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« on: July 06, 2011, 09:31:30 PM »

I'm taking some liberty with the definition of "Republican college town" to mean most heavily Republican college campus precinct(s) compared to the surrounding area.

A good candidate for this would be Franciscan University in Steubenville, OH where the college precinct voted 82.5% for McCain (496-103) when the next precinct over voted 78% for Obama. Meanwhile, Obama won the city with 49.7% of the vote (although all the other Republican areas are on the opposite side of town). The Democrats are mainly of the poor coal-mining WV type rather than liberals. There's probably a better answer nationwide, but this is the best example I could find in Ohio.

For a big state school (using the normal definition of Republican college town) at least in Ohio I'd guess Oxford (Miami of Ohio) or maybe even Kent. Both are ~60% Obama ish areas rather than the usual college town 80-90%.

Nationwide is beyond my knowledge.
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