If you saw a headline that said that Roseanne Barr came in fifth in the 2012 race for President, don’t believe it. She didn’t.
As the chart below demonstrates, she came in sixth – or seventh, if you count “Write Ins” as a candidate.
Barr lost her attempt to get the nomination of the Green Party, so she made up her own. She may or may not have picked up a few votes by having Cindy Sheehan, the crazy mother who gave George Bush so much grief about Iraq, as her running mate.
Here in Texas, changing demographics have led to some interesting changes in votes.
Romney carried the state with 57% of the vote. Traditionally Democrat counties like Travis (Austin) voted 60% for Obama, but all the counties surrounding Austin voted Republican by strong majorities. Burnet County, for example, gave Romney over 76% of their votes.
The traditionally conservative stronghold of Dallas voted for Obama by a 57 to 42% margin while Ft Worth voted Romney by an almost identical 57 to 42%. All of the other counties around Dallas voted Republican by even larger margins.
Here in Harris county, the vote was very close, but the race went to the Democrats.
If Roseanne got any votes at all, they’re hidden in that “Other” category.
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