Orange County California was close to voting for Obama!!!

[Cali_Democrat]

51% for McCain

47% for Obama!!

WOW!! Less than 30,000 votes separated the two out of 830,000 votes cast.

:wow:

I'm shocked. OC is usually very conservative. Looks like OC is changing.

[babylonsister]

1. My sister and her DH, both Obama supporters, live there. That IS

great news!

[la la]

2. yep- we live behind

the so called orange curtain, and there were a lot of people i know in the area voting for obama--the Lincoln Club--an Orange County Rep. $$$ organization are freaking out because of it----i love it! :>))))))

on edit-- my town- Seal Beach- was light blue on the electoral map!!

[Cali_Democrat]

3. Definitely great news!!

The repugs are losing massive support nationwide.

[EconomicLiberal]

4. Turnout was down in Orange County.

But this is a Democrat's best performance in Orange County since FDR!

[tpi10d]

5. I live in OC

Check out this map by precinct:

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/presidential-election-vote-2215475-precincts-oc

Several notable results:

Obama carried Irvine 57-40.
Obama carried Santa Ana 64-33
Obama carried Laguna Woods (Leisure World) 52-46
Obama received 40% in GOP stronghold Newport Beach
No on 8 received 48.5 in Newport Beach; prop 8 lost in suburban cities of Irvine, Costa Mesa and Aliso Viejo.
No on 8 68% in Laguna Beach.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

6. I live in O.C. (Huntington Beach) and voted for Obama and against Prop 8

I think its slowly been going liberal, especially in the north and central parts like Santa Ana and Anaheim. I didn't see a single McCain/Palin sign in Huntington Beach, which is considered to be a kind of liberal outpost in a savage land. I think there are two Republican households in my immediate neighborhood and that's about it.

[AlCzervik]

7. Check out Fresno, home of Rimjob

[Cali_Democrat]

8. Fresno!!

LOL

San Diego, San Bernardino, Riverside and other "split" SoCal counties went easily for Obama.

The GOP is so dead in California. Lets hope some GOP reps get ousted in the next few years.

[liberaldiva]

9. I'm so glad San Diego County finally went blue.

The city has been blue for awhile but the rest of the county made us pink. Now I can say I live in a blue county and not just a blue city. Yay!