Allll Weee Are Saaaaying….
Allen April 5th, 2006
Is Don’t Release the Details of the Elections Cause That May Show Them As the Sham That They Aaaarrreee.
Perhaps not quite as good as John Lennon, but I’m working on it.
I read where Wisconsin voters held a referendum to withdraw troops from Iraq. Amazingly one of the most liberal states in the country thought we should cut and run.
Reading the original Reuter’s article, we see:
With public support for the Iraq war ebbing and President George W. Bush’s popularity skidding, voters across Wisconsin approved measures calling for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
The symbolic measures were approved in 24 cities and villages - the first time that residents of several cities in one state had been allowed to vote on the question. But returns on Wednesday showed voters rejected the measures in eight other communities.
The Wisconsin Network of Peace and Justice, a peace group which promoted the referenda, called the outcome a "huge victory."
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"Out now" measures passed 68 percent to 31 percent in liberal-leaning Madison and 55 percent to 45 percent in La Crosse. With populations of 219,000 and 51,000 respectively, they were the two largest cities voting on the question Tuesday.
But the 22,000 residents of Watertown, located between Madison and Milwaukee, rejected a similar measure 75 percent to 25 percent.
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In one closely watched contest, residents of Evansville, population 4,039, narrowly approved a withdrawal proposition 51 percent to 49 percent and rejected a second one calling for troops to remain in Iraq pending "unquestioned victory" — by the same margin.
In other returns residents of Hayward, Kewaunee, Forestville, Sister Bay, Newport and Egg Harbor also rejected immediate withdrawal ballot questions. But voters in Ladysmith, population 4,000, Mount Horeb, population 5,860, Vermont and Shorewood all approved demands for immediate troop pullouts.
Wow. Madison is a fairly large city, so that must show "public support for the Iraq war ebbing". So what were the actual votes? They gave the population figures for the cities (and mostly those cities that supported the measure), but how many voters?
I tried to find the actual figures. Imagine my surprise when I wasn’t able to locate them. Perhaps the Network of Peace and Justice (in our time) is not too keen to release how many people actually voted in the elections.
I’m going to guess that the turnout was fairly small and mostly driven by the same people who seem to have huge amount of spare time protesting all the other evils of American society.
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