Philly was nation's most Obama-backing city

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Philly was nation's most Obama-backing city

POSTED: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 10:12 AM

Pew's Philadelphia Research Initiative crunched the numbers from the election and found Philly was, out of the 10 largest cities, the most consistently pro-Obama. Some 85.2 percent of Philly voters (or those counted so far anyway) cast ballots for the president, a greater share even than in Chicago.

Turnout in Philly was exactly average for the 10 urban areas reviewed, at 60.7 percent.

The results aren't too surprising, given reports that Gov. Mitt Romney, got absolutely no votes in 59 of the city's voting divisions.

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