Election 2012: Was Western Springs an Obama or Romney Town?

In an election year where turnout dipped nationally to 57.5 percent, Western Springs and neighboring towns excelled, with nearly 80 percent turnout in the Village and 70-80 percent also in nearby towns.

The state and the nation re-elected President Obama, but Western Springs went for Mitt Romney with 55.5 percent of the vote going to the Republican challenger. In contrast, La Grange, La Grange Park, and the towns to the south and southeast all went for Obama. (See below.)

Romney won every precinct in Western Springs as well, save for Proviso 23, which includes the northeast corner of the town, but also the residents of Bethlehem Woods, technically in La Grange Park.

You can find your precinct using these maps of Lyons Township and Proviso Township.

(Note: The town distribution here is approximate due to some precincts barely overlapping towns. For instance, Lyons 28 and Lyons 69 cover parts of both Western Springs and La Grange Highlands.)

Western Springs

Precinct Obama-Biden (D) Romney-Ryan (R) Johnson-Gray (L) Stein-Hawkins (G) Turnout

Lyons 20 

439

525 15 6 986/1220 Lyons 21 438 557 10 4 1,018/1,232 Lyons 24 224 308 5 3 544/650 Lyons 39 289 338 2 0 630/795 Lyons 40 233 269 5 2 509/644 Lyons 42 218 388 5 0 611/807 Lyons 44 389 584 9 3 987/1,295 Lyons 55 288 393 8 4 701/899 Lyons 69 350 469 5 5 836/1,056 Proviso 23 194 159 4 1 369/467 Proviso 46 75 103 1 0 179/216 TOTALS 3,129 (42.5%) 4,093 (55.5%) 69 (0.9%) 28 (0.4%) 7,370/9,281 (79.4%)

La Grange

Precinct Obama-Biden (D) Romney-Ryan (R) Johnson-Gray (L) Stein-Hawkins (G) Turnout Lyons 7  449 79 6 4 538/825 Lyons 9  420 246 9 6 685/886 Lyons 10 322 204 4 1 534/732 Lyons 11 224 224 6 4 460/596 Lyons 14 382 417 3 2 805/1,016 Lyons 15 370 340 8 6 724/937 Lyons 16 582 366 7 8 963/1,233 Lyons 18 287 236 6 3 538/663 Lyons 43 241 289 3 0 534/655 Lyons 47 274 301 2 2 581/763 Lyons 50 388 261 8 5 665/930 Lyons 72 336 439 10 5 792/980 TOTALS 4,275 (54.7%) 3,402 (43.5%) 72 (0.9%) 46 (0.6%) 7,819/10,216 (76.5%)

La Grange Park

Precinct Obama-Biden (D) Romney-Ryan (R) Johnson-Gray (L) Stein-Hawkins (G) Turnout Proviso 21 280 182 1 6 471/645 Proviso 24 503 394 8 6 912/1,143 Proviso 25 400 312 7 3 726/976 Proviso 26 427 269 5 4 708/984 Proviso 54 605 336 8 10 962/1,325 Proviso 55 337 253 6 0 600/743 Proviso 75 395 226 7 6 638/876 Proviso 96 220 178 8 1 418/506 Proviso 97 452 354 8 4 819/1,088 TOTALS 3,619 (57.9%) 2,504 (40.0%) 58 (0.9%) 40 (0.6%) 6,254/8,286 (75.5%)

Indian Head Park/La Grange Highlands/Countryside

Precinct Obama-Biden (D) Romney-Ryan (R) Johnson-Gray (L) Stein-Hawkins (G) Turnout Lyons 5 334 202 6 2 546/763 Lyons 25 305 248 9 4 573/861 Lyons 28 301 362 2 3 668/894 Lyons 31 231 345 4 2 585/764 Lyons 52 360 323 6 4 697/951 Lyons 54 181 125 3 2 314/454 Lyons 61 283 369 5 1 661/823 Lyons 68 303 148 3 6 461/685 Lyons 73 251 275 4 2 536/782 Lyons 78 212 231 2 2 452/632 TOTALS 2,761 (50.3%) 2,628 (47.8%) 44 (0.8%) 28 (0.5%) 5,493/7,609 (72.2%)