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Originally Posted by stickyfingerz
Ya how pathetic to be a Governor of a state in the United States of America. She only made it to the highest position in Alaska. Now if she was like some sort of a community planner that would be a different story entirely.
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Highest position in Alaska... Do you really think that is a major achievement?
Lets look at it purely on a numbers stance.
Total number of registered voters in Alaska (approx.) 480,000 people.
About 25% Republicans. 15% non party. 37% undeclared. 15% Democrats, Leaving out the separatists, libertarian etc. That rarely cross lines.
Alaska has an average of about 51% registered voter turn out.
240,000 voters - 60,000 which vote party lines. Split the undeclared (odds are majority) add 88,000 more. 148,000 now. Already over 50% of the vote.
Of course fuck all of that and the individual numbers. She had to convince the majority of roughly 240k that she was the proper choice. That is not much of an achievement since most would never run for office anyways. It is about the same as winning a very small city as mayor, just assuming that city had a population that is paid by the state for the oil.