2011 Philadelphia mayoral election explained

Election Name:2011 Philadelphia mayoral election
Country:Philadelphia
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2007 Philadelphia mayoral election
Previous Year:2007
Next Election:2015 Philadelphia mayoral election
Next Year:2015
Election Date:November 8, 2011
Nominee1:Michael Nutter
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:136,532
Percentage1:74.73%
Nominee2:Karen Brown
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:39,597
Percentage2:21.67%
Map Size:260px
Turnout:20%[1] 9 pp
Mayor
Before Election:Michael Nutter
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Michael Nutter
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

The 2011 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 8, 2011, to elect the mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Incumbent Michael Nutter had been Mayor of Philadelphia since 2008 after being elected in the 2007 election, and was re-elected with approximately 75% of the vote. Primary elections were held on May 17, 2011.

Democratic primary

On December 22, 2010, Democratic Mayor Michael Nutter officially announced that he would seek re-election.[2] With the backing of health unions [3] and the Black Clergy,[4] Nutter was favored by a wide margin to win re-election. His only challenger in the primaries was Milton Street, brother of former Mayor John F. Street, who announced his bid on February 17, 2011. Having spent time in federal prison for tax evasion, he described his plans to work toward finding jobs for convicts after their release.[5] John Street told The Philadelphia Inquirer thatNutter was "not a black mayor ... just a mayor with dark skin." Nutter said those comments were ignorant and said "I don't think anyone ever asked Ed Rendell was he white enough."[6] Nutter had been criticized for "stop and frisk" policies and service cuts.[7]

Candidates

Declared

Results

Results by ward

WardNutterStreetTotalvotes
%%
11,61685.32%27814.68%1,894
23,00088.76%38011.24%3,380
31,68768.00%79432.00%2,481
41,57866.81%78433.19%2,362
53,46293.27%2506.73%3,712
683559.77%56240.23%1,397
756773.16%20826.84%775
83,89294.21%2395.79%4,131
93,14892.43%2587.57%3,406
102,71171.02%1,10628.98%3,817
1183854.84%69045.16%1,528
122,01667.74%96032.26%2,976
131,60660.79%1,03639.21%2,642
1454359.74%36640.26%909
152,31389.48%27210.52%2,585
1675253.41%65646.59%1,408
172,27069.19%1,01130.81%3,281
181,04282.37%22317.63%1,265
1950965.68%26634.32%775
2051165.18%27334.82%784
213,83487.55%54512.45%4,379
223,94981.93%87118.07%4,820
231,12869.08%50530.92%1,633
2481366.48%41033.52%1,223
2583478.53%22821.47%1,062
261,95090.45%2069.55%2,156
2776778.35%21221.65%979
2878952.88%70347.12%1,492
2982760.81%53339.19%1,360
301,82584.57%33315.43%2,158
3197788.58%12611.42%1,103
321,06052.58%95647.42%2,016
3366367.93%31332.07%976
343,19868.95%1,44031.05%4,638
351,34673.07%49626.93%1,842
362,11161.38%1,32838.62%3,439
3775356.83%57243.17%1,325
381,72574.77%58225.23%2,307
393,75786.09%60713.91%4,364
402,57866.51%1,29833.49%3,876
411,42383.17%28816.83%1,711
421,03065.19%55034.81%1,580
4389459.21%61640.79%1,510
4490865.04%48834.96%1,396
451,15583.39%23016.61%1,385
462,06177.71%59122.29%2,652
4735455.40%28544.60%639
481,09464.81%59435.19%1,688
491,61364.16%90135.84%2,514
503,77675.11%1,25124.89%5,027
511,55665.88%80634.12%2,362
523,05477.69%87722.31%3,931
531,08080.18%26719.82%1,347
5484380.59%20319.41%1,046
551,89986.79%28913.21%2,188
562,54588.06%34511.94%2,890
571,80986.43%28413.57%2,093
582,50086.42%39313.58%2,893
592,28371.88%89328.12%3,176
601,41066.67%70533.33%2,115
611,69866.82%84333.18%2,541
621,35775.89%43124.11%1,788
631,71588.27%22811.73%1,943
641,15287.01%17212.99%1,324
652,01687.35%29212.65%2,308
662,47988.19%33211.81%2,811

