Some parade stickers, like this one from the McHenry County Democratic Party, end up on the pavement.

Shortly before Christmas McHenry County Blog published evidence of the declineof the Republican Party locally.

The percentages below represent the proportions of McHenry County’s precincts where people filed for Republican Precinct Committeeman during the last three election cycles.

• 2008 – 63%
• 2010 – 61%
• 2012 – 49%

Here are the figures for McHenry County Democrats.

• 2008 – 19%
• 2010 – 17.9%
• 2012 – 18.9% (two more than 2010)