Ypsilanti's Third Ward, First Precinct spans the area between Washtenaw Avenue on the south and Saint Johns Street on the north, from Oakwood Avenue on the west to Lowell Street and Adams Street on the east. These boundaries include approximately half of Eastern Michigan University's main campus, and the student-rental dominated neighborhood in the area around Emmet, Ballard, and Perrin Streets. The 3-1 votes at Emmanuel Lutheran Church at 201 N. River Street, and traditionally votes overwhelmingly Democratic, but for very low turnout.

Presidential Election Voting History

Election Votes / Registered Democrat Votes Republican Votes
November 2008 707 / 1291 Barack Obama 588 / 83.4% John McCain 95 / 13.48%
November 2004 389 / 1172 John Kerry 312 / 80.21% George W. Bush 70 / 17.99%
November 2000 196 / 757 Al Gore 77.6% George W. Bush