Voter Turnout In Kalamazoo County Hits Alarming Low

November 4 was election day throughout the country, and here in Kalamazoo, voters turned out and cast their ballots to vote for the new leadership or continued leadership within the city. But besides the results, the biggest question mark that seems to be looming throughout Kalamazoo County is why there was such a short voter turnout.

In Kalamazoo County, there are 170,077 registered voters, and on Tuesday they were only 39,078 ballots were cast. That’s less than a quarter of the entire Kalamazoo county population.

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So basically, only one or four people voted. Altogether, only 23% of the possible voters in Kalamazoo County turned out on election day.

The big question is, why? Are people just not informed properly when there is an election on the horizon? Are they so disconnected from their city that they don’t have any idea this is happening? What do you think the reason was behind such a low voter turnout?

Kalamazoo County 2025 Voting Results.

As far as the results go, 64% of the votes for mayor went to David Anderson, while 26% went to Chris Glasser.

Meanwhile, Drew Duncan, Stephanie Hoffman, and Jacqueline Slaby tap the list for the Kalamazoo city commissioner.

Patricia Randall took 61% of the votes to become the mayor of Portage.

As far as the votes for things outside of city positions, the Central County, Transportation Authority Mileage Renewal, Portage Public Schools Bond Proposal, and Richland Community Library Mileage Proposal passed with a YES.

Whereas the Parchment School District Bond Proposal, Galesburg-Augusta Community School Bond Proposal, and Comstock Public Schools Bond Proposal received a majority of NO votes.