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Old 11-06-2008, 04:35 PM
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Thumbs up 2008 Election: How Luzerne County Voted

I thought some of you would be interested in this, so I have our copy of the Times-Leader sitting here on the desk next to me, and I will use their maps and tables to compile a few lists for you all. The percentages listed aren't indicative of the ENTIRE population eligible to vote but rather as a percentage of those who voted for one major party candidate over another. (For example, if 1,000 people in XYZ Town voted with 600 voting for Sen. Obama and 400 voting for Sen. McCain, then that town voted 60% for Sen. Obama and 40% for Sen. McCain. That's how these percentages are to be read).

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Highest Sen. Obama Support
  1. Pittston: 2,207 out of 3,236 (68.2%)
  2. Avoca: 918 out of 1,371 (67.0%)
  3. Hughestown: 505 out of 760 (66.4%)
  4. Wilkes-Barre: 9,495 out of 14,317 (66.3%)
  5. Dupont: 923 out of 1,403 (65.8%)
  6. Plymouth: 1,373 out of 2,099 (65.4%)
  7. Sugar Notch: 296 out of 453 (65.3%)
  8. Duryea: 1,514 out of 2,337 (64.8%)
  9. Exeter: 1,643 out of 2,566 (64.0%)
  10. Luzerne: 707 out of 1,121 (63.1%)
  11. Ashley: 695 out of 1,101 (63.1%)
  12. Larksville: 1,270 out of 2,028 (62.6%)
  13. Edwardsville: 1,049 out of 1,675 (62.6%)
  14. Nanticoke: 2,479 out of 4,015 (61.7%)
  15. Newport Township (Glen Lyon): 1,078 out of 1,771 (60.9%)
  16. Jenkins Township: 1,284 out of 2,174 (59.1%)
  17. Plains Township: 2,683 out of 4,551 (59.0%)
  18. Pittston Township: 1,010 out of 1,715 (58.9%)
  19. West Wyoming: 851 out of 1,450 (58.7%)
  20. Yatesville: 196 out of 336 (58.3%)
  21. Kingston: 3,469 out of 5,956 (58.2%)
  22. Swoyersville: 1,421 out of 2,498 (56.9%)
  23. Wilkes-Barre Township: 764 out of 1,351 (56.6%)
  24. Slocum Township (Wapwallopen): 280 out of 502 (55.8%)
  25. West Hazleton: 714 out of 1,280 (55.8%)
  26. Warrior Run: 132 out of 237 (55.7%)
  27. Pringle: 246 out of 444 (55.4%)
  28. West Pittston: 1,267 out of 2,299 (55.1%)
  29. Hanover Township: 2,567 out of 4,657 (55.1%)
  30. Nuangola: 186 out of 338 (55.0%)
  31. Forty Fort: 1,213 out of 2,266 (53.5%)
  32. Wyoming: 821 out of 1,569 (52.3%)
  33. Laflin: 458 out of 881 (52.0%)
  34. Hazleton: 3,720 out of 7,181 (51.8%)
  35. Shickshinny: 187 out of 365 (51.2%)
  36. Plymouth Township (West Nanticoke): 438 out of 871 (50.3%)
  37. Laurel Run: 114 out of 227 (50.2%)
  38. Freeland: 581 out of 1,166 (49.8%)
  39. Conyngham Township (Mocanaqua): 280 out of 568 (49.3%)
  40. Exeter Township (Harding/Falls): 566 out of 1,152 (49.1%)
  41. Penn Lake Park: 86 out of 175 (49.1%)
  42. Courtdale: 163 out of 335 (48.7%)
  43. Wright Township (Mountain Top): 1,416 out of 2,909 (48.7%)
  44. Rice Township (Mountain Top): 726 out of 1,494 (48.6%)
  45. White Haven: 241 out of 497 (48.5%)
  46. Bear Creek Township: 723 out of 1,519 (47.6%)
  47. Harvey's Lake: 645 out of 1,366 (47.2%)
  48. Dallas: 681 out of 1,463 (46.5%)
  49. Kingston Township: 1,687 out of 3,644 (46.3%)
  50. Dorrance Township (Mountain Top): 474 out of 1,025 (46.2%)
  51. Fairview Township (Mountain Top): 923 out of 2,003 (46.1%)
  52. Dallas Township: 1,675 out of 3,691 (45.4%)
  53. Lake Township: 381 out of 842 (45.2%)
  54. Hazle Township: 1,673 out of 3,735 (44.8%)
  55. Jackson Township: 630 out of 1,414 (44.6%)
  56. Lehman Township: 738 out of 1,659 (44.5%)
  57. Hunlock Township (Hunlock Creek): 445 out of 1,000 (44.5%)
  58. Foster Township: 532 out of 1,199 (44.4%)
  59. Union Township: 373 out of 852 (43.8%)
  60. Dennison Township (Mountain Top): 193 out of 443 (43.6%)
  61. Franklin Township (Carverton/Orange): 360 out of 826 (43.6%)
  62. Jeddo: 20 out of 47 (42.6%)
  63. Buck Township: 72 out of 173 (41.6%)
  64. Butler Township (Drums): 1,626 out of 3,933 (41.3%)
  65. Salem Township (East Berwick): 656 out of 1,599 (41.0%)
  66. Sugarloaf Township: 769 out of 1,877 (41.0%)
  67. Conyngham: 422 out of 1,042 (40.5%)
  68. Black Creek Township: 347 out of 883 (39.2%)
  69. Huntington Township (Huntington Mills): 348 out of 907 (38.4%)
  70. Hollenback Township (Hobbie): 203 out of 544 (37.3%)
  71. Fairmount Township: 180 out of 492 (36.6%)
  72. Nescopeck Township: 157 out of 432 (36.3%)
  73. Ross Township (Sweet Valley): 470 out of 1,303 (36.1%)
  74. Bear Creek Village: 66 out of 186 (35.5%)
  75. Nescopeck: 171 out of 524 (32.6%)
  76. New Columbus: 31 out of 95 (32.6%)

