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How GIS Can Help in Bond Elections |
| A comprehensive GIS analysis of a school district
was used to help target areas for a bond issue vote. A 15-year
history of bond elections was used as a foundation to predict
turnout overall and turnout by precinct. Voter histories for
registered voters for the last 10 elections were analyzed, also.
No public funds were used for this study in any way, but were paid
for by donations.
Precinct numbers, as well as current precinct maps from election
boards, are hard to understand where they actually lie. GIS allowed
volunteers to visualize what areas of the district needed additional
work Additional maps were created showing streets to give a
clearer picture.
The GIS maps gave a new perspective of how to zero in on getting
favorable voters out.
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| The two maps to
the right also provide valuable information for school district
administrators concerning future bond or levy elections. The
post-election map has two dark blue precincts and several purple
precincts, meaning there was a high percentage of voters against
the bond. The pre-election map didn't indicate that level of
resistance.
This means future bond issues will need to work harder in the
"No" vote precincts to blunt resistance. Also, stronger
get-out-the-vote efforts will be needed in pro-bond precincts. |
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(Above) Before the election, orange areas have low
numbers of voters that should favor the bond issue.
Blue areas have large numbers of supporters. |
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(Right) After the election, the dark blue areas
are the highest areas of percentage of vote against the bond issue.
The yellow area had the largest percentage of supporters. |
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Business Information Services has completed numerous
demographic, boundary and bus route studies, all of which aided
schools in making crucial decisions. So whether its a bus route,
a boundary report, or a demographic analysis, Business
Information Services can help!
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