Kiryas Joel swings D because Romney is too pro-Israel

[RBH]

Orange County, NY cast 2871 blank ballots for President, 1943 in Monroe township.

11 precincts in Monroe cast more than 100 blank ballots.

Those precincts: 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 27, 28, 29, and 31.

The results from those precincts

Romney 1872 (56%), Obama 1406 (42%), Goode 51, Stein 7, Johnson 5, Lindsay 2. Blank 1868

The only KJ precinct not listed, Precinct 14, where Romney won 40-31 with 26 blanks

Gillibrand 4770 (96%), Long 149 (4%), Clark 3, Edes 3, Mangelli 2. Blank 269

And told to the NY Post:

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So, that's a unique motivator.

[RBH]

Kiryas Joel has factionalism. And just as last time, the eternal minority faction voted for Obama. If their result was marginally stronger than last time, I would wager a guess the reasons have to do with KJ politics and nothing whatsoever with national politics or views on Israel.

The 2008 results from KJ were 2757-199 for McCain. So marginal increase.

(the precincts tabulated: 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 27, 28, 29, 31)

McCain won 1460 votes on the Independence line and 1141 on the Republican line. 712 blank votes were cast.

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