Romney Takes Loudoun, But Not All of It

Mitt Romney won a fairly decisive and relatively uncompetitive presidential primary in Virginia with close 60 percent of the vote (with 99.76 percent of precincts counted). And while he won in Loudoun by an even greater margin (62 percent to Ron Paul’s 37 percent), Paul won precincts all across the county.

In fact, Paul won precincts in all but two magisterial districts— Ashburn and Algonkian. Of Loudoun’s 84 precincts, he won 10 of them, tied in one of them and came within two votes in three others. And while he did not post a winning score in the Ashburn magisterial district, he did win at least one precinct with an Ashburn ZIP code: Creighton’s Corner, which voted 52-46 for Paul.

The numbers show an appeal to Paul across areas of the county that may not share much else in common. Below is a list of where Paul won in Loudoun (in bold), or came very close, by magisterial district (the numbers are votes, not percentages), as well as the vote totals for Loudoun by district.

Algonkian

• Paul did not win a precinct in Algonkian

Ashburn

• Paul did not win a precinct in Ashburn

Blue Ridge

• Creighton’s Corner—Paul 52, Romney 46

Broad Run

• Oak Grove—Paul 10, Romney 14
• Ridgetop—Paul 12, Romney 7

Catoctin

• Between the Hills—Paul 16, Romney 18
• East Lovettsville—Paul 76, Romney 72
• West Lovettsville—Paul 94, Romney 94
• Tuscarora—Paul 4, Romney 1

Dulles

• Carter—Paul 46, Romney 42
• Dulles South—Paul 18, Romney 20

Leesburg

• Brandon Park—Paul 37, Romney 30
• East Leesburg—Paul 64, Romney 47

Sterling

• Claude Moore Park—Paul 33, Romney 30
• Park View—Paul 54, Romney 51
• Rolling Ridge—Paul 56, Romney 43
• Sully—Paul 65, Romney 66

Countywide Totals

                  Over      Blank        Paul                        Mitt                        Total

Dulles          0            11            369 (38%)            597 (61%)           977

Algonkian     1            13            517 (36%)            898 (63%)           1,429

Blue Ridge    0            17            664 (39%)            1,008 (60%)        1,689

Catoctin        0            31            655 (37%)            1,064 (61%)       1,750

Leesburg       0            23            542 (43%)            684 (55%)          1,249

Broad Run     0            12            411 (32%)            860 (67%)          1,283

Sterling         0            9              392 (46%)            454 (53%)          855

Ashburn        0            10            435 (31%)            939 (68%)           1,384

Absentee       0            1              82 (26%)            236 (74%)            319

Total             1           127         4,067 (37%)      6,740 (62%)      10,935

To see countywide totals by precinct, click here. For statewide totals, click here. Other GOP candidates, including Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum were not included in the Virginia primary.