> On Nov 3, 2004, at 12:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The surprising thing in the results, though, was that Amanda > Hutchings > > - The > > Republican candidate for State Rep in 59B - got 20 pct of the vote. > > > Near as I > > could tell, she didn't even campaign. Every election guide I saw > had > > a note > > under her name saying "did not respond". This is clear evidence > that people > > voting in National elections just vote the party line if they've > not paid attention to their local races.
[TB] 'Cept in this state candidates are grouped by office and not by party. A person needs to make a decision to vote for a candidate for any office, there is no lever to pull for a straight party line vote. Yes there is a certain base in any district that will vote by party label and nothing else. In that district it may be around 20% on the Republican side. That is also a district where the DFL incumbent has some negatives and there is at least some "anybody but Kahn" vote some of which is an overlap of the "vote Republican" base. --- David Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm just guessing here, but some more conservative Republicans have a > beef with the Strib over alleged bias, particularly the Minnesota > Poll's Presidential findings (which was closer to the final mark > than > the PiPress poll this year, BTW). Perhaps the refusal to be in the > Strib's Voter's Guide was something of a boycott? Counterproductive, > if true, IMHO. [TB] At one point there were people in the Republican Party who recommended that action (or inaction). It is rather dumb but there is a part of that crowd that views the Strib as evil. Funny they do read it enough to find what they don't like. Now that this election is over, who's running for Mayor? Terrell Brown Loring Park REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
