San Francisco ranks 53 of 59 counties in voter turnout

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San Francisco, considered by many to be the "gay capital" of the United States (perhaps the world), ranked close to the bottom of California counties in terms of turnout for Tuesday's general election, PageOneQ has learned. The balloting included Proposition 8, an effort to repeal marriage equality in the state. The proposition passed, making California the first state to affirm, then revoke, equal marriage rights for same-sex couples.

With all of the state's fifty-nine counties reporting 100% of their results, Siskiyou County had 87.5% voter turnout. Siskiyou is located less than twenty miles from the Oregon border. Sierra County, about an hour's drive from Reno, NV, reported an 86.6% turnout, and Amador County reported 82.6%. Amador is a suburb of San Diego.

Just six places from the bottom of the list, 53rd of 59 counties, ranks San Francisco. The city's participation rate is sandwiched between those of Tulare and Imperial Counties, located in the center of the state and approximately 20 miles north of the Mexican border, respectively.

San Francisco, with its scenic views and well-known progressive politics, has been listed by American Community Survey as having the highest percentage of gays and lesbians of the country's 50 biggest cities. San Francisco, said the report, has the highest percentage of same-sex households of any county in the country.

http://pageoneq.com/news/2008/sfvote040708.html

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