Jefferson County vs. Clallam County — How we voted (and differed) on president, governor, same-sex, et.al.!

Published 12:01 am Wednesday, November 7, 2012

WE SHARE THE North Olympic Peninsula, but, boy, do we differ when it comes to politics!

Clallam County went for Mitt Romney (though by a 47-vote margin). Jefferson went strongly for President Obama.

Republican Rob McKenna was the victor in Clallam. Democrat Jay Inslee was the man in Jefferson.

We agree on legalizing marijuana, Maria Cantwell and Derek Kilmer . . . but not on same-sex marriage.

Clallam likes charter schools . . . but Jefferson doesn’t.

And the Republican challengers to the Peninsula’s three state Democratic state legislators seemed to do a bit better in Clallam than they did in Jefferson.

Here’s how Clallam and Jefferson counties voted on the key races in the state election, based on the ballot count Tuesday night (the next vote counts in both counties will be Friday):

PRESIDENT

Clallam — Obama/Biden, 12,930. RomneyRyan, 12,977

Jefferson — Obama/Biden, 9,737. Romney/Ryan, 5,041

GOVERNOR

Clallam — Inslee, 12,373. McKenna,13,888

Jefferson — Inslee, 9,381. McKenna, 5,677

INITIATIVE 502, LEGALIZING MARIJUANA

Clallam — Yes, 14,614. No, 11,754.

Jefferson — 9,824. No, 5,204.

REFERENDUM 74, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

Clallam — Yes, 12,241. No, 13,998.

Jefferson — Yes, 9,471. No, 5,531.

INITIATIVE 1240, CHARTER SCHOOLS

Clallam — Yes, 14,108. No, 11,644.

Jefferson — Yes, 6,968. No, 7,788

INITIATIVE 1185, RESTRICTIONS ON RAISING TAXES AND FEES

Clallam — Yes, 17,912. No, 7,716

Jefferson — Yes, 7,891. No, 6,672.

U.S. SENATE

Clallam — Cantwell, 14,059. Baumgartner, 12,232

Jeffeson — Cantwell, 10,299. Baumgartner, 4,792.

CONGRESS, all the areas that make up the 6th District

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Clallam 13,687 12,291

Grays Harb 12,919 10,429

Jefferson 9,715 4,972

Kitsap 42,852 31,504

Mason 8,547 7,813

Pierce 29,229 16,731

STATE LEGISLATURE

State senator

24th Legislative District

Clallam County

Hargrove 15,460

Carter 9,423

Jefferson County

Hargrove 10,066

Carter 4,295

State representative

24th Legislative District

Clallam County

Van De Wege 15,067

Durgan 9,737

Jefferson County

Van De Wege 10,133

Durgan 4,096

State representative

24th Legislative District

Clallam County

Tharinger 13,746

Gale 11,806

Jefferson County

Tharinger 9,606

Gale 4,808