Sangamon County voted 51% in favor of Barack Obama and 47% in favor of John McCain.
The actual vote count:
Obama: 51,176
McCain: 46,857
Nader: 662
Barr: 382
If Nader and Barr were not in the picture and McCain got all of those votes, McCain would still be down 3,275 votes in Sangamon County.
So why did Republicans dominate most of the local elections?
This does not smell right. 72 percent of Sangamon county population turned out to vote.
Since House and Senate districts extend beyond Sangamon County, we can easily conclude that the views expressed by Aaron Schock and John Shimkus don't necessarily reflect the opinions of the majority of us in Sangamon County. Phil Hare was totally unapposed, but Illinois congressional district 17 looks like a Reindeer doing a back-flip.
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