A2 Municipal Electricity Voting Patterns
Proposal E, the municipal electric utility charter amendment, lost citywide 51.8% to 48.2% (28,414 No to 26,411 Yes), and that narrow margin translates into a clear geographic pattern: 35 of 52 neighborhoods voted No, 17 voted Yes.
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The Yes vote is packed into the urban core and the campus rental belt. Central Campus Medical led at 69.9%, followed by South Central (68.6%), Old Fourth Ward (67.7%), Broadway–Riverside (67.6%), South University (66.0%) and Downtown (65.1%) — six neighborhoods at 65% or better. A secondary Yes band runs through the near-south and near-west: Brown Park (56.4%), Northside (55.9%), Woodbury–Rosewood–Jewett (55.4%), Burns Park (54.4%), South Maple and Hidden Valley (53.9%), Boardwalk (52.1%), Bryant (51.6%).
The No side dominated the low-density, owner-occupied edges — Geddes Arboretum (31.9% Yes), Bader–Ann Arbor Hills (32.5%), Newport (33.1%), Glacier Highlands–Greenbrier and Northwood V–Vintage Valley (36.8%), Dicken (38.1%), Briarwood and Lansdowne (38.4%).
One detail worth flagging: at precinct level Prop E actually carried 19 of 41 precincts, yet only 17 of 52 neighborhoods. The Yes vote was concentrated in a few dense central precincts, which is why 48% of the citywide vote converted into barely a third of neighborhoods.
The shading carries the margin rather than a flat two-color split — deep green for Yes above 55%, light green for Yes in the low 50s, pale yellow for No between 45 and 50%, and amber for No below 45%. Fifteen neighborhoods land within five points of 50/50, so treat those lightest polygons as statistical ties given the estimation method (precinct totals redistributed to 2020 census blocks by population; roughly ±1 point per neighborhood, unofficial county tally through Nov. 3).
| neighborhood | yes_votes | no_votes | total_votes | yes_pct | result |
| Central Campus Medical | 910 | 391 | 1301 | 69.9 | Yes |
| South Central | 1408 | 644 | 2052 | 68.6 | Yes |
| Old Fourth Ward | 777 | 371 | 1148 | 67.7 | Yes |
| Broadway–Riverside | 507 | 243 | 750 | 67.6 | Yes |
| South University | 703 | 362 | 1065 | 66 | Yes |
| Downtown | 467 | 251 | 718 | 65 | Yes |
| North Central | 333 | 182 | 515 | 64.7 | Yes |
| Brown Park | 551 | 426 | 977 | 56.4 | Yes |
| Northside | 432 | 341 | 773 | 55.9 | Yes |
| Woodbury–Rosewood–Jewett | 457 | 368 | 825 | 55.4 | Yes |
| Burns Park | 1605 | 1347 | 2952 | 54.4 | Yes |
| South Maple | 490 | 419 | 909 | 53.9 | Yes |
| Hidden Valley | 334 | 286 | 620 | 53.9 | Yes |
| Boardwalk | 37 | 34 | 71 | 52.1 | Yes |
| Forestbrook–Pittsfield Village | 680 | 636 | 1316 | 51.7 | Yes |
| Bryant | 652 | 613 | 1265 | 51.5 | Yes |
| West Park–Miller | 394 | 389 | 783 | 50.3 | Yes |
| Huron Highlands | 382 | 387 | 769 | 49.7 | No |
| Scarlett–Mitchell | 646 | 668 | 1314 | 49.2 | No |
| Georgetown–Pine Valley | 704 | 748 | 1452 | 48.5 | No |
| North Campus | 731 | 786 | 1517 | 48.2 | No |
| Cranbrook | 321 | 355 | 676 | 47.5 | No |
| Leslie Park–Arrowwood | 445 | 497 | 942 | 47.2 | No |
| Old West Side | 1007 | 1163 | 2170 | 46.4 | No |
| Allen School–Buhr Park | 429 | 508 | 937 | 45.8 | No |
| Kimberly Hills | 362 | 437 | 799 | 45.3 | No |
| Research Park–Pheasant Run | 197 | 240 | 437 | 45.1 | No |
| Traver–Willowtree | 901 | 1113 | 2014 | 44.7 | No |
| Northbury–Chapel Hill | 777 | 966 | 1743 | 44.6 | No |
| Virginia Park | 276 | 343 | 619 | 44.6 | No |
| Haisley–Veterans Park | 1023 | 1271 | 2294 | 44.6 | No |
| Winewood–Thaler | 313 | 390 | 703 | 44.5 | No |
| Abbott School | 675 | 865 | 1540 | 43.8 | No |
| Orchard Hills–Maplewood | 441 | 602 | 1043 | 42.3 | No |
| Garden Homes–Crescent | 365 | 509 | 874 | 41.8 | No |
| Pattengill–St Francis | 500 | 713 | 1213 | 41.2 | No |
| Ives Woods | 172 | 246 | 418 | 41.1 | No |
| Pauline–Stadium | 261 | 375 | 636 | 41 | No |
| Almendinger | 169 | 244 | 413 | 40.9 | No |
| Eberwhite Woods | 499 | 723 | 1222 | 40.8 | No |
| Geddes Lakes | 248 | 367 | 615 | 40.3 | No |
| Lakewood | 330 | 490 | 820 | 40.2 | No |
| Earhart–Concordia | 212 | 318 | 530 | 40 | No |
| Mack School–Sunset | 552 | 836 | 1388 | 39.8 | No |
| Lansdowne | 445 | 714 | 1159 | 38.4 | No |
| Briarwood | 192 | 309 | 501 | 38.3 | No |
| Dicken | 697 | 1132 | 1829 | 38.1 | No |
| Northwood V–Vintage Valley | 157 | 271 | 428 | 36.7 | No |
| Glacier Higlands–Greenbrier | 157 | 271 | 428 | 36.7 | No |
| Newport | 251 | 508 | 759 | 33.1 | No |
| Bader–Ann Arbor Hills | 675 | 1400 | 2075 | 32.5 | No |
| Geddes Arboretum | 162 | 346 | 508 | 31.9 | No |