February 13, 2008Tuesday's primary: Who won in your neighborhood?CNN told you who the winners were almost before the polls even closed yesterday. Sure, Obama one big in all three Potomac Primaries, and McCain continued his roll, too. And The Roanoke Times tells you who won in each locality around here. This year, we even offered an analysis blog from my boss, Senior Editor Dwayne Yancey. But if that doesn't satisfy your curiousity, you can drill down even deeper into the still unofficial results on the website of the Virginia State Board of Elections. So, for example, I can go to the precinct level data for Roanoke Democrats and tell that in my Raleigh Court precinct, Hillary Clinton got 133 votes to Barack Obama's 100. (I wonder if Bill Clinton's presence in the neighborhood on Monday had anything to do with it?) On the Republican side, I can tell that Mike Huckabee trounced John McCain, 84-34 in my neck of the woods. It'll take you a few clicks to get to this level on your own. You can start with the state-wide numbers, go to the locality, and then, in the column off to the left, click for precincts to get as local as you can get. Be nosy about your neighbors, or scan every precinct to see who ran well where. So go forth, my friends, and drill down into the depths of the sausage-making operation we call democracy. |
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[February 13, 2008 12:15 PM]
Valerie : →http://savecountryside.blogspot.com/Interesting details of the precincts though not unpredictable. I stood in line for 1 hr and 40 min to vote at William Fleming. The line was out the door. I did not get home until almost 7:00 PM. There was still a snaked line of people waiting to vote all the way to the entrance of the gym. I know some left due to the long lines.
Now I have a VERY Republican neighbor and as they were checked in they put their "R" ticket in their pocket to go to the voting machine. Someone commented "did they think we would attack them or something?" It was quite amusing.