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Old 11-07-2012, 01:24 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Originally Posted by ReppingDFW View Post
Does anyone know what the deal with Hudspeth County is?

It's very poor, very Hispanic but has voted Republican in the last several elections.
It had a population of only 3,400 people in 2010, I have not found last nights election results but in 2008 458 voted for McCain and 430 for Obama, that was pretty close.
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Old 11-07-2012, 01:28 PM
 
Location: Dallas, Texas
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Ok...your point is...?

Harris County includes a wider mix of people because its the largest county in Texas.

Its like combining Dallas County with Tarrant County. If that were the case Tarrant County would bring down the Democratic vote from Dallas County by a large margin, possibly lower than the 2 votes you speak of.
His only real point was, at the time, 2 votes separated Obama and McCain. That is a notable thing, don't you think? Only 2 votes. Of course, with the rest of the precincts reporting, Obama has won by about 600 votes in Harris county.

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BS

Yeah lets remove "far flung counties" & see what D/FW's MSA looks like then. Only when it benefits your inflated population numbers though right?

I doubt it would come remotely close to being 50/50. Tarrant County voted for Romney with 57% & that's pretty much what Texas looks like as a whole. Tarrant County represents Texas voting patterns to a T, no pun intended.
I can't even figure out what you're raving about here.

Is your seething hatred of all things related to DFW so great that you ignore the fact that justme is referring to both DFW and Greater Houston equally, with literally no leaning or preference for one or the other?

If you removed far-flung counties from both metros, the overall percentage would be closer to 50/50. This is basic math. There is no bias here about the size of metros or anything like that. Including the far flung, super red counties, both metros went about 55/45. If you remove those far flung, super red counties, the overall percentages will have to be closer to 50/50.

Again: math.

Would it be exactly. I don't know. It would be closer though. Maybe 52/48 instead of 55/45. Which is just to show that the central part of both metros isn't as red as the complete metro data may suggest.

I suggest you take time to breath when you read the words DFW or Dallas and not let your blind hate make you write strange rants.
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Old 11-07-2012, 01:53 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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It had a population of only 3,400 people in 2010, I have not found last nights election results but in 2008 458 voted for McCain and 430 for Obama, that was pretty close.
I found the 2012 Hudspeth County results President Map - Election 2012 - NYTimes.com :
Romney 471
Obama 379

The County is 87% Catholic with only one congregation. Odds are many of them are anti-abortion so leaned towards Romney.
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Old 11-07-2012, 02:09 PM
 
Location: Willowbend/Houston
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BS

Yeah lets remove "far flung counties" & see what D/FW's MSA looks like then. Only when it benefits your inflated population numbers though right?

I doubt it would come remotely close to being 50/50. Tarrant County voted for Romney with 57% & that's pretty much what Texas looks like as a whole. Tarrant County represents Texas voting patterns to a T, no pun intended.
It helps to have a point when going on a rant.
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Old 11-07-2012, 03:13 PM
 
Location: Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
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Originally Posted by CptnRn View Post
I found the 2012 Hudspeth County results President Map - Election 2012 - NYTimes.com :
Romney 471
Obama 379

The County is 87% Catholic with only one congregation. Odds are many of them are anti-abortion so leaned towards Romney.
Well, let's take Starr County in South Texas. Both very poor, very Hispanic and very Roman Catholic (Starr County is 95% Roman Catholic). However, Starr County votes 86% for Obama and 13% for Romney. I dunno, Hudspeth just seems like an anomaly.
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Old 11-07-2012, 03:16 PM
 
Location: Lancaster, TX
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Default Dallas County Election Results by City

Here's how each candidate fared in Dallas County when the results are broken down by city. These figures are based on the precinct-level results from the Dallas County Elections Department as precinct lines tend to closely follow city boundaries in most areas. For a number of cities who have boundaries that extend into neighboring counties, only the results from the Dallas County portion are included.

For comparison, I posted a similar table of results after the 2008 election.

Dallas County
Romney: 294339 / Obama: 403170 / Others: 10135 / Total: 707644
Romney: 42% / Obama: 57% / Others: 1%
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Addison (Precincts 2900-2905)
Romney: 2653 / Obama: 2161 / Others: 103 / Total: 4917
Romney: 54% / Obama: 44% / Others: 2%

Balch Springs (Precincts: 3400-3411)
Romney: 1451 / Obama: 2958 / Others: 46 / Total: 4455
Romney: 33% / Obama: 66% / Others: 1%

Carrollton (Precincts: 2400-2411)
Romney: 7336 / Obama: 6104 / Others: 235 / Total: 13675
Romney: 54% / Obama: 45% / Others: 2%

Cedar Hill (Precincts: 3100-3112)
Romney: 5215 / Obama: 13801 / Others: 179 / Total: 19195
Romney: 27% / Obama: 72% / Others: 1%

Cockrell Hill (Precinct: 4300)
Romney: 186 / Obama: 430 / Others: 7 / Total: 623
Romney: 30% / Obama: 69% / Others: 1%

