Politics & Government

Election 2012: Was Frankfort an Obama or a Romney Town?

The president captured his home state in Tuesday's election, but how did he fare in Frankfort precincts?

If Frankfort residents had their way, last Tuesday night would have been all about the newly-elected President Mitt Romney. 

However, President Barack Obama got the nod nationwide.

The total number of votes cast in all 29 precincts came out in favor of Mitt Romney, who garnered 14,520 ballots compared to 9,988 for Obama, according to data released by the Will County Clerk's Office.

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Except for Precincts 14, 15 and 24, voters in Frankfort overwhelmingly favored Romney.

The biggest vote getter for Romney was Precinct 17 where Republican ballots totaled more than twice the number of Democratic votes. Voters there cast 715 votes for Romney compared to 315 for Obama. In Precinct 29, the vote was 695 for Romney compared to 288 for Obama.

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In Precinct 15, Obama gained 58 more votes than Romney, with the president receiving 449 votes and Romney receiving 381. In Precinct 14, Obama led by 11 votes and in Precinct 24, the president received 19 more votes than Romney.

SOURCE: Will County Clerk's Office

Precinct No. Obama-Biden (D) Romney-Ryan (R) Johnson-Gray (L) Stein-Hawkins (G) 1 343 515 8 0 2 330 540 11 5 3 350 484 4 1 4 348 446 10 3 5 326 481 15 9 6 289 510 8 3 7 324 458 8 2 8 368 465 14 2 9 383 487 6 1 10 393 435 10 1 11 321 450 7 8 12 344 505 9 6 13 332 409 5 0 14 436 425 11 0 15 449 381 23 5 16 384 506 11 4 17 315 715 14 2 18 275 588 9 4 19 376 429 12 5 20 425 479 11 6 21 323 483 15 5 22 315 495 10 2 23 296 592 9 3 24 400 381 8 3 25 317 531 11 5 26 292 599 9 4 27 251 502 9 3 28 395 524 12 1 29 288 695 4 0

TOTALS

9,988 14,520 293 93

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