(Larimer County Breakdown/NT)

 Swing county Larimer, Colorado chose Barack Obama over Mitt Romney  51-46, reflecting the narrower 50-47 split that delivered Colorado's  electoral votes to Obama.

 As one Larimer County resident, Ray Dick, put it days before the  election, “In the more rural areas of the county there are more Pro-  Romney signs, while in the middle of larger towns there are more Pro-  Obama signs.”

 The private donations statistics in the county reflected a similarly close  run between the parties with single digits separating the republican and  democratic totals. In the 2012 cycle alone, a mere eight points divided  the two with the Democratic Party taking 54% of the Larimer donations  and the Republican Party at 46%.

 Dick, himself has a made a living working in the oil industry both  domestically and internationally and although he does not often talk  politics, he did open up as a Romney supporter.

“I plan on voting for Mitt Romney,” he said, “because we have an economy in dire condition.”

Based on Romney’s understanding of business, Dick believes that his experience is what our economy needs to improve. He feared that if Obama was reelected for another four-year term, he may drive the U.S. economy towards becoming even more dependent on the government.

“We’ve got to re-build an America to a place where America once was,” he said.

Alex Blake, leader of Mitt Romney’s Larimer County Victory Center, had hoped that “America’s Comeback Team” would do just that.

“They’re really going to work hard to restore America to what it needs to be,” he said. “And for us  [at the campaign center] we’re just hitting the ground running, making sure that people know the facts and understand that Romney is the better man for the job. Calls, mail, rallying… whatever it takes.”

Marni Berg, political science professor at Colorado State University, was a volunteer for the Obama campaign in 2008 and felt that if he won another four years he can achieve more of the things he promised during his first election. She does not see that Gov. Romney has clearly defined plans or he has failed to share some of the details of what he plans to do if elected to office. If Gov. Romney is elected, she worries about Supreme Court appointments as well as issues concerning women’s rights. She believes that women should have the right to choose to have an abortion and fears that that right may be revoked if he is elected.

Although over the years she has felt that her area has grown more Democratic, she had remained uncertain about who would take the seat as president. Berg has a similar impression to Dick regarding the general views of her County. “It’s a big mix,” she explained, “It’s going to be very close.”

Despite his strong political beliefs, Dick was excited for the elections to be over. He said that on average they received 15 to 20 robocalls a day and like several other U.S. citizens, he was “fed up with the advertisements."

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