Cincinnati's political landscape: the 2005 primary

The 20 students in Dr. Gene Beaupre's Mass Media and Politics class at Xavier University asked more more information on where the candidates' votes came from in Tuesday's mayoral primary.

Full downloadable data is below, but the maps tell the story. The darker the map, the greater the support (the darkest shade represents more than 74 percent; blank precincts had less than 3.8 percent):

David Pepper

Mark L. Mallory

Charlie Winburn

Alicia Reece

Justin P. Jeffre

Sylvan Grisco

Sandra Queen Noble
The maps (and the precinct-by-precinct data below) graphically reveal a number of trends:

• David Pepper's strongest base was among East Side Republicans in Hyde Park, Mount Lookout and Mount Washington.
• Mark L. Mallory received the broadest geographical support. He was the only candidate to come in no lower than fourth in any precinct.
  
• Charlie Winburn's voters were West Side Republicans in Covedale, Westwood, Mount Airy and Sayler Park.
• Alicia Reece got only moderate support in neighborhoods that were supposed to be her strongholds -- Bond Hill, Avondale, Evanston and East Westwood -- and no support anywhere else.
  
• Justin P. Jeffre got a smattering of votes in young professional enclaves like Oakley, Clifton Heights and Over-the-Rhine.

For complete precinct-by-precinct numbers -- from the final, unofficial count -- in Microsoft Excel format, download the following file:

unofficialcanvass.xls