The fact is that a significant number of people in Minneapolis have elected Greens and Independents in recent years at various levels of local government.
If our national races were somewhat on the more even playing field that local MN races are, if registration were as easy as it is here, if ballot access were as easy as it is here, if national public affairs media were as inclusive as TPT and MPR, then we might have similar results in national races and be able to have a little more diversity of politics.
But cynicism is much more fun, right?
This will be my last thought as it is starting to get pretty non-Minneapolis specific.
Eric Oines Lind-Bohanon North Minneapolis
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----Original Message Follows---- From: "Dennis Plante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Mpls] RALLY with RALPH NADER! Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:22:27 -0500
You're absolutely right Eric. Who am I to fly in the face of conventional wisdom and assert that most of those (in Mpls) that vote for Nader would have probably voted for Kerry? I mean afterall, Nader is much more similarly aligned to Bush than he is Kerry.
dennis plante jordan
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