See which areas of Madison supported or opposed city and school referendums

Of the three questions, the city's $22 million operating referendum passed by the smallest margin, while both of the Madison School District's referendums passed with at least 60% of the vote in most wards. 

Wards where the referendums fared the worst were mostly outside the Beltline, with distance from the Isthmus appearing to be a bigger indicator of referendum support than metrics like median income.

In the Dudgeon-Monroe neighborhood near Edgewood College, for example, where the median income is estimated at about $125,000, 67% of voters backed the city referendum. 

In the Sauk Creek neighborhood, where the median income of about $86,000 is on par with the citywide median, 52% of voters rejected the referendum. In the South Side neighborhoods of Bram's Addition, Burr Oaks and Capitol View, where median incomes are among the lowest in the city at $49,000, 60% of voters backed the ballot measure.

Student-heavy areas and the Near East and East sides had the highest levels of support for all three referendums. 

The west end of the UW campus, which includes the student housing complexes at Eagle Heights, backed all three referendums more than anywhere else in the city. Voters there passed the city referendum with 71% of the vote, the school district operating referendum with 88% support and its capital referendum at 90%. 

The referendums had their weakest showing in the Richmond Hill neighborhood just east of Interstate 90. 

In that ward, 52% of voters rejected the city referendum, and the school district's operating and capital referendums, failed by 59% and 54%, respectively. 

Madison' first-ever municipal property tax referendum will help close the city's longstanding budget gap until the year 2030. The school district's $100 million operating referendum, which will build up over four years and then continue in perpetuity, will help cover staff pay raises and other educational programs. Its $507 capital referendum will replace and renovate 10 schools.