The Boston Globe has corrected the voting results, and Wilmington actually went for John McCain with just over 50 percent, not 75 percent. So now the tiny Worcester County town of East Brookfield — the “Baby Town of the Commonwealth” — can claim the title of most pro-McCain community in Massachusetts, with 56 percent voting for the Arizona senator.
East Brookfield takes its rightful place as McCain’s Bay State bastion
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East Brookfield takes its rightful place as McCain’s Bay State bastion
by CommonWealth Staff, CommonWealth Beacon
November 6, 2008
