Obama Wins 8 of 10 Wealthiest Counties in US By Paul Toscano | CNBC – Wed, Nov 7, 2012 11:50 AM EST In an election that often focused on debates about class warfare, President Barack Obama was favored over multimillionaire businessman Mitt Romney in eight of the nation's 10 wealthiest counties. And his margin of victory in all eight counties was greater than that of the national vote, in which Obama was leading by 50 percent to 48 percent with 97 percent of precincts reporting. The findings are based on a CNBC.com analysis of Census Bureau numbers on average annual household income from 2006-2011 and results from Tuesday's elections. (Read More Below the Chart) The 10 richest counties accounted for 1,337,700 votes, or about 1.1 percent of the national popular vote. In the richest, Massachusetts' Nantucket County, where average annual household income is over $137,000, Obama won by 63 percent to Romney's 36 percent with all precincts reporting. The richest county in Romney's home state is also where, just prior to accepting the Republican nomination, the former Massachusetts governor held a $75,000-per-person dinner fundraiser. In none of the richest counties was the margin of victory wider than in California's Marin County, just north of San Francisco, where the president won by 74 percent to 23 percent, with all precincts reporting. In Marin, the average annual household income is $128,544. The two richest counties where Romney won were in New Jersey: adjacent Hunterdon and Morris counties in the northern part of the state. Romney won in Morris by 55 percent to 44 percent and in Hunterdon by 59 percent to 40 percent. However, Somerset County, which abuts Hunterdon and Morris, went to Obama by 53 percent to 47 percent. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/obama-wins-8-10-wealthiest-154837437.html
Obama also won 10 of the 10 most educated states. Hmmm. I wonder if there is some kind of relationship?
Actually nothing wrong with this basso post. It's an interesting find. He, as usual, didn't add his own commentary so without the "Obama elitist nazi socialist blah blah" crap, this is fine.
and mississippi (the poorest state and probably least educated) always vote republican. reminder: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Kb62fpsyhC4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Guess what, basso? By that logic, it's also the party of the well educated, and the Republicans are the party of the uneducated! I'll agree with you, if you agree with me! Same logic, right?
I am so sick of staunch new age Republicans b****ing about the victim mentality of the poor and minorities.... and them exhibiting a classis victim mentality. You can post small little tidbits in an attempt to convince yourself that the Republicans are not the party of wealth, privilege and to some extent biggots.. But you are not fooling anyone... For God sakes man, don't have an identity crisis and own whom you are... because you are not fooling anyone but yourself.
I read that the IT sector and silicon valley in particular are for Democrats, guess not all makers are buying the Republican theory.
