XPost: or.politics, or.general   
   From: lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon.net   
      
   Bill Shatzer  wrote:   
      
   > "In 1972 Richard Nixon got more votes in Multnomah County than he did in   
   > Coos County," says Hibbitts."   
   >   
   > Well, doh.   
   >   
   > Coos County has a population one-tenth as large as Multnomah County.   
   >   
   > Nixon could get but 20% of the vote in Multnomah county and still get   
   > more votes there than if he received the vote of -every- voter in Coos   
   > County.   
   >   
      
   Perhaps they meant percent of the vote? I suspect that is the case.   
      
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