I have a spreadsheet showing precinct results for this past election and a comparison of those numbers with the 1993 election. For you election numbers geeks out there, there is some great stuff here. I'll point out a few interesting items from this election.
(1) The 1st Ward was RT's best Ward with just under 75 percent of vote. As expected, Wards 11, 12, and 13 were very high (71-72 for RT). However, the vote totals in those three Wards really put the election out of SSB's sights. In fact, RT's margin of victory in the 13th Ward was greater than the entire number of people who voted in either the 3rd, 5th, or 6th Wards. The funny thing this was no secret strategy on RT's part. It was evident early on that his strategy was to run up big totals in these three wards. For the life of me I can't understand why the Mayor's campaign didn't get a large GOTV effort in those Wards we she would have been the strongest. (2) There were nearly 15,000 less voters in 2001 than in 1993. Most Wards had a drop off of between 1000 to 1200 voters. Ward 2 was the best with only a 140 vote drop off (3) Precinct 13-7 had highest voter turnout, nearly 65 percent. A precinct in 2 and a Precinct in 5 had the lowest at 19.3 percent. Curiously both those wards were virtual ties. If Cherryhomes or Gordon had been able to organize those precincts in their favor, who knows, they could have been elected. I'm proud to say my precinct of 10-10 had a very respectable 58 percent. Also in 1993 SSB must of had some operation in the 10th Ward. Most precincts were in the high 60's and 70's with one precinct in the Wedge at 82 percent. In 1993, SSB won the 10th with over 71 percent of vote. (4) In the second Ward the 5th precinct probably won it for Zerby, he won that precinct by 200 votes. (5) In the 5th Ward, the 2nd Precinct probably won it for Johnson Lee, she won that precinct by 103 votes (SSB won over RT by 370 votes, one of her better precincts). The rest of the precints were pretty well split between NLJ and JC. (6) Dan Niziolek can attribute in large part his victory to the fact that he did so well in Kingfield. Since this was Kress' neighborhood, I think the Niziolek strategy was to win big in Lyndale (where Dan is known) and keep it close elsewhere. Dan actually did quite well throughout the Ward, including virtually all of Kingfield and East Harriet. Sorry about length of this post. If you want to see the spreadsheet comparing 1993 election with 2001, e-mail me off-list and I would be happy to send it to you. Dean E. Carlson Ward 10-10, East Harriet. _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
