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<blockquote data-quote="bluehdmc" data-source="post: 1054225" data-attributes="member: 18471">Apparently this isn&#039;t the first time this has happened, from the cbs news site:Obama&#039;s dominance was mostly confined to largely African-American areas of West and North Philadelphia. In the third division of Philadelphia&#039;s 28th Ward, for example, 94 percent of the residents are black, and the 2010 census recorded only seven white residents. Voter registration lists showed only 12 registered Republicans in the division, none of whom voted for Romney or responded to the Inquirer&#039;s requests for comment.&nbsp; Perhaps the GOP should have seen it coming - recall the <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57441105-503544/romney-encounters-pushback-on-education-ideas-at-urban-charter-school/" target="_blank">frosty reception Romney received</a> at a West Philadelphia charter school in May. &nbsp; And the outcome is not at all out of step with recent history - in 2008, 57 divisions in Philadelphia returned zero votes for then-GOP nominee, Arizona Sen. John McCain. And in 2004, a more Republican-friendly election year, five Philadelphia divisions shut out former President George W. Bush entirely.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bluehdmc, post: 1054225, member: 18471"] Apparently this isn't the first time this has happened, from the cbs news site: Obama's dominance was mostly confined to largely African-American areas of West and North Philadelphia. In the third division of Philadelphia's 28th Ward, for example, 94 percent of the residents are black, and the 2010 census recorded only seven white residents. Voter registration lists showed only 12 registered Republicans in the division, none of whom voted for Romney or responded to the Inquirer's requests for comment. Perhaps the GOP should have seen it coming - recall the [URL="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57441105-503544/romney-encounters-pushback-on-education-ideas-at-urban-charter-school/"]frosty reception Romney received[/URL] at a West Philadelphia charter school in May. And the outcome is not at all out of step with recent history - in 2008, 57 divisions in Philadelphia returned zero votes for then-GOP nominee, Arizona Sen. John McCain. And in 2004, a more Republican-friendly election year, five Philadelphia divisions shut out former President George W. Bush entirely. [/QUOTE]

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