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Election 2012: Did Palos Choose Obama or Romney?

President Obama got his second term but voters in Palos Township were looking for a different outcome on Tuesday.

By Nick Swedberg
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November 9, 2012

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The reelection of President Barack Obama Tuesday night might have been record-setting, but voting records for the Palos area indicate that voters wanted a different outcome.

Palos Township, which includes Palos Park, Palos Hills, portions of Palos Heights and unincorporated Palos Heights precincts, favored Romney as their pick for the next president. He and running mate Paul Ryan won about 10 percent more votes than Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.

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The City of Palos Heights cast ballots in favor of Romney at an even greater ratio than the rest of Palos Township, according to an analysis of figures provided by the Cook County Clerk's office. Palos Heights spreads across both Palos and Worth townships. Worth Township overall choose Obama.

Just as with Palos Heights, the Village of Palos Park also heavily favored the Republican ticket.

As a state, Illinois went blue and its 20 electoral votes went to Obama. Both the City of Chicago and suburban Cook County also favored the Dems in the presidential contest.

Palos Township

Precinct	Barack Obama & Joe Biden (D)	Mitt Romney & Paul Ryan (R)	Gary Johnson & James P. Gray (L)	Jill Stein & Howie Hawkins (G)	Total Votes
Palos 1	162	269	6	1	438
Palos 2	130	203	0	1	334
Palos 3	244	282	2	2	530
Palos 4	215	241	9	2	467
Palos 5	229	211	6	5	451
Palos 6	216	116	2	3	337
Palos 7	349	280	5	3	637
Palos 8	120	158	3	2	283
Palos 9	165	331	2	5	503
Palos 10	283	508	5	2	798
Palos 11	243	404	5	1	653
Palos 12	307	259	4	5	575
Palos 13	245	426	3	0	674
Palos 14	174	192	6	0	372
Palos 15	226	392	4	3	625
Palos 16	300	474	9	3	786
Palos 17	403	299	7	4	713
Palos 18	349	295	3	1	648
Palos 19	399	329	11	4	743
Palos 20	304	316	7	6	633
Palos 21	190	214	4	6	414
Palos 22	60	52	2	0	114
Palos 23	214	150	2	1	367
Palos 24	137	284	5	2	428
Palos 25	339	37	4	5	385
Palos 26	184	182	8	3	377
Palos 27	406	277	8	1	692
Palos 28	433	69	6	1	509
Palos 29	223	425	8	6	662
Palos 30	347	378	9	3	737
Palos 31	313	344	5	7	669
Palos 32	178	142	4	3	327
Palos 33	260	419	2	1	682
Palos 34	221	256	6	2	485
Palos 35	357	385	13	0	755
Palos 36	343	346	9	4	702
Palos 37	273	469	6	2	750
Palos 38	299	281	2	3	585
Palos 39	260	472	9	5	746
Palos Township Results	10,100	11,167	211	108	21,586

Source: Suburban Cook County Elections

Worth Township

Precinct	Barack Obama & Joe Biden (D)	Mitt Romney & Paul Ryan (R)	Gary Johnson & James P. Gray (L)	Jill Stein & Howie Hawkins (G)	Total Votes
Worth 1	216	151	6	1	374
Worth 2	364	323	10	3	700
Worth 3	342	279	3	6	630
Worth 4	537	226	6	3	772
Worth 5	303	354	2	3	662
Worth 6	362	305	1	7	675
Worth 7	265	469	12	5	751
Worth 8	467	170	2	2	641
Worth 9	401	276	8	7	692
Worth 10	469	252	8	4	733
Worth 11	320	283	5	6	614
Worth 12	224	178	4	0	406
Worth 13	367	282	14	1	664
Worth 14	436	145	3	1	585
Worth 15	190	151	9	2	352
Worth 16	448	375	7	4	834
Worth 17	516	183	7	2	708
Worth 18	165	356	6	2	529
Worth 19	395	239	7	2	643
Worth 20	300	125	5	1	431
Worth 21	511	309	10	7	837
Worth 22	307	207	4	5	523
Worth 23	320	350	6	2	678
Worth 24	268	55	2	0	325
Worth 25	380	298	5	3	686
Worth 26	263	173	7	2	445
Worth 27	248	241	4	3	496
Worth 28	246	135	5	0	386
Worth 29	391	129	4	4	528
Worth 30	364	260	7	3	634
Worth 31	499	263	5	0	767
Worth 32	203	229	3	1	436
Worth 33	317	239	7	5	568
Worth 34	399	152	4	5	560
Worth 35	363	323	7	4	697
Worth 36	392	255	0	2	649
Worth 37	394	80	3	4	481
Worth 38	387	217	5	3	612
Worth 39	304	273	11	3	591
Worth 40	405	229	6	1	641
Worth 41	194	158	1	1	354
Worth 42	294	223	8	3	528
Worth 43	542	3	2	0	547
Worth 44	255	165	4	6	430
Worth 45	255	230	5	2	492
Worth 46	417	313	12	6	748
Worth 47	198	133	6	0	337
Worth 48	214	205	2	3	424
Worth 49	190	200	3	3	396
Worth 50	309	351	7	6	673
Worth 51	226	238	5	1	470
Worth 52	186	212	7	2	407
Worth 53	425	216	3	3	647
Worth 54	351	247	10	3	611
Worth 55	206	126	1	0	333
Worth 56	275	400	8	2	685
Worth 57	352	285	8	3	648
Worth 58	385	277	8	3	673
Worth 59	646	113	5	1	765
Worth 60	163	216	3	0	382
Worth 61	304	261	4	6	575
Worth 62	161	161	3	2	327
Worth 63	367	216	5	1	589
Worth 64	149	156	2	3	310
Worth 65	342	638	18	4	1,002
Worth 66	262	212	2	1	477
Worth 67	199	228	8	1	436
Worth 68	341	110	3	2	456
Worth 69	519	188	3	1	711
Worth 70	428	330	7	5	770
Worth 71	204	376	5	3	588
Worth 72	401	266	11	3	681
Worth 73	308	103	1	2	414
Worth 74	182	158	6	1	347
Worth 75	388	357	5	7	757
Worth 76	197	99	3	1	300
Worth 77	364	280	9	6	659
Worth 78	421	316	11	3	751
Worth 79	168	236	3	0	407
Worth 80	517	166	7	2	692
Worth 81	237	239	3	1	480
Worth 82	335	246	7	7	595
Worth 83	224	84	3	0	311
Worth 84	372	298	9	3	682
Worth 85	310	280	7	4	601
Worth 86	360	268	4	2	634
Worth 87	325	197	6	2	530
Worth 88	254	133	3	3	393
Worth 89	324	475	5	6	810
Worth 90	405	207	7	5	624
Worth 91	180	190	4	2	376
Worth 92	325	323	5	2	655
Worth 93	216	132	3	1	352
Worth 94	379	292	10	10	691
Worth 95	230	434	8	1	673
Worth 96	459	216	4	3	682
Worth 97	376	83	0	5	464
Worth 98	378	337	7	2	724
Worth 99	173	191	7	4	375
Worth 100	325	318	5	1	649
Worth 101	271	201	2	5	479
Worth 102	262	135	3	4	404
Worth Township Results	33,073	23,986	566	294	57,919