Doesnt Lassen also contain a prison? its possible brown just pissed off prison union workers.
Anyways did these towns continue swinging republican in 2012?
Correction. Tehama should be Red Bluff.
Yes, Lassen County contains the High Desert State Prison as well as a correctional center in Susanville.
Two of these four towns swung Republican in 2012 while the other two swung Democratic.
Fortuna2008: 52.29% McCain — 45.13% Obama = R+ 7.16
2012: 50.79% Romney — 45.93% Obama = R+ 4.86 (Swing: D+ 2.30)
Humboldt County swung Republican, so the small swing to Obama in 2012 is interesting. Fortuna is an anomaly in heavily Democratic Humboldt County. Any theories as to why this is?Beverly Hills 2000: 76.51% Gore — 20.47% Bush — 2.29% Nader = D+ 56.04
2004: 62.09% Kerry — 37.04% Bush = D+ 25.05
(Swing: R+ 30.99) 2008: 59.55% Obama — 39.20% McCain = D+ 20.35 (Swing: R+ 4.70)
2012: 54.28% Obama — 43.85% Romney = D+ 10.43 (Swing: R+ 9.92)
This continues to perplex me. Los Angeles County swung Democratic in 2012 and yet Beverly Hills had one of the largest Republican swings. It's swung Republican in every election since 2000, as evidenced by the numbers above that I added. Any Beverly Hills/California people care to elaborate about what's going on here?Laguna Woods 2008: 51.71% Obama — 46.41% McCain = D+ 5.30
2012: 50.77% Romney — 48.21% Obama = R+ 2.56 (Swing: R+ 7.86)
I didn't know before investigating, but per Wikipedia, 90% of this city is a retirement community, and so Obama's poor performance with senior citizens could easily explain this.Red Bluff 2008: 61.54% McCain — 35.38% Obama = R+ 26.16
2012: 61.99% Romney — 35.09% Obama = R+ 26.90 (Swing: R+ 0.74)
Not sure about this city. The swing was relatively small in 2012, similar to the statewide swing.