11 November 2018: Voter Challenge 2018 Preliminary Results

Here are the preliminary results of the 2018 Voter Challenge. There were actually 2 challenges, between Huntington Woods and Pleasant Ridge, and between Berkley, Ferndale, Oak Park, Royal Oak and Southfield. The challenges were designed based on the historical voter turnouts and what seemed to be fair competitions. I publicized the challenges using Next Door Huntington Woods (which includes at least some portion of these 7 cities) and also wrote to the Mayors and City Council of each city.

These results are based on "unofficial" results from Oakland County. I will update this post when the results become official.

At this time, assuming the results are unchanged, I will be sending these winning cities checks for their recreation departments - Huntington Woods ($1,000), Berkley ($1,000) and Ferndale ($500). 

Congratulations to all of the cities for the increased turnout from the 2014 elections, as indicated below.

If you have questions, please contact me at NatPernick@gmail.com




Nov 2018 General Election


Votes Reg voters Turnout 2014 Turnout Change





Berkley 9,187 12,607 72.9% 54.0% 19%





Ferndale 11,049 15,725 70.3% 44.6% 26%





Huntington Woods 4,250 5,380 79.0% 66.5% 12%





Oak Park 14,173 24,235 58.5% 44.1% 14%





Pleasant Ridge 1,796 2,352 76.4% 64.8% 12%





Royal Oak 32,897 48,316 68.1% 48.3% 20%





Southfield 35,250 60,785 58.0% 49.1% 9%





Total 108,602 169,400 64.1% 48.8% 15%





Source: Oakland County Website, retrieved 11Nov18

See https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/MI/Oakland/91321/220656/en/reports.html#





Contests: Huntington Woods vs. Pleasant Ridge - $1000
Berkley vs. Ferndale vs. Oak Park vs. Royal Oak vs. Southfield - $1000, $500