Romney signs on Dole Avenue.
2008 was the first year since the Republican Party was formed that a Democrat carried McHenry County.
Barack Obama got 51.8% of the ballots cast to John McCains’s 44.5%.
This year, the Republicans took McHenry County.
Mitt Romney won 53.3% of the vote, while Obama took 44.5%.
In raw numbers, 131,179 voted for either Obama or McCain in 2012.
That compares to 137,133 casting ballots for one of the two major parties in 2008.
Almost 6,000 fewer votes were cast this year than four years ago.
2012 Obama sticker.
- Obama – 72,288
- McCain – 64,845
In 2012, the totals were
- Obama – 59,691
- Romney – 71,488
Total turnout can be seen below:
- 2008 – 140,002 or 70.22% of those registered to vote
- 2012 – 134,323 so far or 66.1% of registered voters
