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Old 12-01-2003, 12:16 AM
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Default RE: District V members - It's time to rally!

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Anybody care to dispute this theory?

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Jim Messer
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Theory, not really, but numbers, YES. Only because you credit all members with voting.

Dist. 8 estimated 18,000 voting members. Some 3000 voted. Looking at 17%.

Of your 100 member club only 17 voted. They voted 2 to 1 against the opposition. 83 (your 75+) did NOT vote.

If 25 were "serious" modelers, then how did the vote happen to go 2 to 1 in favor of the incumbent using your suggested numbers and theory.

In your stated case, the numbers splitting the vote were of no consequence, just as in the D-8 case, as the incumbent had a significant majority. Any time the incumbent takes 51% or more of the vote, an infinite number of candidates can split the remaining 49% any way without consequence to the 51% 'er.