Somerville and Cambridge unofficial presidential primary results

[ron_newman]

Somerville results are posted here. Summary:

Democrats
Bernie Sanders - 12191 (56.9%)
Hillary Clinton - 8977 (41.9%)
Others, Write-Ins, Blanks - 273
Total - 21441

Republicans
Donald Trump - 1086 (39.1%)
Marco Rubio - 666 (24.0%)
John Kasich - 651 (23.5%)
Ted Cruz - 217 (7.8%)
Ben Carson - 51 (1.8%)
Others, Write-Ins, Blanks - 104
Total - 2775

Also, here are Cambridge results:

Democrats
Hillary Clinton - 15619 (53.3%)
Bernie Sanders - 13542 (46.2%)
Others, Write-Ins, Blanks - 173
Total - 29334

Republicans
John Kasich - 1049 (33.9%)
Marco Rubio - 905 (29.2%)
Donald Trump - 778 (25.1%)
Ted Cruz - 210 (6.8%)
Ben Carson - 57 (1.8%)
Others, Write-Ins, Blanks - 101
Total - 3100

Comments

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

Straight up baffled that there are even 1000 people in this town that think Trump would be a good choice.

[3rdragon]

I am informed that at least two of my roommate's colleagues vote solely based on entertainment value (not sure where they live). Apparently they figure that the president doesn't change enough things to really matter.

For better or worse, I'm unlikely to be in a position to debate the privilege inherent in that opinion.

[leafshimmer.livejournal.com]

Trump is our national shame.

That's exciting if Sanders took Mass. Of course with the super delegate factor (which I do not really understand) at work, who knows how it all boils down in the end.

[ron_newman]

Sanders did not win Massachusetts. These are local results for Somerville.

Link to statewide results on BostonGlobe.com site

EDIT: I've added results for Cambridge, which Hillary won.

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

Marco Rubio - 666 (24.0%)

The voting public has a sense of humor.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

So Cambridge had a much higher percentage turnout of D versus R than Somerville even though Somerville went for Bernie. I wonder if all those Kasich voters were doing their (imho) misguided thing of voting for someone they didn't like instead of staying D.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

Breakdown of Somerville voting numbers (not voting results) by precinct here (http://www.somervillema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/election%20totals_0.pdf)

[ron_newman]

That is the same file I linked to in my post. It does have results by precinct.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

HI I'M A SPACE CADET.

sorry about that. I had followed the link when this was posted and then forgotten I'd seen it when I came across it elsewhere.

[turil.livejournal.com]

Interesting flip between Cambridge and Somerville with Hillary vs. Sanders. It's nearly the exact reverse vote, proportion-wise. There's probably an economic statement in there somewhere...