If Ohio was mostly a Red State on the map -watching election returns this week, it was those northern counties that hugged Lake Erie that turned it Blue for Mr Obama this year.What is it about water?
The California map tells the story. Coast counties in the Golden State voted in favor of President Obama this time around while inland counties mostly voted for Romney. As of this writing, Obama is ahead by about 2 million votes in the state.
In the S2S reading area (using unofficial results) despite a GOP majority, San Luis Obispo County went for Obama 47,893 to 46,598 – mighty close. In Fresno County the vote was 80,859 to 75,313 in favor of Romney even with a Democratic majority.Fresno had just a 39% turnout compared to 52% statewide average.
In Kern County it was 99,840 to 64,690 votes for Mr Romney with a a 41% to 35% GOP registration advantage. In Kings County with a 45% to 35% GOP advantage, Romney won 17,184 to 12,282. In Tulare County with a 44% to 34% GOP majority, Romney won 58% to 40%.
In the north Valley, Sacramento along with Yolo as well as San Bernardino in the Southland were inland counties that bucked the Red State trend of most of the Central Valley, favoring Obama. The biggest surprise in the Valley – Merced County went blue 52% to 46%.The county has a 43% to 34% Demo majority.