Ole was someone I once supervised. The idea that he got 25,000 votes simply floors me. But then how many did Sharon Anderson get, even though she's been in the news enough for people to know better. --- Joseph Barisonzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
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