2022 Election Results Reveal Manhattan Beach Voter Trends
Nov 22, 2022 04:32PM ● By Mb News StaffWith the very latest count Tuesday, two weeks after Election Day, Manhattan Beach showed 17,350 votes counted so far on Measure MB (cannabis retail stores), the one race with the most ballots cast - and which MB News is using as a proxy for voter turnout. That figure puts overall voter turnout at 65.6% so far, with the count still growing with each update.
Noted: The latest total represents an increase of 7,579 votes over the totals offered in the Election Night overnight returns, which had shown 9,771 votes on Measure MB. Of all the votes now in the mix, 44% were reported well after Election Day.
Small, But Different, Turnout at Vote Centers
County data show a total of 3,085 votes cast up through and including Election Day in Manhattan Beach at "precincts," meaning at in-person voting centers. (Manhattan Beach voters could appear at any county vote center to cast a vote in person.) This is down from 4,135 in-person votes for the Nov. 2020 general election.
Suzanne Hadley 1,260
Amy Howorth 964
David Lesser 868
Frank Chiella 835
(In full counts, Hadley is solidly in third place.)
Looking only at the results of those who voted in person, the school board race showed the the following totals:
Christy Barnes 1,332
Mike Welsh 1,308
John Uriostegui 1,295
Tina Shivpuri 1,146
Jen Fenton 1,124
Wysh Weinstein 1,023
(In full counts, the top three candidates are well behind, placing fourth through sixth.)
VOTE TOTALS AS OF 3:11PM, 11/22/22
Here are the latest updated counts of Manhattan Beach votes for City Council and school board, from the L.A. County Registrar/Recorder.
According to LA County elections officials, these results should now include vote-by-mail ballots "cast through Election Day." Previous counts included vote-by-mail ballots returned before Election Day, and all ballots cast at a Vote Center, through Election Day.
These totals may not include all Vote By Mail ballots received on Election Day, Vote By Mail ballots that may arrive over up until 7 days after the election, Conditional Voter Registration Ballots, or Provisional Ballots.
Manhattan Beach City Council (2 seats)
Amy Howorth 7,499 (24.21%) (+1,363 from 11/15 count)
David Lesser 7,184 (23.19%) (+1,185)
Suzanne Hadley 5,507 (17.78%) (+915)
Frank Chiella 3,587 (11.58%) (+605)
Rita Crabtree-Kampe 3,249 (10.49%) (+595)
Mark Burton 3,064 (9.89%) (+529)
Stewart Fournier 886 (2.86%) (+169 )
Manhattan Beach Unified School District Trustees (3 seats)
Jen Fenton 9,113 (21.45%) (+1,616 from 11/15 count)
Tina Shivpuri 8,693 (20.46%) (+1,532)
Wysh Weinstein 8,172 (19.23%) (+1,404)
Christy Barnes 5,565 (13.10%) (+931)
John Uriostegui 5,492 (12.92%) (+936)
Mike Welsh 5,459 (12.85%) (+920)
Measure MB (Allow Retail Cannabis Shops)
Yes 3,979 (22.93%) (+920 over 11/15 count)
No 13,371 (77.07%) (+2,276)
Measure V (Keep Existing Bans on Retail Cannabis)
Yes 11,555 (67.55%) (+1,999 over 11/15 count)
No 5,552 (32.45%) (+1,078)
DATA UPDATE NOTES
- LA County has updated its total of voters registered in Manhattan Beach for this election to 26,444, just about 100 above totals supplied previously.- County data referenced above pertaining to in-person versus VBM voting percentages is readily available, but requires digging through extensive county-wide vote tallies in PDF documents to identify the proper pages and vote breakdowns. We've done the work for you.
- While MB News is using the Measure MB vote totals as a proxy for overall voter turnout, our figure will slightly understate the number of local ballots that were marked and returned. The county's newly detailed data from the first overnight vote counts shows that 10,093 Manhattan Beach voters returned a ballot, whereas only 9,771 voted on Measure MB, a dropoff of 322 (about 3%) who skipped it. More skipped Measure V, and not all local voters used all available votes for city council and school board.
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Historical Manhattan Beach Voter Turnout at Midterm Elections
It is typical for November general elections to see greater voter turnout than June primary elections.
Nov. 2022 - (counting)
June 2022 - 14,022, 52.08% of registered
Nov. 2018 - 18,760, 74.39%
June 2018 - 11,941, 47.69%
Nov. 2014 - 11,911, 47.88%
June 2014 - 7,147, 29.07%
Nov. 2010 - 16,497, 68.44%
June 2010 - 8,601, 35.63%
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Manhattan Beach Voter Registration Statistics
According to the Secretary of State's office, as of Oct. 19, 2022, voter registration in Manhattan Beach for this election totaled 26,336 voters, with the top three affiliations being:
Democratic: 42% (11,170)
Republican: 28% (7,399)
No Party Pref.: 24% (6,254)
Election-Day data showed a tiny increase in the number of registered voters to 26,444, but the county has not yet provided party breakdowns for that final figure.