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. 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. In …
Eleanor Wiegand
2:49 pm on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Dahhhh!! Frankfort is a very wealthy community---who else would rich people vote for except Mitty? Houses over 400,000 dollars in Frankfort---alll Romney votes. Too bad---middle income won!!! more ›