Let Every Vote Count

Thanks to David Madlener's website, I was able to find that Rosemont is the 86th district of the Leyden precinct. Madlener says Rosemont had a 63% turnout for November 2.

How the people of Rosemont voted differs a little from the rest of Leyden, according to the Cook County Election Department's website. In the race for the presidency of the U.S., 15,808 (53.62%) of the 29,483 Leyden voters cast their ballots for John Kerry. 13,450 (45.62%) voted for George W. Bush and 225 (0.76%) opted for Badnarik. Compare that with Rosemont, where Bush pulled in 120 (54.55%) of the 220 votes cast there. Kerry got 94 (42.73%) votes and Badnarik actually won over six people (2.73%).

The race for U.S. Senate was not quite as interesting. Overall in Leyden, Barack Obama took 19,949 (70.33%) of the 28,363 ballots cast. Alan Keyes scored 7,321 (25.81%) votes and Jerry Kohn got five more votes than Albert J. Franzen; 549 (1.94%) for Kohn and 544 (1.92%) for Franzen. In Rosemont, Obama's margin of victory was not as wide. The Democrat took in 137 (64.93%) votes, while Keyes got 69 (32.70%). Again, Jerry Kohn edged out Albert J. Franzen for third place, albeit by one vote this time. Three people (1.42%) voted for Kohn and two (0.95%) for Franzen.

In the race for U.S. Congress (9th), a majority of Rosemont voters went with Republican Kurt J. Eckhardt, who narrowly lost to Janice D. Shakowsky. Overall, the Leyden township (which included precincts 12, 23, 38, 74, 76, 79, and 91 as well) cast 1,239 (50.65%) of their 2,446 votes for Shakowsky, while 1,207 (49.35%) liked Eckhardt. In Rosemont, Eckhardt took 123 (59.71%) of the 206 votes, with Shakowsky gettin 83 (40.29%) votes.