Did Bush win any precincts in these cities?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'm kind of suprised when Al said he won 32 in Philadelphia. But I am pretty sure he didn't win any in the Twin Cities.

What about these:

NYC
Los Angeles
Chicago
DC
Seattle
San Francisco
Portland, OR
Boston
Baltimore

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'm kind of suprised when Al said he won 32 in Philadelphia.

he Northeast is a conservative area so a Bush win in some precincts shouldn't be surprising.

being slightly less Democratic than the rest of Philadelphia doesn't make a place conservative. Especially when it gave Gore a higher percentage than Massachusetts.

my first guesses would be:


NYC - maybe a few on Staten Island
Los Angeles - maybe a couple in the wealthier parts
Chicago - doubtful. the "conservative" parts of there give Democrats "only" about 66%
DC - not likely, even in the heavily white areas
Seattle - very similar to SF, I doubt there was any
San Francisco - no way
Portland, OR - see top above
Boston - I'd be very suprised
Baltimore - maybe a wealthy neighborhood or two, but i doubt it

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

then why did it vote about 66% for Gore? That's conservative by Philadelphia standards but still more liberal than Massachusetts.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The results for every precinct in Minnesota can be found here: http://elections.sos.state.mn.us/ENR2000_General/elecmenu.htm

I obviously haven't looked over every precinct, but I have through many, and have to find one where Bush even broke 40%. I also know that Gore swept most of the inner suburbs like New Hope and Robbinsdale, so it's unlikely he could win anything in the actual cities since there aren't any real conservative pockets. The Twin Cities area follows standard political geography rules pretty well, you can almost always tell how a city votes from its proximity from the inner city centers.

also I do know for a fact that Norm Coleman didn't win a single precinct in St. Paul, so if couldn't win one in the city he was mayor of, I don't see how Bush could, or win any in the more liberal Minneapolis.

This means that it's likely there are more precincts in the Twin Cities were Bush came in 3rd than 1st

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I also looked through every precinct in my city, and out of the 20, Bush only won 2. There were 2 that were actually complete ties, but Nader took heavily in both.

But in our sister city just across the river where I work, Bush and Gore each took 5 each out of 10. Not a shock though since it is much wealthier and has much less minorities.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Twin Cities: Bush won just 1 precinct in Minneapolis (Ward 7 Precinct 10) and he won it by 34.74%

I wish I could figure out where that precinct is located exactly. I'm assuming it's a VERY wealthy neighborhood, probably near one of the lakes. That would explain it though, since there are quite a couple suburbs in areas that would make them seem Democratic, but are very Republican because they are extremely wealthy (North Oaks, Sunfish Lake)

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'm not too familiar with that area, but I bet my aunt is. I should ask her what the area around Elliott Park is like.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'm going to be up there for part of this weekend, so I'll ask my friends if they know anything about that area.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

well apparentely from what I've heard North Central Bible College is in that precinct, like was said above it looked like some sort of school or military institution was there. That might make sense.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

yes, mostly Pentecostal. Very fundamentalist.