LWB election breakdown: Big eastern vote helped sink controversial ballot proposals

‘Yes’ votes did best in precincts with highest turnouts but still lost big as Lake Worth Beach voters rejected giving up power over leases on public land

LAKE WORTH BEACH precincts east of U.S. 1, including a 41-percent voter turnout in the city’s largest, led the charge in the overwhelming defeat of two controversial ballot questions about control of public land.

A Lake Worth Beach Independent analysis of precinct-level data from the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections sheds light on how different neighborhoods across the city influenced the results.