List, It's been my impression that Minneapolis is the stronghold/beachhead of the Green Party in Minnesota. I looked for Ken Pentel's voting results to test this. While I haven't added up a Minneapolis breakdown of the gubernatorial totals yet, I did find Hennepin County's totals easily. Comparing Mr. Pentel's Hennepin County total (2,130) with his statewide total (5,388), I calculated that Ken got 39.5% of his votes from Hennepin County, even though Hennepin only has about 25% of the state's population.
There is another set of facts that are far more interesting. Democratic candidate Ole Savior and Republican Candidate Leslie Davis both outpolled Ken Pentel in Hennepin (3633 for Ole, 2990 for Leslie). The news for Ken is worse statewide. Ole and Leslie each got over four times as many votes as Ken. (25,205 for Ole, 22,157 for Leslie) Nothing against Ken nor the Greens for stirring the pot, but getting obliterated by Ole Savior brings the term "major candidate" into perspective. It also raises pragmatic political question about intent, purpose and self-delusions. Joseph Barisonzi Lyndale, Ward 10 Minneapolis Hennepin County -Ken Pentel 2,130 -Leslie Davis 2,990 -Ole Savior 3,633 Statewide -Ken Pentel 5,388 -Leslie Davis 22,157 -Ole Savior 25,205 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com _______________________________________ 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
