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Analysis of Election Results - 5th district (Minnesota) U.S. Congress 2008

Where IP candidate Bill McGaughey did well and where he did poorly

rank	city	ward/precinct	votes for Bill McG.	total votes	Bill's percent	about area
1	Hilltop	all	47	301	15.61%	northeast suburban
2	Spring Lake Park	all	361	3,463	10.43%	northeast suburban
3	Columbia Heights	all	817	8,184	9.98%	notheast suburban
4	Crystal	all	1,177	11,957	9.84%	northwest suburban
5	Fridley	all	1,304	13,346	9.77%	northeast suburban
6	Robbinsdale	all	660	7,833	8.43%	northwest suburban
7	St. Anthony in Ramsey Co.	all	138	1,641	8.41%	east suburban
8	Minneapolis	ward 1	1,240	15,286	8.11%	northeast - city
9	Hopkins	5 precincts	536	6,659	8.05%	southwest suburban
10	Richfield	all	1,373	17,564	7.82%	south suburban
11	St. Anthony in Hennepin Co.	all	269	3,460	7.78%	east suburban
12	New Hope	all	817	10,623	7.69%	northwest suburban
13	Minneapolis	ward 12	1,355	18,161	7.46%	southwest -city
14	St. Louis Park	all	1,944	27,063	7.18%	southwest suburban
15	Golden Valley	all	885	13,223	6.69%	west suburban
16	Minneapolis	ward 3	851	12,962	6.57%	north central - city
17	Minneapolis	ward 4	806	12,810	6.29%	northwest - city
18	Minneapolis	ward 9	723	11,621	6.14%	south central - city
19	Minneapolis	ward 11	1,082	17,632	6.14%	south - city
20	Minneapolis	ward 7	1,196	19,762	6.05%	west central -city
21	Fort Snelling	all	4	67	6.00%	southeast suburban
22	Minneapolis	ward 10	973	16,555	5.88%	south west central - city
23	Minneapolis	ward 13	1,126	20,449	5.51%	southwest - city
24	Minneapolis	ward 6	588	10,992	5.35%	central south - city
25	Minneapolis	ward 8	668	14,090	4.74%	central south - city
26	Minneapolis	ward 2	730	15,421	4.73%	east central - city
27	Minneapolis	ward 5	414	10,194	4.06%	west central - city
	total included		22,084	321,318	6.87%
	total Minneapolis		11,752	195,934	6.00%	city
	total suburban		10,332	125,384	8.24%	suburbs

In the last week, Bill campaigned primarily in Columbia Heights, Robbinsdale, and 13th ward Minneapolis; in preceding week, in Richfield and south Minneapolis along Nicollet Avenue; also campaigned heavily in Crystal and New Hope. No time spent in Fridley or Spring Lake Park. The Star Tribune newspaper scarcely covered this campaign. Some media exposure on Minnesota Public Radio, KSTP-TV, North Metro TV (cable), and KARE-TV.

The campaign web site saw a surge of traffic on the days before the election (Nov. 4) indicating that voters do take seriously their obligation to cast an intelligent vote for elective office. Some daily results (or averages) are as follows:

day	number of visits	number of hits
September average	64	217
October average	129	520
November 1, 2008	161	665
November 2, 2008	263	1359
November 3, 2008	1115	6183
November 4, 2008	857	4231
November 5, 2008	106	453

Note: The totals are around 300 votes short of totals reported by Minnesota Secretary of State's office. Taken from scattered precinct reports and tabulated on spread sheet.

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