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Geneva Was for Romney—Especially in Tonier Parts of Town
Eagle Brook and Mill Creek folks favored Gov. Mitt Romney in Tuesday's General Election; Geneva East residents liked President Barack Obama.
Geneva was for Romney in Tuesday's presidential election, but who we voted for varied drastically from neighborhood to neighborhood. Gov. Mitt Romney was the decided winner in Geneva Township's 21 precincts, capturing 7,950 votes to President Barack Obama's 5,938 votes. That translates to a 55.94 percent for Romney and 41.78 percent for Obama, of the 14,211 Geneva Township ballots cast in the presidential race. About 2.3 percent of Geneva Township voters cast ballots for other candidates. Of the township's 21 precincts, six favored Obama and 15 gave the edge to Romney, according to election results posted on the Kane County Clerk's Office website. Romney's biggest margin of victory was in Geneva's Precinct 19, located in the Eagle Brook …
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John R
12:05 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
Interesting.....I believe Kane county went Obama? Assuming most people voted according to their political affiliation then I'm a bit surprised by these results. I had always figured that Kane county and the city of Geneva was much more red?? I've heard that the outlying communites are blueing up??? Anyone know if that is in fact the trend for Kane and Geneva???? I think there were at least four … more ›