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Old 08-07-2011, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by angiefox10 View Post
I believe someone posted the demographics for the villages and it was about half and half republicans and democrats!
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2008 Sumter County Presidential Vote

In the 2008 Sumter County presidential election where The Villages makes up a major portion of the electorate, it is interesting to note the result was overwhelmingly (63.01%) for McCain. Obama received only 36.04% of the vote. 82% of eligible voters went to the polls.

30,866 Sumter residents voted for McCain
17,655 voted for Obama
I'm not sure the voting demographic has changed much since the 2008 election. As indicated, there are more then a handful of Democrats in the Villages....just not a majority.