It’s Terre Haute, once home to Eugene V. Debs & the Socialist Worker’s Party. It is also the home the of the Bayh and Hulman families. Terre Haute city has been solid democrat because of it’s industrial base and labor unions. It’s also considered somewhat part of “southern Indiana,” which resembles Kentucky in topography and genetics. Unlike much of Kentucky, many southern Hoosiers still lean democrat. But as with most midwest cities, the industry has gone away, and so the politics of the county at large have drifted back towards the Republicans.
If Romney can carry Vigo County, it would be significant.
I’m also in Terre Haute (a california transplant) and I have seen very few Obama yard signs and a much larger number of Romney signs. I hope that indicates how the vote will go.
NRO reports respondents in Vigo say they’ll vote 48-42 for Romney over Obama.
This is a county Obama won by 16 points in 2008. So if this holds up tonight, we’re looking at Romney as our next President.
Not to worry about IN - it will go Red.
Another transplated Terre Hautian here.
I voted straight Republican as I have done for decades.
What irks me is that I have to vote in a DEMOCRATIC UNION HALL! What is up with that?
No problems doing it physically, I just object to fact that it is a Union Hall and is clearly Democrat.