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2004 US Presidential Election
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November 02, 2004
Misc. | Some Trivia

      We have no less than nine Presidential candidates on the ballot in MN this year.

      In addition to Kerry, Bush, and Nader, we have candidates from the Constitution Party (Michael Peroutka/Chuck Baldwin), the Green Party (David Cobb/Pat LaMarche), the Libertarian Party (Michael Badnarik/Richard Campagna), the Socialist Equality Party (Bill Van Auken/Jim Lawrence), the Socialist Workers Party (Róger Calero/Arrin Hawkins), and the Christian Freedom-Minnesota Party (Thomas Harens/Jennifer Ryan).  Where did all these parties come from?

      By the way, so far I haven’t seen any results for anyone but Kerry, Bush, and Nader.      This is either/both blatant discrimination on the part of television news, or cold-blooded realism.  Ralph Nader was complaining on Fox News that the system is stacked against Progressives like him — but at least they bother to announce his vote totals!

      In Minnesota, we have same day registration for voting.  As many as 20% of the Twin Cities metro area voters may have registered today.  8% of all voters told the exit pollsters they were voting for the first time.

      77% of Minnesotans made up their minds over a month ago, 18% in the last month, 5% TODAY!

      Exit poll data from KMSP Fox 9 News, candidate data from here, plus personal observation of the ballot.



Posted by Stephen M. St. Onge at November 2, 2004 10:17 PM | TrackBack
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