Republican primary

The Republican primary election saw two candidate vying for office. Real estate agent John Featherman (not to be confused with John Fetterman) filed in June 2010 to become eligible for the election so that he could fight against increasing taxes and to create a more "business-friendly climate" in the city.[8] In March 2011, former Democrat Karen Brown announced her bid to run as a Republican in the upcoming mayoral election.[9] Though she had numerous ties to the city Democratic party, she won the backing of the city Republican party at an event in late March.[10]

Candidates

Declared

Results

Results by ward

WardBrownFeathermanTotalvotes
%%
113072.22%5027.78%180
29032.26%18967.74%279
31450.00%1450.00%28
41760.71%1139.29%28
58822.80%29877.20%386
61052.63%947.37%19
72336.51%4063.49%63
811428.64%28471.36%398
97427.51%19572.49%269
101043.48%1356.52%23
113360.00%2240.00%55
121643.24%2156.76%37
131539.47%2360.53%38
14825.81%2374.19%31
156936.13%12263.87%191
16323.08%1076.92%13
171438.89%2261.11%36
1811464.77%6235.23%176
19637.50%1062.50%16
20960.00%640.00%15
2131437.70%51962.30%833
223739.78%5660.22%93
2311253.08%9946.92%211
242357.50%1742.50%40
2534771.84%13628.16%483
2638569.87%16630.13%551
271722.67%5877.33%75
28444.44%555.56%9
29930.00%2170.00%30
302824.78%8575.22%113
3121765.36%11534.64%332
321758.62%1241.38%29
335342.40%7257.60%125
342829.79%6670.21%94
3518848.70%19851.30%386
366164.21%3435.79%95
371147.83%1252.17%23
382829.17%6870.83%96
3926859.96%17940.04%447
405340.15%7959.85%132
4119053.07%16846.93%358
425353.54%4646.46%99
431748.57%1851.43%35
442565.79%1334.21%38
4543969.13%19630.87%635
462539.68%3860.32%63
47960.00%640.00%15
485944.70%7355.30%132
491544.12%1955.88%34
501858.06%1341.94%31
513066.67%1533.33%45
524240.78%6159.22%103
5312241.08%17558.92%297
543643.90%4656.10%82
5543554.51%36345.49%798
5634249.07%35550.93%697
5738345.92%45154.08%834
5859248.09%63951.91%1,231
591731.48%3768.52%54
601967.86%932.14%28
614742.73%6357.27%110
6210043.86%12856.14%228
6363855.14%51944.86%1,157
6435150.80%34049.20%691
6523344.81%28755.19%520
661,07557.15%80642.85%1,881

General election

Polling

The general election was held on November 8, 2011. With all but one precinct reporting, Nutter received 74.69% of the vote.[11]

Nutter's approval rating in February 2011 was 50%,[12] and in March 2011 was 52%.[13]

A hypothetical matchup poll conducted by the Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group between Nutter and Brown showed Nutter leading with 74%.[14] [15]

