Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Michigan Primary Results

With 100% of the precincts reporting, here are the following results:

Democratic Primary

Candidate Votes Vote % Delegates
Clinton 328,151 55% Zero
Uncommitted 236,723 40% Zero
Kucinich 21,708 4% Zero
Dodd 3,853 1% Zero
Gravel 2,363 0% Zero

Republican Primary

Candidate Votes Vote % Delegates
Romney 337,847 39% 23
McCain 257,521 30% 6
Huckabee 139,699 16% 1
Paul 54,434 6% 0
Thompson 32,135 4% 0
Giuliani 24,706 3% 0
Uncommitted 17,971 2% 0
Hunter 2,823 0% 0

Source: ABC News.com

According to Wikipedia.com, the population of Michigan including children is approximately 9,938,444 people.

85.3% of the population didn’t vote.

Now, I understand that a portion is people who just can’t vote, but it still calls into question: Are the people we electing truly representative of the concerns of Americans? And of the people that do vote, are they just mesmerized by “How good they would look as President” or that “They just sound so articulate!”, rather than looking at their ACTUAL VOTING RECORD?! It’s nice to know that America wants a President to match our materialistic lifestyle.

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