President Obama won the election, and the majority of residents in Upper Moreland who voted yesterday reflected those same results.
The Montgomery County Election Offices released the voting results for UM Township and about 700 fewer people came out and voted yesterday than in the 2008 Presidential Election.
In 2008, the Democratic vote held a 57-41 advantage for President, and yesterday the Republican vote picked up a couple of percentage points swinging it to 55-43. A total of 12,179 votes were cast yesterday in Upper Moreland.
2012 Election
Candidate Party Total Votes Percentage Barack Obama Democrat 6,702 55.03% Mitt Romney Republican 5,328 43.74% Jill Stein Green 41 0.33% Gary Johnson Libertarian 108 0.88% 12,179 100%** percentages are rounded
2008 Election
Candidate Party Total Votes Percentage Barack Obama Democrat 7,448 57.75% John McCainRepublican 5,328 41.32% Ralph Nadar
Independent 81 0.63% John Barr
Libertarian 37 0.29% 12,894 100%*
* percentages are rounded