Results

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Results by ward

WardMichael NutterDemocraticKaren BrownRepublicanWali RahmanIndependentTotalvotes
%%%
11,66668.79%71129.36%451.86%2,422
22,66779.71%59217.69%872.60%3,346
32,46485.47%29310.16%1264.37%2,883
42,10483.79%26110.39%1465.81%2,511
53,88784.83%59713.03%982.14%4,582
61,37580.69%19211.27%1378.04%1,704
771381.67%14616.72%141.60%873
84,40585.07%67413.02%991.91%5,178
93,08786.08%40011.15%992.76%3,586
103,66586.93%3458.18%2064.89%4,216
111,46283.93%18710.73%935.34%1,742
122,31382.93%28510.22%1916.85%2,789
132,16783.00%27110.38%1736.63%2,611
1480484.81%10010.55%444.64%948
152,55384.90%38312.74%712.36%3,007
161,16281.95%16311.50%936.56%1,418
172,85684.37%35210.40%1775.23%3,385
181,01769.00%42428.77%332.24%1,474
1977089.12%768.80%182.08%864
2070084.95%819.83%435.22%824
214,27170.29%1,69327.86%1121.84%6,076
224,12487.48%3878.21%2034.31%4,714
231,41073.78%44023.02%613.19%1,911
241,14080.91%18713.27%825.82%1,409
2573552.39%64245.76%261.85%1,403
261,36251.63%1,25947.73%170.64%2,638
271,10180.90%16712.27%936.83%1,361
281,23884.05%1459.84%906.11%1,473
291,25584.12%17211.53%654.36%1,492
301,96485.91%23310.19%893.89%2,286
3198760.59%59736.65%452.76%1,629
321,75380.34%26312.05%1667.61%2,182
3362364.36%32033.06%252.58%968
344,18180.37%72213.88%2995.75%5,202
351,78167.98%76529.20%742.82%2,620
362,76278.53%54015.35%2156.11%3,517
371,12683.78%13910.34%795.88%1,344
382,23784.00%33712.65%893.34%2,663
393,15060.50%1,99638.33%611.17%5,207
403,41381.18%60114.30%1904.52%4,204
411,40062.36%80135.68%441.96%2,245
421,31878.92%29117.43%613.65%1,670
431,19383.48%15410.78%825.74%1,429
441,35683.76%1579.70%1066.55%1,619
451,06450.02%1,02948.38%341.60%2,127
462,57883.13%2788.96%2457.90%3,101
4755081.00%8212.08%476.92%679
481,35671.82%46124.42%713.76%1,888
492,39083.62%30310.60%1655.77%2,858
504,71886.94%4728.70%2374.37%5,427
512,29083.24%28710.43%1746.32%2,751
523,97286.31%4329.39%1984.30%4,602
531,31066.26%62131.41%462.33%1,977
5484069.59%33227.51%352.90%1,207
551,82356.06%1,38742.65%421.29%3,252
562,86163.56%1,58535.21%551.22%4,501
572,05855.31%1,61343.35%501.34%3,721
583,44757.10%2,52341.79%671.11%6,037
592,55683.86%2819.22%2116.92%3,048
602,06684.85%2209.03%1496.12%2,435
612,30980.40%39713.82%1665.78%2,872
621,37069.02%56828.61%472.37%1,985
632,52557.74%1,80641.30%420.96%4,373
641,23652.24%1,10146.53%291.23%2,366
652,02761.74%1,21436.98%421.28%3,283
663,46952.61%3,06446.47%610.93%6,594

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Voter Turnout in U.S. Mayoral Elections Is Pathetic, But It Wasn't Always This Way . Denvir . Daniel . City Lab. April 28, 2019 . May 22, 2015.
  2. Dunn, Mike "Nutter Announces He’ll Run For Re-Election", "CBS Philly", December 22, 2010, accessed May 7, 2011.
  3. MacDonald, Tom "Health union back Nutter's re-election", "NewsWorks.org", May 3, 2011, accessed May 7, 2011.
  4. Odom, Vernon. "Black Clergy endorses Nutter's bid for reelection", "6abc.com", February 7, 2011, accessed May 7, 2011.
  5. Gelbart, Marcia and Miriam Hill "Knox says he may run in mayoral primary; T. Milton Street Sr. announces candidacy", "Philly.com", February 17, 2011, accessed May 7, 2011
  6. Web site: Philly Mayor Facing Unexpected Primary Challenge.
  7. Web site: On Election Eve Philly Mayor Talks Tough on Crime, Race - New America Media . November 4, 2011 . November 6, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111106173634/http://newamericamedia.org/2011/11/on-election-eve-philly-mayor-talks-tough-on-crime-race.php . dead .
  8. Hill, Miriam "Republican real estate agent John Featherman files for 2011 Philly mayoral election", June 16, 2010, accessed May 7, 2011.
  9. http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/karen-brown-seeking-mayor-as-republican030511 "Karen Brown Seeking Mayor As Republican"
  10. Waring, Tom. "GOP ward leaders back Brown for mayor", "Philly.com", March 31, 2011, accessed May 7, 2011.
  11. Web site: Philadelphia County - November 8, 2011 Municipal General and Special Election Unofficial Results . February 11, 2012.
  12. Web site: Archived copy . edisk.fandm.edu . 22 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120415091919/https://edisk.fandm.edu/FLI/keystone/pdf/keyfeb11_1.pdf . 15 April 2012 . dead.
  13. Web site: Archived copy . November 4, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110703131653/http://www.pewtrusts.org/uploadedFiles/wwwpewtrustsorg/Reports/Philadelphia_Research_Initiative/Philadelphia-Poll-Residents.pdf . July 3, 2011 .
  14. Martinez, Vanessa. "Nutter outshines Street and Brown in favorability poll", "newsworks.org", June 8, 2011, accessed August 5, 2011.
  15. Middleberg, Geoffrey. "Poll Shows Mayor Nutter Strong Against Potential Rival", "Politics PA", June 9, 2011, accessed August 5, 2011.