Boston's 2016 Election Results: Ballot Questions, Local Races, Presidential Results

BOSTON, MA — Boston made its voice heard Tuesday, voting on the presidential election, five ballot questions and several local races.

One of the first concrete results to come through is a long-awaited victory for Question 5, the Community Preservation Act, according to supporters.

Here are the unofficial results, with 100% of ballots counted:

Presidential Results

Hillary Clinton (D) - 81.7%

Donald Trump (R) - 14.2%

Gary Johnson (Lib) - 2.6%

Jill Stein (Grn) - 1.5%

Ballot Initiatives

Question 1 - Slots parlor

Yes - 37.3%

No - 62.7%

Question 2 - Charter school cap

Yes - 38.4%

No - 61.6%

Question 3 - Caging livestock

Yes - 80.9%

No - 19.1%

Question 4 - Marijuana legalization

Yes - 62.4%

No - 37.6%

Congress: Lynch Retains Seat

South Boston Democratic Congressman Stephen Lynch retook his 8th District seat despite a challenge from Quincy Republican challenger Bill Burke. In Boston, he took 81.5 percent of the vote.

Local Results: Question 5

Question 5 would raise property taxes to help pay for affordable housing, parks, historic preservation and more. Per The Boston Globe, a "yes" on the ballot initiative would add a 1 percent surcharge to property taxes, coming to about $24 per taxpayer per year. Most of the money would come from commercial real estate. You can read more here.

The Yes Better Boston campaign, which supported Question 5, share the following statement with Patch:

"We are thrilled that Boston voters have voted yes for this opportunity to fund affordable housing, parks and open space, and historic preservation for our City. We’re grateful for the leadership of Mayor Walsh, Councilors Flaherty and Campbell, and elected officials across Boston who endorsed this mission.
"This Coalition has grown to an impressive and committed group of organizations and individuals, to faith leaders and religious organizations, to labor unions, to community activists and civic organizations, to small businesses, to Ward Committees and elected officials. This broad-based support was reflective of Boston’s make-up and geography, and it is our intent to stay together following this election to advocate for equitable distribution of these vital funds. "We look forward to the next steps in this process and making a renewed investment in our neighborhoods through the Community Preservation Act."

Local Results: Massachusetts State House, 5th Suffolk (Bos)

Evandro Carvalho (D) - 84.4%

Althea Garrison (R) - 15.6%

Local Results: Massachusetts State House, 11th Suffolk (Bos)

Liz Malia (D) - 89.3%

Stephen Bedell (R) - 10.7%

Massachusetts Governor's Council, District 2 (Bos)

Robert Jubinville (D) - 71.5%

Brad Williams (R) - 28.5%

Massachusetts Governor's Council, District 2 (Bos)

Robert Jubinville (D) - 71.5%
Brad Williams (R) - 28.5%

Massachusetts Register of Deeds, Suffolk (Bos)

Stephen Murphy (D) - 73.1%

Margherita Ciampa-Coyne (I) - 12.6%

John Keith (I) - 7.5%

Joseph Donnelly (I) - 6.9%

Recap: View from the Polls

7:15 p.m.

Around 50 people waited in line at JFK Elementary School in Jamaica Plain, as of about 7:15 p.m.

One was Thomas Ruffen, a Jamaica Plain resident who supports Clinton and said he fears a Trump victory.

"I'm just afraid if someone like Donald Trump wins, we will lose the things we've been winning as a country, and we don't want America to be winning in a negative way," he told Patch.

Around 1,600 have voted at the precinct so far today.

7:05 p.m.

In Jamaica Plain, Nika Elugardo waited to vote with her daughter and her niece Consuela in another long line. She tapped on her phone trying to find her precinct number in hopes of standing in the shorter line.

More than sixty voters stood in line outside of JFK Elementary as of 7 p.m.

Both Consuelos are Clinton supporters. Six-year-old Alina Consuelo said, "I don't want Donald Trump to win." Her brother cut in, "He's a racist jerk."

