Election 2008 By The Numbers

I posted this a couple weeks ago on Daily Kos.

• 1,573: Barack Obama's margin of victory in Kent County, Michigan, my home county
• 54,292: Bush's margin over Kerry in Kent County
• 1,951: Barack Obama's margin of victory in my hometown of Kentwood
• 3,888: Bush's margin in Kentwood in 2004
• 30: Approximate number of people who showed up as part of the Kent County Democrats/Obama for America contingent in my hometown's July 4th parade - I helped coordinate said contingent!
• 0: Number of people who showed up from the McCain campaign in that parade
• 369,282: Diane Marie Hathaway's margin of victory over Republican-nominated incumbent Cliff Taylor in the Michigan Supreme Court race
• 24: Number of years since an incumbent Supreme Court Justice has been defeated, probably since incumbent judges and justices in Michigan are designated as such on the ballot
• 67: Number of seats the Democrats will hold in the Michigan House of Representatives starting in January
• 43: Number of seats the Republicans will hold in the Michigan House
• 20: Number of seats Democrats have gained in the state House in the past three elections
• 3,006,820: Number of votes in favor of Michigan's Proposal 1, which allows the use of medical marijuana
• 249,923: Margin by which Michigan's proposal 2 passed; thanks to its passage, embryonic stem-cell research will be legal in Michigan!
• 5 out of the last 5: Presidential elections in which Michigan has gone blue!
• 1: My margin of victory in my re-election bid for Democratic Precinct Delegate!