Here’s where voters did — and didn’t — support Prop P

St. Louis Public Radio | By Brent Jones

Published November 8, 2017 at 4:14 PM CST

Police line up against the Workhouse fence to prevent protesters from shaking it. July 21, 2017.

On Tuesday, St. Louis voters approved Proposition P, a half-cent sales tax increase intended to give police and firefighters a raise. Prop P passed with nearly 60 percent of the vote.

Its support primarily came from voters in the 12th, 16th and 23rd wards, in the southwest part of the city, which together accounted for more than a quarter of all the "yes" votes. Voters in the 8th and 15th wards, covering much of the Shaw and Tower Grove neighborhoods, cast the most "no" votes.

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Brent is the senior data visual specialist at St. Louis Public Radio.

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