Sadly, the electoral map in Boston this November indicated another significant divide: one basically splitting supporters for each candidate along Washington Street and according to education levels and socioeconomic status. None of Walsh’s top 100 precincts in terms of support came from downtown neighborhoods. Similarly, he did not receive more than 50 percent of the vote in any of these downtown precincts. In contrast, only two out of 20 of Connolly’s top precincts in terms of percentage of vote received came from outside the downtown neighborhoods, and those two precincts (Ward 20, Precinct 11 and Ward 20, Precinct 6) were in his home neighborhood of West Roxbury.
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