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

Police line up against the Workhouse fence to prevent protesters from shaking it.
Carolina Hidalgo | St. Louis Public Radio
Police line up against the Workhouse fence to prevent protesters from shaking it.

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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Police line up against a fence at the Workhouse to prevent protesters from shaking it during a protest in July.
Credit File photo | Carolina Hidalgo | St. Louis Public Radio
Police line up against a fence at the Workhouse to prevent protesters from shaking it during a protest in July.

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Brent Jones is a journalist who works with data and design. He joined the St. Louis Beacon after graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2007. In the past five years, he has shot photos of the Pevely Dairy fire and flooding in Cairo, Ill.; compiled data on St. Louis' hottest days and whitest Christmases; edited a 30-minute video on music in Iraq; designed a 150+ page ebook; and produced audio from an improv show and more than 100 Beacon Roundtables. Jones lives in St. Louis, where he has completed a half- and full marathon and sings in a 16-member a capella madrigal ensemble.