Minnesota may be blue, but lakes area counties lean to the red — in varying shades from a deeper red to one that may be considered pink.
So how did area counties split in the presidential election and the choice between Gov. Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan and President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden?
■ Aitkin County — 49.58 percent of voters supported Romney with 48.26 percent for Obama. Registered voters on Election Day: 10,003 with an estimated 9,321 voters at the polls.
■ Cass County — 55.49 percent for Romney and 42.49 percent for Obama. Registered voters on Election Day: 18,152 with an estimated 16,211 voters at the polls.
■ Crow Wing County — 55.60 percent for Romney and 42.27 percent for Obama. Registered voters on Election Day: 37,979 with an estimated 35,067 voters at the polls.
■ Mille Lacs County — 53.10 percent for Romney and 44.53 percent for Obama. Registered voters on Election Day: 14,618 with an estimated 13,179 voters at the polls.
■ Morrison County — 60.78 percent Romney and 36.81 percent for Obama. Registered voters on Election Day: 17,998 with an estimated 16,837 voters at the polls.
■ Todd County — 56.93 percent for Romney and 40.83 percent for Obama. Registered voters on Election Day: 13,164 with an estimated 11,867 voters at the polls.
■ Wadena County — 61.01 percent for Romney and 36.70 percent for Obama. Registered voters on Election Day: 7,616 with an estimated 6,853 voters at the polls.
Results are considered unofficial until the state canvassing board meets on Nov. 27. As of Thursday afternoon, only Hennepin County, with 675,024 estimated voters Tuesday, was still incomplete for reporting precincts.
To find out how a particular county voted for candidates go to http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us
RENEE RICHARDSON, senior reporter, may be reached at 855-5852 or renee.richardson@brainerddispatch.com. Follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Dispatchbizbuzz.
Comments (32)
Add commentFunny Thing , Al Doty was Not Elected , Why ?
It seems the further away from civilization you get ( more rural) the more Red you see.
Its worth noting that while it seems people like Gazelka who the majority population of the entire state REJECT his beliefs , the minority locals saw fit to actually send this man back to St Paul.
Does that make Gazelka an effective voice for this area in St Paul ? NO !
Bachmann and Gazelka
Who gets it?
captron Gazelka was sent to
captron Gazelka was sent to represent "OUR" district, not those outside of it.
Who Gets It.?....David Barton...
In a different world or country perhaps...
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David Barton, another Evangelical Minister
and graduate of Oral Roberts Middle School.
Time for them all to go away and take Beckerhead with them!
Hey Onlinereader**** Gazelka has become irrelevant-nice work !
I was still looking for one individual that actually supports Gazelkas completely misguided efforts.
Guess you must be that sole (relative?) individual that actually thinks that way .
Lets check his accomplishments :
Wasting time on--- Marriage Amendment ,Voter ID , Shoot first legislation, elimination of the property tax credit , accounting gimmicks with the budget , and last but not least ( to name a few) shutting down the State of MN last summer while the Senate Majority Leader & her GOP asst Party Chairman ( Comm Director) were busy creating more expense for taxpayers due to their antics.
In my opinion your choice of a state lawmaker in MY district was very poor. You showed Horrible Judgement.
The Good News would be the MN GOP besides being bankrupt is now neutered as well. Making Gazelka irrelevant.
Superglued to the Past...
Worth a read...
http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/07/why-the-gop-will-double-down-on-a-l...
cap
Do you live in a big city like Dutch?? I myself & the way it looks other people do not like living with a bunch of Ewe's!!!
I have my farm escape in the Lakes Region OFB...
Some folks have cabins...
I have a farm...
Crow Wing County LOVEs my tax payments...
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Technically, I live in a Township in the Twin Cities...
LOL Dutch
I just like picking on ya!!
Hmm BTW I bet you're property taxes go up for you 1%'ers
Never had HomeStead Relief on the Farm place...
Paul Gazelka helped remove it for everyone...
Evens the property tax score a bit, doesn't it.?.
Oh the left won
if you want to call brain washing a bunch of ignorant collage kids and sucking up to poor folks with more free stuff a win. But what will the cost be to the country. Of course you don't really care about that. Heck now you have the promise of gay marriage and free condoms and now many can even smoke a little pot to become even more brain dead than you already are.Sounds like utopia is just around the corner.Have fun and enjoy!!
