Just for some perspective...

[turil.livejournal.com]

Joe Curtatone, while winning the election for mayor, was voted in by less than 8% of Somerville's human population.

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[somertricky.livejournal.com]

I live with a couple of individuals who currently aren't allowed to vote. They both voted for "more ice cream".

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

Mine voted for "taking Halloween candy out of the basket while Mommy was busy voting". If she hadn't been distracted by that I probably would've asked her if she wanted to pick an alderman, but hey, priorities.