Coppell (Precincts 2800-2810)
Romney: 11401 / Obama: 5070 / Others: 305 / Total: 16776
Romney: 68% / Obama: 30% / Others: 2%

Dallas (Precincts: 1000-1139, 2000-2079, 3000-3094, 4000-4120)
Romney: 110749 / Obama: 209590 / Others: 4460 / Total: 324799
Romney: 34% / Obama: 65% / Others: 1%

DeSoto (Precincts: 3600-3620)
Romney: 3985 / Obama: 19134 / Others: 150 / Total: 23269
Romney: 17% / Obama: 82% / Others: 1%

Duncanville (Precincts: 3200-3211)
Romney: 5954 / Obama: 8150 / Others: 206 / Total: 14310
Romney: 42% / Obama: 57% / Others: 1%

Farmers Branch (Precincts: 2300-2312)
Romney: 5312 / Obama: 3831 / Others: 188 / Total: 9331
Romney: 57% / Obama: 41% / Others: 2%

Garland (Precincts: 1700-1729, 2700-2717, 3700-3703)
Romney: 31714 / Obama: 29423 / Others: 1027 / Total: 62164
Romney: 51% / Obama: 47% / Others: 2%

Glenn Heights (Precinct: 3900)
Romney: 299 / Obama: 1800 / Others: 15 / Total: 2114
Romney: 14% / Obama: 85% / Others: 1%

Grand Prairie (Precincts: 4500-4538)
Romney: 12734 / Obama: 15136 / Others: 375 / Total: 28245
Romney: 45% / Obama: 54% / Others: 1%

Highland Park (Precincts: 2200-2203)
Romney: 4225 / Obama: 1034 / Others: 67 / Total: 5326
Romney: 79% / Obama: 19% / Others: 1%

Hutchins (Precinct: 3950)
Romney: 240 / Obama: 682 / Others: 9 / Total: 931
Romney: 26% / Obama: 73% / Others: 1%

Irving (Precincts: 2601-2605, 4600-4663)
Romney: 24179 / Obama: 25688 / Others: 873 / Total: 50740
Romney: 48% / Obama: 51% / Others: 2%

Lancaster (Precincts: 3800-3809)
Romney: 1857 / Obama: 12615 / Others: 84 / Total: 14556
Romney: 13% / Obama: 87% / Others: 1%

Lewisville (Precincts: 2910-2911)
Romney: 127 / Obama: 84 / Others: 2 / Total: 213
Romney: 60% / Obama: 39% / Others: 1%

Mesquite (Precincts: 1300-1316, 3300-3318)
Romney: 19056 / Obama: 20122 / Others: 527 / Total: 39705
Romney: 48% / Obama: 51% / Others: 1%

Richardson (Precincts: 1500-1504, 2500-2514)
Romney: 16230 / Obama: 11591 / Others: 651 / Total: 28472
Romney: 57% / Obama: / Others: 41% / Total: 2%

Rowlett (Precincts: 2920-2929)
Romney: 12111 / Obama: 7273 / Others: 289 / Total: 19673
Romney: 62% / Obama: 37% / Others: 1%

Sachse (Precincts: 2940-2942)
Romney: 3985 / Obama: 1680 / Others: 95 / Total: 5760
Romney: 69% / Obama: 29% / Others: 2%

Seagoville & Combine (Precincts: 3920-3922)
Romney: 1767 / Obama: 1456 / Others: 42 / Total: 3265
Romney: 54% / Obama: 45% / Others: 1%

Sunnyvale (Precinct: 3500)
Romney: 2019 / Obama: 667 / Others: 30 / Total: 2716
Romney: 74% / Obama: 25% / Others: 1%

University Park (Precincts: 2220-2226)
Romney: 9251 / Obama: 2073 / Others: 152 / Total: 11476
Romney: 81% / Obama: 18% / Others: 1%

Wilmer & Unincorporated SE Dallas County (Precinct: 3940)
Romney: 303 / Obama: 617 / Others: 18 / Total: 938
Romney: 32% / Obama: 66% / Others: 2%
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Old 11-07-2012, 03:19 PM
 
Location: Willowbend/Houston
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^^^Do you know where we can see results from other counties?
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Old 11-07-2012, 03:25 PM
 
Location: Houston, Texas
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the County results are interesting in some states. Obama won zero counties in WV and Utah.

Romney won zero counties in his home state of Massachusetts or in Rhode Island and Hawaii
Not a big surprise though Obama did win the counties Salt Lake City and Park City are in the last time around.
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Old 11-07-2012, 03:46 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Romne also won zero counties in Vermont.

It's interesting that states like Illinois, Washington and Oregon always Democrat as a whole due to strong lead in their respective big cities (rural areas remaining red) while in TX all 4 big cities vote Democrat but the state is still strongly Republican.
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Old 11-07-2012, 03:48 PM
 
Location: Lancaster, TX
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^^^Do you know where we can see results from other counties?
I would check the county elections website first. Dallas County had voting precinct maps for each city, which made it very easy to tally the numbers.
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