We live in a Republican stronghold. These results are telling, though.
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . . 1611 BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . . 1272 VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . . 78.96
Seventy-eight percent turnout! Now I know why I waited an hour and 25 minutes to vote.
STRAIGHT PARTY (VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ) 1 DEMOCRATIC (DEM) . . . . . . . . . 258 44.25 REPUBLICAN (REP) . . . . . . . . . 316 54.20 CONSTITUTION (CON) . . . . . . . . 0 INDEPENDENT (IND). . . . . . . . . 8 1.37 LIBERTARIAN (LIB). . . . . . . . . 1 .17
The Straight Party vote is probably also a decent indicator of the Democrat/Republican split around here. Which makes this all the more interesting:
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS (VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ) 1 BARACK OBAMA (DEM) . . . . . . . . 691 54.37 JOHN MCCAIN (REP). . . . . . . . . 573 45.08 RALPH NADER (IND). . . . . . . . . 1 .08 BOB BARR (LIB). . . . . . . . . . 4 .31 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .16
Most of the other offices on the ballot yesterday went to Republicans, with comfortable margins.
Source: http://dsf.chesco.org/election/lib/election/results/654f.htm