Maps show support for City Council winners

This map shows where voter turnout was strongest and weakest this past election. The darker colors indicate a higher voter percentage. The lighter colors indicate a lower voter percentage.
By Rachel de Leon and Stephen Hobbs Posted 28 minutes ago
More than 31,300 voters in Richmond cast a ballot this year, a 10 percent decrease from the last presidential election, according to numbers updated on the Contra Costa County’s election division site on Nov. 17. In 2008, more than 35,000 voters in the city cast a ballot, which was 84 percent of registered voters. This year the voter turnout in the city was just under 72 percent.
Below are maps that show where the three City Council winners– Nat Bates, Tom Butt and Gary Bell– received their votes. Bates received the most votes overall, with Butt second and Bell third. Butt received the highest percentage of support (69 percent) in a single precinct.
As you can see from the maps, Butt received the largest percentage of votes from precincts in the western area of the city including Point Richmond, where he lives, while Bates and Bell got the most support in the precincts in the middle of the city. What do you think the data reveals about where and why the three candidates got their biggest support? Share your perspective in the comments section below.
Click on http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/11/26/map-of-support-breakdown-for-city-council-winners/ to see interactive maps showing vote percentage in each precinct.