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Romney Got Zero Votes in 59 Philly Precincts

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by Mary Noble

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Cuyahoga County, in which some precincts went 100% for Obama / Image: The Blaze

To file under strange but true: Barack Obama received 100% of the vote in 59 Philadelphia precincts - and for good measure, 16 in Cleveland, Ohio.

This fact has been the target of conservative angst in the past few days, with Sean Hannity declaring it "mathematically impossible" for the vote tally to be legit.

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Does it seem plausible to you that Obama won 100% in some precincts?

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  • MRMacrum
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    @Neo_NtheMatrix Pray tell. What is obvious.? 94% of the people in those districts were black. Those 59 districts only account for 3.5%(Approx 19,500 votes)of the total vote in Philly. That is not to say there may not have been some shenanigans, but to assume before an official inquiry is just fanning the flames of your discontent. As to testifying for all Americans. Get a grip. Your man lost. It's over.
  • MRMacrum
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    @MRMacrum And to also thrown the economic aspect into all this, the areas this happened have the per capita income that puts them at the lower end of the 47% Romney was badmouthing.

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  • CanisCanemEdit
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    http://articles.philly.com/2012-11-13/news/35...

    "Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia who has studied African American precincts, said he had occasionally seen 100 percent of the vote go for the Democratic candidate. Chicago and Atlanta each had precincts that registered no votes for Republican Sen. John McCain in 2008.

    "I'd be surprised if there weren't a handful of precincts that didn't cast a vote for Romney," he said. But the number of zero precincts in Philadelphia deserves examination, Sabato added.

    "Not a single vote for Romney or even an error? That's worth looking into," he said."
  • GetAwake
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    More like the "F**k America, what are they going to do if it looks like we cheated"-effect. That's pretty sad when they make it THAT obvious and no one has been charged with a f**king felony.

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  • RobertJHarsh
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    Two things. 1) That is a picture of Cleveland, which is not in Pennsylvania and 2) the answer you seek is voting rigging. There absolutely no way that Romney received zero votes. The Pols would never gerrymander so severely...on either side. Even if a district is majority Republican or Democrat, there has to be some of the other side living there. I have lived in Cleveland. I know where the Republican areas are, especially near the shore. There ain't no poor Democrats living in those $300k+ homes and condos. I can tell you that.
  • mimi57
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    I live near Cleveland...there is no way Romney would have not gotten a single vote, I would think they would try to be more clever. Also, 100% is 100%, Cities like Philly and
    Cleveland had 140%...it is not possible, as there is no such thing. No recounts???
  • stepped_in_it
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    @mimi57 mimi, have "loved" talking to you, but, it's time to give up (FOR NOW). Obamamie won, we lost. Will NOT be a recount. Besides, as much as I hate saying this, we, the people only think we voted. Bottom line, the electoral college did! They (the politicians) just want us to "think" we have an actual say in the presidential election!
    Have a great day!
  • mimi57
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    @stepped_in_it Thanks, enjoy talking with you too.However, this isn't about losing. Unless percentages have changed drastically ( seems everything else has). It is impossible to have voters voting 140 % for Obama, There is no such thing as 140%!
    The more I, and many people I know see this, I truly have to wonder if we have any say
    so in the election...I have never been one to believe in conspiracy theories, but have
    read a lot about the 1% pertaining to the Illuminati. If that is the case, then , no, we have
    no say in who will be elected , it is pre determined by the the original 1%, which is the
    oldest "secret" organization going back to the 1600's, the 13 oldest, wealthiest families
    from the Carnegie's to the Vanderbilt's.,.which means we, the "peons" have control
    over nothing, and that is the only thing that makes sense in this case. Have a great day
    also.
  • DerivePI
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    Yes, the ability to consider an alternative to wallowing in poverty does not cross the front door to many in those areas of Philly. There's a story of one intelligent black man, Lewis Harris who thought it worthwhile to be registered as a Republican and stated "I open the door to the community and let them be exposed to diversity in the political party." I am adding him to my heroes list.
  • RobertJHarsh
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    I'll add a #3 here. While I agree that this map is likely correct based on "Obama" win for that district, I just read the Blaze story and based on it, I can only arrive at one conclusion, there are no Republicans living inside the city limits of Cleveland which everyone knows is false.
  • stepped_in_it
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    Robert, you know that's false. There still must be some! Last I drove thru Cleveland/Philly the American flag was flying over the court house! Don't you think if the repubs left, they would take that? LOL
  • jessejaymes
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    If Romney had of gotten 3 votes or only 22 votes in 59 precincts I would probably suspect ballot stuffing. But no political organization (even Saddam when he would mysteriously get 97% of the vote) is dumb enough to cheat to the point of ZERO votes. It probably legitimately happened. In fact, if the Dems had of known it was going to happen they would have run in ringers to get Romney a few votes so this brouhaha wouldn't be taking place. Get over it.
  • DerivePI
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    Way to be thinking. I agree except the end part. It plays to the Dems advantage to have Repubs continue to criticize the voting process in Philly. It further enslaves the urban population to the Dems as they see no (full blinders on) alternative to their current position.
  • jessejaymes
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    @DerivePI Well you know I've spend my entire adult life involved in politics. I put nothing past either party. But they are sophisticated enough that they wouldn't pull a ZERO tally since they know what would ensue behind that. This is a shrug for me.
  • bsking
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    Saddam Hussein use to have elections like that too.
    and these were some of the very same precincts that expelled Republican poll watchers. I wonder why. and this crap happened in more places than just the city of the new black pansies
  • Pack7
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    Does it surprise you that this would happen? There are crooks in both parties but you gotta go some to beat these modern day Democrats. And they don't even try to hide it. Plus they got the corrupt media on their side. Buckle up folks, we are in for a long ride.
  • Bobolinsky
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    I'll definitely call it an irregularity. Several irregularities... in a concentrated area... in states that were considered toss-ups...

    None of these irregularities in voting districts in say... California?... Illinois?... New York?

    Can we all agree that irregularities as irregular as these irregularities warrant a closer look?
  • AceLuby
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    But it did happen in 2008... Why is it so surprising that a black guy that carried 96% of the black vote got 100% of the votes in poor black areas? And yes, there were irregularities like this elsewhere, like in precincts in Texas that went 97% to Romney.
  • ctc
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    Stunning and unbelievable......next you'll be telling us Romney got 100% of the vote in hundreds of well-heeled precincts.
  • FFX_VA
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    Plausible yes, is it an anomaly that warrants a second look, yes. Does it by itself indicate fraud, no. I wonder if it was race driven, social-economically driven, or political philosophy driven. Prob all three.
  • DerivePI
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    Speaking generally, its a tribal issue. This is how their neighbors, friends and family vote, thats how they'll vote. Economically, the democrats locally have left the urban areas places of blight. On points of political philosophy, these areas are socially conservative but still believe in the politics of give-me.

    "The problem is that poor, uneducated people — the Democratic base — are easily demagogued into voting tribally." --- http://www.humanevents.com/2012/11/14/coulter...
  • DARSB
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    I'm not surprised about the sweep, but I am startled that Mr Obama managed it twice.
    Certainly speaks to the fundamental divide between the Romney campaign and pretty much every(nonwhite)one else.
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