--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 11/9/05 3:39 PM, anonymousff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Fairfield Residents > > I notice that Ed got 800+ votes. This seems like a very small number > > of people voting. Knowing it is a small town, is the number of voters > > so low because it was an incumbent "ru" or before we started entering > > local politics was the number of locals voting strictly for locals > > much higher. > > He ran unopposed. A lot of people didn't bother to go and vote. >
Running unopposed shouldn't have that much effect on the number of people voting, asssuming there were other contests -- such as aldermen or comptrollers -- also on the ballot. Assuming the population of Fairfield to be about 10,000, 800 turning out to vote in a municipal election is probably par for the course. Municipal elections generally don't get more than a 20% turn-out whether people run opposed or unopposed. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
