Let's talk about the election results in the city, now that the tallies are all in.
If we add them up, we see that the Gore-Lieberman ticket received 115,566 votes for a
total of 67 percent; Bush-Cheney received 38,865 for 22.5 percent, and Nader-LaDuke
received 18,180 for 10.5 percent.
What does this mean in terms of what Minneapolitans want? There are many possible
interpretations, but I'll start with a controversial one just to get the ball rolling
(and to get people yelling at me): Nader was overplayed. Very often when reading
this list, one could get the impression that Nader was the number one choice in Mpls,
but his 10.5 percent showing was in the end very weak, as voters came to their senses
and exercised good judgment.
Don Jorovsky
former 25 year resident of Mpls,
former member Mpls Charter Commission
