Warren County Republicans were excited Tuesday that they were able to build their base for Governor Mitt Romney, even though he lost the overall election.

Warren County Democrats were conversely excited to see President Barack Obama win reelection, even as they lost ground compared to the 2008 election.

Governor Mitt Romney received 74,626 votes or 68.97 percent of the vote, based on unofficial results from the Warren County Board of Elections while Obama received 31,907 votes or 29.49 percent. In 2008, Senator John McCain received 71,691 votes or 67.36 percent, while Obama received 33,398 votes or 31.38 percent.

“From an overall standpoint, I’m thrilled,” said Bethe Goldenfield, chairwoman of the Warren County Democratic Party. “But locally, I’m disappointed we weren’t able to move the needle more.”

Prior to the election, Goldenfield had hoped to convert many voters who had battled against Senate Bill 5 in 2010.

“We worked to support those in public sector jobs and the slippery slope that existed from there to private labor, but somehow those people we supported did not reciprocate. It’s kind of mind-boggling to me,” Goldenfield said.

Goldenfield said she planned to sit down with other members of the local party to analyze what they had done during the campaign.

“I do think the Citizens United ruling and all the outside money and negative ads played a huge part. It’s a tangible we can’t really measure today,” Goldenfield said.

On the other side of the political aisle, Warren County Republican Party Chairman and Mason Mayor David Nichols said he was thrilled by Warren County’s performance at the polls even if disheartened by the overall results of the election.

“I’m tickled to death for Warren County’s turnout,” Nichols said. “I believe this president and his policies were at such odds with Warren County’s beliefs that it motivated our overall base to get out and vote.”

Nichols said the campaign had worked hard, including often being in the top ten counties in the country in turns of doors knocked on in a given weekend during campaign blitzes.

“Warren County received a lot of attention and brought in Senator Portman, Newt Gingrich, and even Gov. Romney,” Nichols said. “Add all that together and the maximum effort by our volunteers and that’s why I think we see the numbers where they are and why you saw the excitement level where it was at.”

Both sides said they hoped to see an end to political gridlock in the next term.

“As a businessman, nothing scares me more than the national debt,” Nichols said. “If there’s anything that came from this campaign, both sides have got to sit down and reach some kind of agreement on getting this national debt under control.”