GP is the second party. Some years ago running for state house Cam Gordon got 25%, the RP 19%, and the DFL all the rest.
Greens had 2 council members, now due to DFL dirty tricks has only one. Where are the RP council members? --David Shove Roseville On Sun, 13 Nov 2005, Shawn A. Dorisian wrote: > What I have noticed is that Minneapolis likes to cut its own noise off to > spit its face. In other posts people were complaining about the > urban/suburban split yet are not trying to understand how to overcome said > split. This split must be overcome, or more and more Minneapolis and St. > Paul will be put to the second tier priorities. This would not matter if > DFLers or Republicans are in charge, since the split is not a partisan one > but a societal one. > > People here were saying that the Greens are the second biggest party in > Minneapolis, but that is false. It is true that they are the only other > party to have elected people to office outside of the DFL. But it is > Republicans that are the second biggest by vote. The base Republican vote is > still 25%, the Greens come no where close to that number. > > I would like to say in closing that if people keep on playing the > urban/suburban card then the cities will lose that game everytime. > > Shawn A. Dorisian > Phillips > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. > REMINDERS: > 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. > If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL > PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn > E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
