[Locomotive Breath]

I'm worried about an outcome like this

Nifong: 49%
Cheek: 48%
Monks: 3%

51% don't want Nifong but he wins anyway. That's why Monks is a spoiler if he divides the vote even a little.

I can see how a DEM who doesn't like Nifong, but not used to voting anything but a straight party ticket, would vote straight DEM and then check the UNA Cheek. This would spoil the ballot and lose Cheek a vote. There are a lot of ways where Nifong wins with a minority of votes.

[Sue Perkick]

I'm concerned about that too. Monks could be problematic if they actually take the time to write his name in & check the box. A lot of people have enough trouble as it is just figuring out HOW to vote. Some of them find punch cards overwhelming.

[Jezebelle]

Monks is indeed a spoiler, and he has to know it or else he's too stupid to placed in charge of scraping rat droppings, let alone be DA. Someone should throw a net over that idiot. I guess he doesn't realize that if Liefong wins as a result of s split vote, which is quite likely, he is about to become the most reviled man in Durham County, and ridiculed even by those who benefit from the split - just for being so grossly stupid to play into their hands. What a colossal moron. Nobody can shoot himself in the foot like a Republican, and manage to splatter everyone around him with the mess.