state capitals

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Here are the counties containing state capitals that seem to have gone for McCain:

(check Juneau borough, AK - do we have data?)

AZ Maricopa County (Phoenix), McCain 55%
ID Ada County (Boise), McCain 52%
KS Shawnee County (Topeka), McCain 50% (ahead by under 750 votes)
KY Franklin County (Frankfort), McCain 50% (ahead by under 150 votes)
MD Anne Arundel County (Annapolis), McCain 50%
MO Cole County (Jefferson City), McCain 63%
ND Burleigh County (Bismarck), McCAin 61%
OK Oklahoma County (Oklahoma City), McCain 58%
SD Hughes County (Pierre), McCain 63%
UT Salt Lake County (Salt Lake City), McCain 49%
WV Kanawha County (Charleston), McCain 50% (ahead by under 500 votes)
WY Laramie County (Cheyenne), McCain 59%

Now that Salt Lake County is reported as having voted for Obama, and Boise (Ada) and Phoenix (Maricopa) have been confirmed for Obama (even though their counties didn't), does anyone know about the other capital cities above?

[nclib]

Here are the counties containing state capitals that seem to have gone for McCain...]

(check Juneau borough, AK - do we have data?)

KS Shawnee County (Topeka), McCain 50% (ahead by under 750 votes)
KY Franklin County (Frankfort), McCain 50% (ahead by under 150 votes)
WV Kanawha County (Charleston), McCain 50% (ahead by under 500 votes)

The above capitals have all been confirmed for Obama. McCain has won Jefferson City, Bismarck, Oklahoma City, Pierre, and Cheyenne. I haven't seen any city data for Annapolis--Lephead's Maryland results show county council district, but don't know which cities they correspond to.

[nclib]

Also some state capitals that went Democratic are still more Republican than the state as a whole.  In Salem, Carson City, and Springfield, McCain did better than his statewide average even though he lost both of those.

True, though the Democratic strength (and general population) is concentrated around Portland, Las Vegas, and Chicago, and Salem, Carson City, and Springfield are more Democratic than the rest of those states.