Western Kentucky's Henderson County was one of eight Kentucky counties that went for President-elect Barack Obama in this year's general election. A new analysis by The Gleaner newspaper in Henderson  finds that one-third of the county's voters selected a straight-ticket option - a trend that led one local official said had him contemplating switching parties.

Several precincts in Henderson had over forty percent of voters choose straight-ticket votes, with Democratic straight-tickets topping Republican straight-tickets by about two-to-one.

Those margins evidently were noticed by some local officials, including Henderson City Commissioner Robby Mills - the only elected registered Republican in the area.

"I consider myself to represent the people of Henderson; I believe I'm pretty much a middle ground person," Mills told the Gleaner, noting he was considering changing party affiliation. "It tells me that I may be more of a Democrat than a Republican when it comes to representing people."

Henderson favored Obama by 2.1 percent this year, but went Republican for President in 2004, picking George W. Bush for re-election by nearly 13 percent.

The county went Democratic in all three elections prior to 2004.