About Precinct 2207

Precinct 2207 is located in the Lake Highlands area of Dallas and takes in:

• all of the Cedar Mills, Highlands West, Pebble Creek, Rolling Trails, and Stone Canyon neighborhoods,

• parts of the Alexander's Village and Merriman Park North neighborhoods, and

• the townhomes and apartments between Church Rd. and Walnut Hill. 

In short, basically the 75231 zip code. For those, like me, who are more visually oriented, here's the official map from Dallas County Elections (map).

Geographically, we're actually one of the smaller of the Dallas County precincts.

In the last census, the voting age population of Precinct 2207 was 64% Anglo, 22% African-American, 10% Hispanic, 2% Asian, and 1% mixed race.

Traditionally, the precinct has been heavily Republican, voting 63%-37% for George Bush over John Kerry in 2004. It also tends to undervote, with a voter turnout of only 42% in 2006 versus a county wide average of 58%.

That said, we had a record turnout of 628 people who voted in the Democratic primary this year (nearly double the Republican turnout) plus 190 people who showed up to sit in a crowded church for a couple of hours to caucus on the evening of March 4. So the signs are encouraging.

P.S. For those who had to leave early that night, the caucus resulted in a 72%/28% split in favor of Barack Obama.