A DARK HORSE Election Post Mortem, part I Here in Tennessee, we got a very interesting result in the Governor's race. As we have mentioned in a previous Post, Tennessee ballot access laws are now very loose, and there were manny Independent candidates. Refusing to reward bad behavior, I determined to vote for an Independent this time, and settled on one that had been the subject of an aggressive smear canpaign. And he did very well. In the local precinct count, the Republican cadiate got 393 votes, the Dmocartic one 311 . . . and my Independent got 113. So just that one Independent's vote count (out of a dozen or so) was over the margin of victory! County wide, he got almost 11%. State wide, the final count was 45.5% Republican, 43% Democrat . . . and over 9% for my Independent! Several Times the margin of victory. Achieving "margin of voctory" is a big deal for Independent candidates, as it reminds both parties that there are voting demographcis that are nto satisfied with either party - and could be courted with better policies, in the future. We hope all those people who can't understand/accept the results of these midterms will see this as an exemplar of electoral disatisfaction.
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