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/an-informed-electorate-you-wont-believe-...
Those darn women voters
And college kids and Asian and African Americans just couldn't bring themselves to vote Republican.
And Florida, land of ten million retirees, went Democratic.
If we want a two party system to survive, best be figuring out how to appeal to some diverse elements that are increasing and not declining.
Conservative Catholics and evangelicals voted as a very
strong block for Gazelka, esp. in Cass County. If you were one of the sheep who was threatened by your priest/pastor with eternal damnation, that may have influenced your vote, too. We need to have a little compassion, I guess.
that would be college (not collage)
Perhaps the more educated citizens voted for Obama.
Don't try to paint all Obama supporters as welfare recipients.
If you're going to link The Blaze, I'll post Huffington Post!
Diverse elements?
Pandering isn't the answer. Good policies are.
Some diverse groups, ie. minorities,
Saw all the threats and intimidation surrounding Voter ID policies, as attempts at voter suppression.
That is the policy, merely one of the more egregious ones, that divided the electorate.
I'll repeat my logo and case...Thomas Jefferson...
The Fact that David Barton wrote a book about Tom, kinda says something...
Thomas Jefferson is on 2 Dollar Bills...Legal Tender...
I don't think I see David Barton, Michele Bachmann, or Paul Gazelka's facial imprint on legal currency in the United States, correct.?.
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Isn't that the
Queer bill that the guy at the burger joint wouldn't take and even the security cop questioned it? Was that you?
Gee Sir Fair...Crawl out of the Foxhole Finally.?.Canada nogood
Worried about ya palee...
A Day without a Fair n Balanced Post is like a Day without Sunshine...
Something to look forward to...
Kinda liks Barack Obama...
Welcome Back Sir Fair...
Shared the Obama Beer Recipe with Old Farm Boy...
He's gonna make more of that new brew (10 percent alcohol he swears), and share...
Sharing is Caring Sir Fair...
Wonder why PROHIBITION didn't work.?.
Prolly because
most of us don't hang out with gays. You can if you want. can I not if I want?
Itter and Fair...Wadda Pair...
Only on the Dispatch Forums...
David Barton Book...Like the old Sears Catalogs back in the day.
Great place to Recycle...And Reuse...
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Sorry Folks...Edit...Modern Item...Something more Familiar follows
BTW Folks...Deer Camp 2012 at the Farm...Still in use and Happy...
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Walker wasn't recalled in Wisconsin...
Doubt Paul Gazelka gets recalled in the 9th...
Voters spoke and will get their expected return on investment...
4 years of nothing is better than below zero ice fishing...
CNN...watching Grover Norquist do Nasal again...
I get better sound out of an old 84 Chevy C10 with a 250 Straight Six and straight pipes and Glass Pack Dual Mufflers...
Gays are great folks...American Citizens...Labels are bad...
Civil Rights for All Citizens...
Dutch
Below -0 that aint nothing. Come ice fishing in Canada with me & stand out on the ice at -30 below. That is why I need the 10% stuff. The regular you have to keep in your suit & when ya pull it out. (Drink real fast!!!)
My dad and the neighbor went to Lake Superior a few times...
To Ice Fish...
As Grumpy Old Men movie guys would say...
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
(Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon)...
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I had family come in from the Netherlands one year in the winter...
They wanted to Ice Fish...
I put on the VHS movie and sorta introduced them...
Drove by Mille Lacs and they saw the City on the Ice...
Cousin sat in a hut for 8 hours on Platte Lake one day...
Loved it...
Showed them the VHS movie again and he laughed all day long...He got it.!.
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He visited Finland one year and they rented some snowmobiles...
Best Times ever he said...
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This does prove
that the screechers and snows and eyolfs in the area are the minority and they needed the metro voters to get their O'Bummer!
Math...Minneapolis...382,000...BrainerdApolis...26,000
Got it Fair.?.
Part of the State of Minnesota...
And what Paul Gazelka and Warren Limmer somewhat forgot about...
Both are elected in their districts...
However...
Amendments are State Wide...
And the State spoke...
Gee...
Darn...
I'll throw 1.5 million with NO Votes to Paul and Warren any time...
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NOvember 2012...
Learn to remember it..
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Civil Rights for All Minnesotans...