Consuela is excited to vote in her first presidential election.

"I knew I didn't want to vote for Trump. I agree with a good amount of things Clinton stands for. Not everything, but more than Trump," she said.

5:15 p.m.

According to the city's elections office, 38.7 percent of Boston's registered voters have cast their ballot as of 5 p.m. However, take those numbers with a grain of salt: on its Twitter account, the elections office says all ballots, including absentee and early voting submissions, have been sent to the appropriate precincts. As a result, officials can't say for sure which ballots are counted in that estimate at this time.

4:30 p.m.

As the workday ends, activity at the polls is again picking up at Charlestown's Zelma Lacey House, where supporters of the Community Preservation Act ballot initiative, Question 5, were merrily leafleting outside.

John Benson, a local architect and advocate for Question 5, says he has voted at this precinct the past 15 years, and it's significantly more busy than usual.

He determinedly stood near the door, pressing "Yes on 5" info cards into voters' hands. If they passed on his offer, he'd shake his head and repeat, "You can't always bat a thousand."

Benson abandoned his post only briefly, at the request of a first-time voter with a British accent who wanted a picture in front of the "Vote here" sign out front.

When asked for an interview about the election, the voter wrinkled his nose in disgust before replying, "Nothing I would want to see printed — and you can print that."

... as Benson would say, "You can't always bat a thousand."

3:51 p.m.

Despite long lines reported elsewhere, Patch readers say it was an easy in-and-out this morning at Jamaica Plain's English High School polling place and St. George's, in West Roxbury.

2:45 p.m.

One voter submitted this sweet gesture, seen in Boston. Josh Gee took this photo outside the Asian Community Development Corp., where a group of young students were handing out notes and candy at the entrance. The gesture touched Gee, who wrote: "We're 200 years into the American experiment. Cynicism is easy. Hope, optimism, and progress is hard."

2 p.m.

As of noon 113,899 people have reportedly voted in Boston. However, that's a tough number to parse, since it's unclear from the city whether or not that total includes ballot casts early and/or via absentee voting.

1:08 p.m.

At Charlestown's Zelma Lacey House, 9 W. School St., polling staff said they saw a crush in the morning but a slow lunch hour. So far, at that location, just over 1,400 ballots have been cast, equivalent to about 700 people, staff say, since each voter casts two ballots this election.

Elsewhere in the city, voters have been sending complaints to city officials on social media, including at elast one Jackson Square polling place:

Have you had a great experience at the polls? A terrible one? Share with Patch! Email alison.bauter@patch.com, and check out the Electionland reporting tool at the bottom of this article.

12:25 p.m.

Boston City Hall's polling place was a ghost town around lunchtime, with just over 1,500 ballots cast. Polling staff there said they had a rush in the morning, but since then it's been a trickle.

A few ballot question signs dotted the surrounding sidewalks and Question 2 supporters half-heartedly manned the exits, but even they said it's been slow-going so far.

Check back here to get updates throughout the day, and election results, on Tuesday evening.

Prior to Nov. 8, Boston election officials report the city has hit a 30-year high in voter registration, including nearly 50,000 early voters.

Didn't make it to the ballot for early voting? You can find everything you need to know about voting in Boston here, in our Boston Voter's Guide. You can also bone up on all four statewide ballot questions, and find out how much money each campaign took in.

Additionally, Patch wants to know. Did you experience problems at the polls in Boston? Long lines? Trouble finding your polling place? Whatever it is, we want to know. Share your experiences by signing up for the Electionland Project. Just text ELECTIONLAND to 69866 to participate and tell us about your experience voting. We’ll find out what, if anything, went wrong in your district.

Finally, if you're really and truly fed up after this election, you can always move to Canada. However, there's a few things you should keep in mind before making the big move.

Photo, by Patch staff, shows a Question 5 proponent speaking to a voter outside the Zelma Lacey House polling place in Charlestown.

Reporting contributed by Sarah Betancourt