Baker Leading After Count of Walk In and Precinct Voting

The Cherokee Nation election commission has released the vote totals from the walk in and precinct voting (which links are posted to in my earlier blog post today.) Bill John Baker is leading Chad Smith at this point in time, but we are still waiting to learn the vote totals from the absentee votes, which includes many At Large voters who in the past have overwhelmingly supported Chad Smith.

Here are what the numbers look like now -

District 1 Smith - 796 (29%), Baker 1957 (71%)
District 2 Smith - 788 (31%), Baker 1769 (69%)
District 3 Smith - 1016 (54%), Baker 865 (46%)
District 4 Smith - 675 (42%), Baker 925 (58%)
District 5 Smith - 703 (55%), Baker 583 (45%)
Walk in Vote Smith - 68 (35%), Baker 124 (65%)
Totals Smith - 4046, Baker 6223

Compare these numbers to the first go round that was thrown out -

District 1 Smith - 1128 (33%), Baker 2303 (67%)
District 2 Smith - 1116 (37%), Baker 1912 (63%)
District 3 Smith - 1240 (64%), Baker 711 (36%)
District 4 Smith - 943 (52%), Baker 885 (48%)
District 5 Smith - 1126 (65%), Baker 616 (35%)

Percentages show Smith has lost ground with the walk in voters who tend to be those who live inside the service area of the Cherokee Nation. In District 1, his percentage dropped by 4. In District 2, it dropped by 6 and in Districts 3, 4 and 5, it dropped by 10.

Now to wait for the tally of the At Large/absentee ballots. Was Bill John Baker able to swing more voters his way with that group, or will Chad carry it by a large number again? Your guess is as good as mine. I guess we will know in a day or two. I will keep you posted as I get more information. Sit tight everyone. It is finally almost over.

Those are my thoughts for today.
Thanks for reading.

The Granddaughter

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