Politics & Government
Vienna Votes: Romney Sweeps In Primary
Vienna turnout higher than state average, but lower than area average in 2008
About 62 percent of voters at Vienna precincts Tuesday gave their support to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the Republican presidential primary, falling in line
But it was a marked departure from the overwhelming support area residents gave Ron Paul in the same election four years ago, when Paul beat Romney by just one vote in the Hunter Mill District and by a slightly larger margin in nearby Providence.
While voters this year turned out to Vienna precincts at rate higher than the state and county averages or the Hunter Mill District average of 6.1 percent, not nearly as many residents voted this year as in the 2008 primaries.
Though Flint Hill and Wolftrap again saw the highest turnout among Vienna-area precincts, with 9.2 and 8.9 percent of voters casting ballots, respectively, they received only about half of the total votes cast in 2008.
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Most Vienna precincts hovered around 6 or 7 percent. Newly-formed Precinct 204 saw just 50 votes, about 5.8 percent of its registered voters. The Tysons Precinct had the lowest percentage of voters turn out, with 4.3 percent.
Romney also won Fairfax County with about 65 percent of the vote.
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Romney and Paul , but some voters like Vienna's Deb Maddrell weren't optimistic about Mitt Romney or Ron Paul securing the GOP nomination for the presidential race.
"But you have to vote anyways," she said.
Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, both Virginia residents, didn't meet requirements to make Virginia's ballot.
A look at how the candidates stacked up across Vienna:
Mitt Romney
Total Votes
Active Registered Voters % Precinct 202, Flint Hill:
68
279 3,048 9.2 Precinct 204, Madison:
17
102 127
246
3,837 6.4 Precinct 214, Vienna No.2: 66
152
226
3,029 7.5 Precinct 216, Vienna No.4: 41
67
108
1,428 7.6 Precinct 218, Vienna No.6:
43
75
131
2,077 6.3
Precinct 219, Westbriar:
3,483 6.9 Precinct 226, Wolftrap: 92
201 303 3,402 8.9 Precinct 704, Freedom Hill: 37 89
130
2,048 6.3 Precinct 719, Stenwood: 23 39 63 991 6.4 Precinct 720, Thoreau: 46 83 136 1,637 8.3 Precinct 729, Nottoway: 75
138
227 3,568 6.4 Precinct 731, Tysons: Providence Committee Meeting Room, 7921 Jones Branch Road, McLean 37 70 118 2,748 4.3 Precinct 733, Kilmer: 81 125
215 3,827 5.6 Vienna-area totals
794
1,553
2,472
Ron Paul Mitt Romney Total Votes Active
Registered Voters % Hunter Mill District 1,702 2,878 4,812 79,103 6.1 Providence District
1,377
2,294 3,869 67,109 5.8
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