The results of the Proposition B vote in Austin s May 1 election show a sharp east-west voter divide over whether a public camping ban aimed at the city s homeless population should be reinstated.
Precinct-by-precinct results indicated that supporters of Prop B carried all precincts west of MoPac Boulevard (Loop 1). Meanwhile, large swaths of East Austin voted against Prop B.
The east-west divide in how voters cast ballots is nothing new to Austin West Austinites tend to be less progressive than their East Austin counterparts. But passing Prop B required a bipartisan coalition.
The final results showed that in a city that favored Joe Biden over Donald Trump by a near 3-to-1 ratio in last November s presidential election, a large number of Democrats turned away from the party line.