Voter registration for Nov 8th, 2016 in WA has closed and here’s a breakdown of some late registration trends.
The average age of a recently registered voters is 37, roughly 11 years younger than the average age of all voters. This trend is consistent across all 49 legislative districts.
Here’s a breakdown by legislative district, showing average ages of All voters, only voters registered 2016, and the difference between them.
Leg. District |
All Voters |
Registered in 2016 |
Difference |
15 |
47.2 |
33.2 |
14.0 |
43 |
41.7 |
33.2 |
8.5 |
9 |
47.5 |
34.1 |
13.3 |
29 |
45.8 |
35.1 |
10.6 |
36 |
44.6 |
35.2 |
9.4 |
28 |
48.2 |
35.3 |
12.9 |
44 |
46.8 |
35.5 |
11.2 |
46 |
47.3 |
35.7 |
11.6 |
27 |
47.2 |
36.2 |
11.0 |
25 |
47.6 |
36.3 |
11.3 |
40 |
49.4 |
36.4 |
13.1 |
1 |
47.4 |
36.6 |
10.9 |
2 |
47.2 |
36.6 |
10.6 |
45 |
48.0 |
36.8 |
11.3 |
5 |
47.6 |
36.8 |
10.8 |
38 |
48.2 |
36.9 |
11.3 |
21 |
48.0 |
36.9 |
11.1 |
48 |
48.8 |
36.9 |
11.8 |
39 |
48.5 |
37.1 |
11.5 |
16 |
49.5 |
37.1 |
12.4 |
17 |
48.1 |
37.1 |
11.0 |
23 |
50.3 |
37.1 |
13.2 |
41 |
49.4 |
37.2 |
12.1 |
47 |
47.4 |
37.3 |
10.1 |
6 |
48.8 |
37.3 |
11.4 |
18 |
48.7 |
37.3 |
11.4 |
3 |
46.4 |
37.4 |
9.1 |
31 |
48.3 |
37.5 |
10.8 |
11 |
46.6 |
37.5 |
9.1 |
14 |
50.6 |
37.5 |
13.1 |
30 |
47.9 |
37.7 |
10.2 |
22 |
48.5 |
37.7 |
10.8 |
49 |
48.8 |
37.9 |
10.9 |
13 |
49.6 |
38.0 |
11.7 |
8 |
48.9 |
38.1 |
10.9 |
37 |
46.0 |
38.1 |
7.9 |
32 |
49.1 |
38.3 |
10.8 |
33 |
48.3 |
38.4 |
10.0 |
26 |
50.3 |
38.6 |
11.7 |
34 |
48.4 |
38.6 |
9.8 |
4 |
49.1 |
38.6 |
10.5 |
42 |
49.0 |
39.8 |
9.2 |
35 |
51.6 |
40.1 |
11.5 |
12 |
52.0 |
40.4 |
11.5 |
20 |
51.1 |
40.6 |
10.4 |
10 |
52.7 |
40.8 |
12.0 |
7 |
52.0 |
40.8 |
11.2 |
19 |
52.1 |
42.0 |
10.1 |
24 |
55.6 |
45.9 |
9.7 |
Districts average about a 1% increase from new registrations in ’16.
Here are the top 10 legislative districts by new-registration.
Leg. District |
Number Voters |
New Registrations |
% growth |
40 |
100,566 |
3,090 |
3.07% |
43 |
118,302 |
2,516 |
2.13% |
12 |
83,491 |
1,675 |
2.01% |
22 |
108,232 |
2,066 |
1.91% |
42 |
100,282 |
1,792 |
1.79% |
13 |
78,080 |
1,389 |
1.78% |
9 |
83,842 |
1,481 |
1.77% |
8 |
89,393 |
1,567 |
1.75% |
21 |
94,752 |
1,650 |
1.74% |
3 |
86,858 |
1,511 |
1.74% |
Here are some visualizations of the breakdown.
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