http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/10/22/no-major-party-contest-in-376-of-all-legislative-districts/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:34:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/10/22/no-major-party-contest-in-376-of-all-legislative-districts/comment-page-1/#comment-19349 Matt Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:38:41 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/10/22/no-major-party-contest-in-376-of-all-legislative-districts/#comment-19349 The 1st congressional district in Michigan is a good example of what Bob's talking about. I get to choose between an incumbent Democrat, A "crazy-old man" Republican, and a Libertarian who no-one's heard of. I'll vote for the Libertarian, Ken Proctor, but his media buys are roughly zero, and the below-average, soft on war, incumbent Democrat will win. The 1st congressional district in Michigan is a good example of what Bob’s talking about. I get to choose between an incumbent Democrat, A “crazy-old man” Republican, and a Libertarian who no-one’s heard of. I’ll vote for the Libertarian, Ken Proctor, but his media buys are roughly zero, and the below-average, soft on war, incumbent Democrat will win.

]]> http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/10/22/no-major-party-contest-in-376-of-all-legislative-districts/comment-page-1/#comment-19295 Bob Richard Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:58:35 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/10/22/no-major-party-contest-in-376-of-all-legislative-districts/#comment-19295 38% is a serious understatement of the extent to which elections are really uncontested, because it does not include all of the districts in which the second major candidate is running only a token race with little or even no funding. 38% is a serious understatement of the extent to which elections are really uncontested, because it does not include all of the districts in which the second major candidate is running only a token race with little or even no funding.

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