes (1,513) for the sheriff's race.

In the U.S. House race, incumbent Keating received 50 percent of votes (2,150), while Alliegro got 36 percent (1,519) of votes, Harrington got eight percent (337), Cataldo got one percent (35 votes) and Raduc got one percent (23 votes).

Ballot questions

Question 1: A second license for a slots gambling parlor

Marion residents voted almost two to one against Question 1: 2,130 voted "no" versus 1,021 who voted "yes."

Rochester voted against Question 1, with 1,903 votes for "no" and 1,369 votes for "yes."

Mattapoisett also voted against Question 1, with 2,722 "no" votes and 1,396 "yes" votes.

Question 2: Expanding charter schools

Marion voters opposed the expansion of charter schools with 1,732 against and 1,487 for.

Rochester also opposed Question 2, with 2,104 votes against and 1,224 votes for.

Mattapoisett voted against Question 2, with 2,331 votes against and 1,865 votes for.

Question 3: Farm animal confinement

There was no question what Marion voters thought about Question 3. A total of 2,501 voters checked "yes" while 714 voted "no."

Rochester also voted overwhelmingly for Question 3. There were 2,482 votes for and 842 votes against.

Mattapoisett voted for Question 3, with 3,241 votes for and 949 votes against.

Question 4: Recreational marijuana

Marion's opinion on whether or not the state should allow recreational marijuana was nearly a 50-50 split with 1,626 "yes" votes compared to 1,615 "no" votes.

Rochester also had close vote for Question 4, with 1,731 voting "yes" and 1,619 voting "no."

Mattapoisett had a tight vote for Question 4, with 2,044 votes for and 2,181 votes against.