It’s a story not quite as fishy as the 59 Philadelphia voting divisions giving fully 100 percent of the vote to President Obama, but it’s enough for the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Rich Exner to call it “incredible.” Nine precincts in Cleveland, Ohio, reported a total of zero votes for Mitt Romney.
In the largest of the nine districts, Obama won 542–0 over Romney. Overall, Obama won 96 percent of the vote on Cleveland’s East Side and 76 percent on the West Side.
Great Cleveland Plain Dealer map of Cuyahoga County's presidential vote. Some red on the periphery: http://t.co/qde9fpKd
— Kyle Kondik (@kkondik) November 12, 2012
Cuyahoga County, and Cleveland in particular, are Democratic strongholds, so an Obama victory there was no surprise, and networks had called the election before the county had even reported. And unlike the situation in Philadelphia, Romney, and some third-party candidates, did win a scattering of votes — many in single digits — in some precincts. That’s not enough, though, to convince some that voter fraud didn’t play a role.
Romney: Not ONE vote in 9 Cleveland precincts. Yet, 3rd party candidates DID? All Romney vote given to Obama? http://t.co/ILbRTps1 #tcot #p2
— Squeaky Wheel (@GetsGreased) November 12, 2012
@MrJamieMelton Funny that happened in Ohio too. Obama miraculously won 100% of the vote in 21 districts in Cleveland. VERY SUSPICIOUS! #tcot
— Michelle Dryjanski (@mchelldryjanski) November 12, 2012
How possible is it that some pricincts in Philly and Cleveland did not have one single vote for Romney? @patandstu
— Jan Marie (@zanmarie88) November 12, 2012
https://twitter.com/Backhoe44/status/268026099848593409
Next, #Obama won 100% of the vote in 21 districts in #Cleveland #Ohio #OH If the Lord God ran 4 election in #CLE he wouldn't get 100% vote
— Walton K. Martin III (@W_K_Martin_III) November 12, 2012
http://t.co/1hxdAG3i // Identify & investigate all precincts where Obama got 100% of the vote & I'm 100% convinced you'll find some fraud…
— Jack Netek (@jackfbn) November 12, 2012
Fact: it's impossible Romney didn't get 1 single vote in 59 Philly Districts and 9 Cleveland Districts. It. Is. Impossible. #ElectionFraud
— RNR Social Community (@RNRTogether) November 12, 2012
In over 100 precincts near Cleveland, Obama got over 99% of vote. Some he got 100%. Something smells here
— Steve Dopson (@SDD_CPA) November 12, 2012
In a post by the Examiner’s Byron York, GOP strategist Mark Weaver credits turnout for Obama’s Ohio victory. “Obama won Ohio because he did what Bush did in 2004 — surprised pundits by increasing turnout in his base. Also, by demonizing the undefined Romney, he tamped down Romney’s ability to motivate weak Republicans to turn out.”
Weaver has a point. Perhaps more incredible than the lack of votes for Romney in some precincts is the reported 66.5 percent voter turnout for the reliably blue Cuyahoga County. As Exner concludes, “without Cuyahoga County, Romney was the winner in Ohio.”
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