[Uncle Chip]

So then it was actually Republican controlled Martin County and not Democratically controlled St Lucie County that cost Allen West his Congressional seat.

[deport]

If West had done better in a GOP district then he'd not have had to worry about his loss in a democratic district. True there were some 3,000 votes less in the CD race than voted in the Presidential race. West lost the CD by some 1900 votes. West got some 7,300 less votes than did Romney in Martin County.

               West            Murphy
St Lucie     52,672 (44.5%)  65,567 (55.4%)

Palm Beach   68,348 (50.1%)  68,158 (49.9%)

Martin       43,333 (57.1%)  32,532 (42.9%) Romney won by 18,000 votes