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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Voter Turnout in New Trier Township Among Top 5 in Suburban Cook County

New Trier Township had one of the highest levels of voter turnout in suburban Cook County this year.

Although fewer people voted for the presidential election in New Trier Township than in 2008, New Trier was still among the townships in suburban Cook County with the highest levels of voter turnout this year.  According to unofficial results from Cook County Clerk David Orr's office, a total of 972,272, cast their ballots for president in New Trier Township on Tuesday, compared to 1,056,242 in 2008. Voter turnout was 75.2 percent, behind Oak Park (79.8%), River Forest (76.1%), and Rich (75.7%). Evanston Township took the fifth spot for high voter turnout with 74.9 percent, the Clerk's Office reported. Overall, voter turnout in suburban Cook County was about 69 percent on Tuesday.  Barack Obama and Joe Biden took 53.82 percent of the votes…

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