This map shows which precincts in Seattle supported the low-income housing levy on the November ballot. The dark blue areas passed the levy by over 75 percent. Only the red and orange precincts rejected the levy. Overall, the measure—which raises $145 million in property taxes over seven years to build low-income housing—got 65.8 percent of the city's vote.

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Anna Markee, outreach director of the Housing Development Consortium, explains that the measure held the "strongest progressive support in the 43rd District in the central core of the city and less support along the wealthy shores." That big red patch on the right of Seattle (under the Montlake cut) surrounded by blue and green areas—that's Broadmoor, a gated neighborhood near Madison Park. Broadmoor also resoundingly supported Republican Susan Hutchison. In fact, Broadmoor, which is packed with multi-million dollar homes but opposes a levy to house poor people, was the only precinct in Seattle to support Hutchison.