Comments on: Update # 2 – 2010 Mass. Senate General – County Results http://massvotecount.com/2010/01/20/update-2-2010-mass-senate-general-county-results/ The source for Massachusetts election data Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:08:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bob LeLievre http://massvotecount.com/2010/01/20/update-2-2010-mass-senate-general-county-results/#comment-53 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:10:42 +0000 http://bostonmaelections.wordpress.com/?p=355#comment-53 The raw vote totals are in the google spreadsheet: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArYPkyBtYlUKdHJXNlRrSW14VG9nQjhIUVNEa21ReEE&hl=en

There were definitely turnout changes and increased % of the vote at the county level. I basically did that for Coakley 2010 vs. Deval Patrick 2006 percentages. But it shoudn’t be too hard to do the same thing with the raw vote counts. Patrick got 55% of the vote statewide in 2006, so that’s a good recent indicator. The last Repbublican to win state-wide was Romney for Governor in 2002 with 49.2% of the vote vs. 44.4 for O’Brien (D).

]]> By: Ben Dworkin http://massvotecount.com/2010/01/20/update-2-2010-mass-senate-general-county-results/#comment-52 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:37:21 +0000 http://bostonmaelections.wordpress.com/?p=355#comment-52 I am curious as how much Brown won by in the counties (votes, not percentages) and how that compares to what was expected based on historical trends. Specifically, I am curious if there was a GOP surge in the plurality given to Brown in a given county.

In other words: Where did Brown do better than expected, and by how much (again, votes, not %)?

In the NJ Gov race of 2009, two traditional GOP counties more than doubled their expected pluralities for the Republican candidate. Instead of winning by 30K votes,as statewide candidates had traditionally done, GOPer Chris Christie won by 65K to 70K votes.

I am trying to find out if anything like this took place in Massachusetts. Any insight / analysis would be appreciated.

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