Some Milwaukee Neighborhoods Reported Unusually High Election Turnout

Recounting ballots process at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wis., on Nov. 20, 2020. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Some 13,000 fewer people voted in Milwaukee in the 2020 election, compared to 2016. But in several neighborhoods, the number of ballots cast dramatically increased.

In one city ward, more than 105 percent of the eligible voting population cast ballots, based on demographic data from 2010—the most recent the city makes available. Another four wards had a turnout of more than 92 percent.