Friday, November 9, 2012
The president captured his home state in Tuesday's election, but how did he fare in the Cook County precincts that cover the city?
After winning 18 out of 19 voting precincts that cover the city, President Barack Obama was the clear choice of the majority of Chicago Heights voters in Tuesday's election, according to data released Wednesday from the county clerk's office. READ: The Race for President—How Illinois Voted The re-elected president had 8,142 votes at Heights precincts compared to Republican challenger Mitt Romney's 2,403, according to the numbers reported by the Cook County Clerk's Office. In fact, the only Heights precinct Romney won was at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, where he beat out Obama by just three votes. In contrast, Romney did not get a single vote at the Beacon Hill School precinct. READ: Election 2012 Results for Local and State Races The …
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Turnout for Tuesday's primary was low. Patch editors caught up with poll-goers adamant about exercising their right to step into the ballot boxes. What brought them to the polls?
Although turnout seemed low throughout the area, many south suburban residents cast ballots because of races for the GOP presidential nomination and congressional districts that were redrawn last year. For some voters, their selection in the Republican presidential primary was a matter of finding "the least of all evils." Stephen Buretz, of Frankfort, said that man was Rick Santorum. "I don't know," Buretz said. "He was the best of the worst. I wasn't decided until I stepped up there." Tinley Park election judge Barbara Lavey said she thinks the primary's turnout was hampered by voters having to declare their candidacy. She also said she believed that many democrats didn't feel they had to show up at the ballot box. "It's annoying, but it'…
One judge believes many voters are unaware of how important the primary elections can be for some offices.
Visiting the polls to see what voters have to say about the candidates can be quite a task with no voters in sight. Many locations were practically empty if not for the group of election judges overseeing each precinct. Kimberly Beatty, a longtime judge in the Chicago Heights area, said she is surprised at how low the turnout has been at Fire Station No. 3 on Joe Orr Road, which had a grand total of 62 voters as of 1:15 p.m. But Beatty said she's heard worst than she's seen. "I've heard from (Cook) County that some of the other precincts were still in the single digits as of about 10 a.m.," Beatty said. Greenbriar School was doing slightly better around the same time, with 81 voters, though election judge Angela Nickerson, said she's …
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11:00 am on Wednesday, March 21, 2012
"I've been a Democrat all my life," the 89-year-old said. "Mayor (Richard) Daley once told me that if you're a working man, you have to vote Democratic." I would think he's old enough to think for himself for crying out loud. more ›