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demscantwin

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21. Obama won Fairfield County by 11 points

Reply to cali (Original post)

Wed Nov 21, 2012, 01:26 PM

Nov 2012

Great research Sparky! Obama won Fairfield Ct by 11 points, not narrowly. Obama- 214,757 votes (55%), Romney - 172,238 votes (44.1%), Other- 3,616 votes (.09%). 3 out of the 10 wealthiest cities also voted for Obama. Total vote for the 10 wealthiest cities in Fairfield County was : Romney- 61,797 and Obama - 52,028. Which means that Romney won the ten richest cities 54% to 46% a narrower margin than Obama won the whole county by. Do some better research next time. http://www.courant.com/news/elections

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The Richest Counties voted for Obama MYTH [View all] cali Nov 2012 OP

good point! ceeRoy Nov 2012 #1

Point of fact... tyne Nov 2012 #2

One should also remember counties mean little in Conn. NutmegYankee Nov 2012 #3

...is not a MYTH at all. It is a FACT. nt LaydeeBug Nov 2012 #4

Clearly wealthy people in Fairfield County voted overwhelmingly for Romney cali Nov 2012 #5

and CLEARLY the FACT remains that BARACK OBAMA CARRIED 8 OUT OF 10 of the wealthiest districts LaydeeBug Nov 2012 #6

Yes, he won the wealthiest counties. cali Nov 2012 #11

And yet the FACT is that he carried the wealthiest counties, and your breathless LaydeeBug Nov 2012 #18

What are you talking about? RevStPatrick Nov 2012 #7

I didn't phrase it well. Yes, I meant that he won despite the votes of the wealthy. cali Nov 2012 #9

Well, there ya go! RevStPatrick Nov 2012 #14

Most of the wealthy people in Marin are dems XemaSab Nov 2012 #8

Same can be said of Santa Clara County Brother Buzz Nov 2012 #17

Fairfax County and Loudoun County have a lot of wealthy liberals HipChick Nov 2012 #10

The point is that at least in one of those counties cali Nov 2012 #13

You're not making sense...if you are earning less than $150K in those areas.. HipChick Nov 2012 #16

Semantics. A fact is a fact. Also, the avg salary of those rich counties don't even pass $150k JaneyVee Nov 2012 #12

It's not semantics. Implied in the claim is that wealthy people went for Obama cali Nov 2012 #15

I live in a very affluent part of Portland, Oregon. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2012 #19

There are plenty of rich Democrats.... YoungDemCA Nov 2012 #20

Obama won Fairfield County by 11 points demscantwin Nov 2012 #21