Denver voters turned out in relatively high numbers to vote on local and statewide ballot measures last week.

The city’s election division said unofficial results show that about 192,000 Denverites cast ballots this election — about 35 percent of registered voters. Turnout statewide was slightly higher.

It’s one of the highest voter turnouts for Denver in recent odd-year elections. Comparable elections have averaged about 32 percent in recent years.

But it’s still eclipsed by turnout in even-year elections, when voters are drawn in by presidential, gubernatorial and congressional races.

Voters may have been motivated by the national “blue wave,” since Denver leans heavily Democratic. Democrats swept elections from California to Georgia and New York City. Denver voters didn’t have any c

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