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Old 11-06-2008, 05:22 PM
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You're awesome Paul...thanks for doing this. I see that my town of Dallas was 46.5% for Obama...you never would have known it judging by how many McCain signs there were on people's lawns all over town!
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You're awesome Paul...thanks for doing this. I see that my town of Dallas was 46.5% for Obama...you never would have known it judging by how many McCain signs there were on people's lawns all over town!
I'm actually quite surprised to find that my own Greater Pittston area is the most Democratic and/or liberal part of the county. I would have assumed Wilkes-Barre or Nanticoke would have had the most support for Sen. Obama.
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Intresting. Thanks for compiling.
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Old 11-07-2008, 09:48 AM
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What I thought was great was the Lackawanna County had the second highest percentage of votes for Obama in the state, behind only Philadelphia. I guess that puts to rest all of the crap about us being a bunch of gun-toting racists up here in Scranton.
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Old 11-07-2008, 09:52 AM
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Lackawanna county loves that straight dem ticket, absolutely loves it.......

The residents might not be gun toting racists, but that doesn't mean that they are not.....

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What I thought was great was the Lackawanna County had the second highest percentage of votes for Obama in the state, behind only Philadelphia.
Yay Lackawanna Cty.-- hadn't noticed that. Love the nytimes "county bubbles" map, btw: President Map - Election Results 2008 - The New York Times

The version showing the voting shifts from 2004 to 2008 is fascinating too-- pretty much everywhere shifted blue except for a band of Appalachia through the heart of the deep South.
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Hah, just realized this was a thread about Luzerne Cty-- W-B Proud is going to be pissed that we Scrantonites are blabbering in here.

Scran, interesting stats, btw-- thanks for posting 'em.
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The version showing the voting shifts from 2004 to 2008 is fascinating too-- pretty much everywhere shifted blue except for a band of Appalachia through the heart of the deep South.
If Obama wasn't an African American it would never have, I don't think that there are many AA's in Appalachia......

The states that went red to blue in this election obviously have a large AA population in the deep south and as I have said before the Obama campaign pandered to that vote and that is what carried him.

I still think that this is going to blow up in all of our faces when we realize that he is nothing more then another politician.
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Yay Lackawanna Cty.-- hadn't noticed that. Love the nytimes "county bubbles" map, btw: President Map - Election Results 2008 - The New York Times

The version showing the voting shifts from 2004 to 2008 is fascinating too-- pretty much everywhere shifted blue except for a band of Appalachia through the heart of the deep South.

Another thing I found interesting this time around about PA is that Elk County voted for Obama....Elk County is very rural and usually those rural counties vote Republican. Almost every other county in PA that voted for Obama was urban and/or home to a college town.
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