In 2008, Obama Found Modest Support in County
History suggests that if President Obama wins Maryland's electoral votes, he'll be getting most of his support from elsewhere in the state.
Barack Obama secured Maryland’s 10 electoral votes on the way to winning the presidency in 2008, but his strongest support in the state was found outside Anne Arundel County. Voters in the county actually supported Republican candidate Sen. John McCain by a narrow margin, with 129,682 votes for McCain and about 125,015 for Obama. A review of the results shows that Obama garnered his strongest support in most of West Anne Arundel County and the Annapolis area, while McCain won the areas of Pasadena, Severna Park and south county. Obama earned very strong support in precincts in Brooklyn Park, Severn and Glen Burnie, but voting was generally split in other parts of north county. The races for congress in 2008 showed different voter …
S C Eastport
5:33 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Some Annapolitains argue there is no history of violence on election day at Harbor House. I was in NY on September 11th. As as I was looking up at the Memorial Lights, I thought about how there was also never a history of planes flying into buildings, but look at the disaster... All we can do is educate ourselves based on past history and try to look out for our safety... 12 of the other 13 … more ›