Politics & Government
Lower Moreland Sees Slight Dip in Votes, Leans Republican
According to the Montgomery County Election Offices, a little over half the township came out and voted yesterday.
President Obama won the election, but the majority of residents in Lower Moreland came out and voted for Republican Mitt Romney yesterday.
The Montgomery County Election Offices released the voting results for LM Township and about 350 fewer people came out and voted yesterday than for the 2008 Presidential Election.
In 2008, the Democratic and Republican vote was separated by the smallest of margins - 4 total votes - in Lower Moreland, with the small edge going to John McCain. Yesterday, the Republican party gained a bit more separation with 565 more votes than the Democratic party.
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2012 Election
Candidate Party Total Votes Percentage Barack Obama Democrat 3,157 45.56% Mitt Romney Republican 3,722 53.71% Jill Stein Green 12 0.17% Gary Johnson Libertarian 38 0.54% 6,929 100%** percentages are rounded
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2008 Election
Candidate Party Total Votes Percentage Barack Obama Democrat 3,608 49.57% John McCainRepublican 3,612 49.63% Ralph Nadar
Independent 40 0.55% John Barr
Libertarian 18 0.25% 7,278 100%*
* percentages are rounded
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