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To: ga medic

This is where I got the Alaska numbers. Alaska is a good Republican state.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#AK


88 posted on 02/10/2008 8:26:58 PM PST by texastoo ((((((USA)))))((((((, USA))))))((((((. USA))))))))
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To: texastoo

“In the end, excitement over the races prevailed over the weather with more than 40,000 votes, far surpassing the old record of 17,000 set in 2004 when John Kerry and Howard Dean were vying for the party’s nomination, party executive director Arden Manning said.”

http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2008/02/10/wintry_weather_greets_maine_democratic_caucus_goers_1202665581/

“Wasilla is about 40 miles north of Anchorage, which had its own overflow problems. Police threatened to tow cars from Begich Middle School, the caucus site for the state’s largest city.

More than 4,000 voters showed up, easily beating the record of 254 set in the 2004 caucus, said Alaska Democratic Party Chairwoman Patti Higgins.”

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/ap_alaska/story/306364.html

You are using delegate totals instead of votes. Caucuses don’t always have vote totals, because the point is to elect delegates to the state convention. Once the delegates have been selected, they are reported as the final numbers. I believe that Alaska had over 6,000 voters, and Maine had 40,000. Both were record setting numbers, and both states had bad weather for the primaries.


90 posted on 02/10/2008 8:44:35 PM PST by ga medic
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