Results of large cities

[Lephead]

Here is the info I have on large cities.  Mainly stumped on Phoenix AZ

http://www.scribd.com/doc/13474955/2008-VOTE-FOR-PRESIDENT-Top-50-Cities

[Lephead]

Didn't he squeek out a win in Jacksonville?  But I think his largest margin was in Mesa?

[Lephead]

To NCLIB :
"This link (below) that Lephead posted. I don't know what his original source is."

There are so many sources it defies comprehension.

[Lephead]

"Where does the Scottsdale figure up there come from?"

The upside of maricopa county was that there were municipal elections in some cities in November.  That information could be matched to precinct.  the downside was that Phoenix  and Glendale did not have a municipal election.

[Lephead]

I posted the maricopa chart with known city precincts here :

http://www.scribd.com/doc/18034053/2008-MARICOPA-AZ-Precinct-by-City

PRES is the total number of votes cast for Presidential candidates.
CITY is the total number of votes cast in the municipal election.

[Lephead]

I added some more cities to my chart, mostly from Florida and Texas.  They are listed at the end of p.2.

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NCLIB : Good work. I noticed that you have The Woodlands, Montgomery Co., Texas as almost 3-1 Obama.  Can you make sure it is not transposed. Thanks.

Thank you for pointing out this transposition.  Texas lists McCain first in all its precinct reports so I entered it as it was from the precinct results.  Like you say, this is the suburban republican heartland, and it was definitely 72% for McCain.

[Lephead]

Okay, I've slain the beast, I have attempted using precinct maps to determine Phoenix Arizona.  The surprise was that Obama's margin was not very big.
In my chart on scribd, I have entered the totals as : Obama 170934, McCain 155731
but they break down this way : precincts that are all in Phoenix or look like they'e
re mostly in Phoenix voted Obama 157104 McCain 147251; precincts that look particularly split voted : Obama 13830 McCain 8480.
The tragic part here is that only 335,000 people voted in Phoenix.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/13474955/2008-VOTE-FOR-PRESIDENT-Top-Cities

Next big city (well not any more) is Birmingham Alabama.  There is an election there so the city posted a list of polling places.  I was able to match up all but 8 to the Nov 2008 results.  Trying to find out those numbers.  Current vote for Obama : 86.6%