Although Dearborn didn't buck statewide trends in as their candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, some interesting numbers came out of Tuesday's presidential primary in Dearborn:
- 16.12 percent of Dearborn Republican voters chose Texas Sen. Ron Paul–five points above the state average. In some Dearborn precincts, Paul received almost 50 percent of the vote.
- Republican voters at Precinct 44, , were most likely to support Rick Santorum, with 45 percent of them supporting the former Pennsylvania senator.
- Absentee voters made up 43 percent of Newt Gingrich's total votes in Dearborn.
- 59 Dearborn Republican voters cast their ballots for other candidates, including Michelle Bachmann (8), Herman Cain (4), Jon Huntsman (11), Rick Perry (10), Fred Karger (9) and Buddy Roemer (17).
- Of the 1,546 Democrats who voted in Tuesday's primary, 1,322 (86.1 percent) voted for President Barack Obama, 202 (13.14 percent) were uncommitted and 13 (.84 percent) wrote in a candidate.
- A total of 2,799 absentee ballots were cast on Tuesday, making up 31.39 percent of the total vote.
- Voter turnout was hightest at Precinct 13, (27.11 percent); and lowest at Precinct 21, (1.01 percent). Total turnout was 15.09 percent of all registered Dearborn voters.
The results from Dearborn for the Republican primaries on Feb. 28, 2012:
Precinct Gingrich Paul Romney Santorum Total Turnout 1 017
6
12
36 3.76 2 2
16
13
12
43 3.39 3 4
29
35
36
107 6.43 4 1
9
8
3
21 2.63 5 0
15
4
12
31 3.53 6 3
15
8
18
45 3.88 7 0
35
13
18
66 4.76 8 1
13
7
16
37 4 9 2
15
11
9
37 4.22 10 0
9
7
13
29 3.38 11 1
13
11
5
31 3.5 12 4
20
12
14
51 4.55 13 14
8
108
39
173 27.11 14 0
12
13
21
46 6.48 15 2
14
9
20
46 4.26 16 2
9
16
25
53 5.41 17 4
28
33
31
97 6.53 18 0
19
11
14
44 6.22 19 1
14
21
15
54 5.72 20 0
11
2
7
20 2.67 21 0
7
1
0
9 1.01 22 3
12
27
9
53 6.04 23 3
19
52
43
120 13.57 24 4
23
54
58
140 15.23 25 7
32
68
66
173 11.66 26 9
24
82
63
183 12.47 27 10
34
97
62
208 16.15 28 7
23
33
38
105 12.29 29 6
19
52
41
121 14.62 30 12
22
35
29
100 12.11 31 7
26
89
39
163 10.96 32 11
30
103
50
196 16.43 33 5
38
77
61
182 14.75 34 10
27
67
66
173 13.75 35 9
21
57
48
139 15.42 36 3
30
66
71
170 18.06 37 2
20
43
43
111 12.74 38 6
31
77
50
166 17.09 39 9
27
75
60
172 15.3 40 8
30
77
75
192 18.09 41 11
40
120
93
267 19.8 42 5
16
80
50
151 13.89 43 3
33
102
81
220 18.73 44 13
37
75
102
228 17.16 45 2
45
68
81
198 13.5 46 4
36
54
64
159 11.46 47 2
20
37
47
106 10.32 48 1
12
48
52
115 11.09 49 9
33
69
56
173 10.72 50 5
26
46
58
138 10.54 Absentee 168 74 983 354 1,674 N/A Totals 395
1,188
3,262
2,345
7,372 N/A Percent 5.36 16.12 44.27 31.87 82.66 15.09
Note: Totals also include write-in candidates, other candidates and non-committed votes cast on Republican ballots. Voter turnout percentages include Democratic ballots, but do not include absentee voters.