Analysis of 2008 California municipal results

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Does anyone have a comparison of population (or population density), for the top prop 8 or McCain performances--I would imagine most of these are pretty sparsely populated.

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I'm trying to compile the largest and most densely populated cities in California that McCain carried. I've only checked So. Cal. and Bakersfield, so please make additions if you can.

City (county)          McCain margin             pop.

Bakersfield (Kern)      12.674%   308,392   
Huntington Beach (Orange)   7.339%   194,436
Santa Clarita (Los Angeles)   2.747%   168,008
Garden Grove (Orange)   4.312%   166,296
Corona (Riverside)      0.683%   150,253

City (county)            McCain margin    density

Garden Grove (Orange)   4.312%      9,238.7
Westminster (Orange)   13.986%      8,952.0
Huntington Beach (Orange)      7.339%      7,478.3
El Cajon (San Diego)      5.209%      6,554.0
Lake Forest (Orange)      9.203%      6,360.3

Anyone know any more about these cities?

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I'm trying to compile the largest and most densely populated cities in California that McCain carried. I've only checked So. Cal. and Bakersfield, so please make additions if you can.

City (county)          McCain margin             pop.

Bakersfield (Kern)      12.674%   308,392   
Huntington Beach (Orange)   7.339%   194,436
Santa Clarita (Los Angeles)   2.747%   168,008
Garden Grove (Orange)   4.312%   166,296
Corona (Riverside)      0.683%   150,253

City (county)            McCain margin    density

Garden Grove (Orange)   4.312%      9,238.7
Westminster (Orange)   13.986%      8,952.0
Huntington Beach (Orange)      7.339%      7,478.3
El Cajon (San Diego)      5.209%      6,554.0
Lake Forest (Orange)      9.203%      6,360.3

Anyone know any more about these cities?

Thanks to Alcon's link, I verified that the above are correct. Below are the largest and most densely populated cities in California that voted for Prop. 8.


City (county)          Yes %             pop.

Fresno (Fresno)  64.73%     466,714
Santa Ana (Orange)    61.87%   340,024
Anaheim (Orange)  62.35%   334,425
Bakersfield (Kern)   75.18%   308,392
Riverside   (Riverside) 60.3%   293,761


City (county)            Yes %    density

Inglewood (Los Angeles)   60.97%   12,627.9
Santa Ana (Orange)    61.87%   12,547.0
Garden Grove (Orange)    65.57%      9,238.7
Westminster (Orange)   65.89%      8,952.0
Downey (Los Angeles)   63.46%   8,820.6

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Highest and lowest prop. 8 support by CD:

Yes

CA-21 (Nunes) 73.3%
CA-20 (Costa) 72.2%
CA-22 (McCarthy) 70.4%
CA-19 (Radanovich) 67.5%
CA-41 (Lewis) 67.3%

No

CA-8 (Pelosi) 76.7%
CA-9 (Lee) 71.8%
CA-30 (Waxman) 71.1%
CA-6 (Woolsey) 70.5%
CA-14 (Eshoo) 65.7%

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As for comparing Prop. 8 vs. President, the CD map is very similar to the Kerry/Bush map--with the black/hispanic districts voting for Prop. 8, except for CA-31 (Becerra) and CA-33 (Watson) voting No on Prop. 8. Are minorities in CA-31 and CA-33 more supportive of gay marriage, or is the white population in those districts especially liberal?