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Setting the Stage for the 2012 Vote
Voter Turnout
2008
Top Counties
Adams . . . . 79%
Hamilton 75%
Posey 73%
Cass . . . . 72%
Gibson 72%
Whitley . . . 72%
Greene 71%
Jay . . . . . 71%
Lake . . . . 71%
Bottom Counties
Scott . . . . 49%
Grant 50%
Orange 52%
Fayette 53%
Starke . . . . 54%
Switzerland . . 54%
Union . . . . 54%
Registered Voter Totals
(active and inactive as of April 2012)
Largest Counties
Marion 611,009
Lake . . . . . . . 329,027
Allen 246,294
St. Joseph . . . . . 200,771
Hamilton 191,240
Smallest Counties
Ohio . . . . . . . . 4,443
Union . . . . . . . . 5,775
Benton 5,785
Warren 6,581
Switzerland . . . . . . 6,854
Source: Indiana Secretary of State
Legislatures*
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Overall Control
(legislative and
executive branches)
Governors
State Party Control
*Nebraska has a unicameral legislature
Source: National Conference of State Legislatures
n
Republicans
n
Democrats
n
Independent
n
Split
242
193
51
2
47
Congress
*As of August 1
**23 currently held by Democrats, 10 by Republicans
Source: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
Senate
(33 seats up for election)**
Defeated incumbents – 1 (Richard Lugar, Indiana)*
Retirements – 10 (5 Dem., 4 Rep., 1 Independent)*
House
(all 435 seats up for election)
Defeated incumbents – 8 (5 Democrats, 3 Republicans)*
Retirements – 42 (23 Democrats, 19 Republicans)*
n
Republicans
n
Democrats
n
Independents
(typically vote
with Democrats)
878
55
1,038
2,441
33
2,937
Source: National Conference of State Legislatures
Senate: 1,971
House: 5,411
n
Republicans
n
Democrats
n
Other/vacant
State Legislatures
Total seats: 7,382