November 4, 2015 St. Paul Ward 2 City Election Gopher State Politics Institute Calls the Election for Noecker on the 5th Ballot, “if any” factor knocks down voter participation in 2nd to 6th choices. We promised you a gutsy call a few days ago and here it is: Rebecca Noecker wins the St. Paul City Read More…
St. Paul Ward 2 Election Results…
As submitted to several Minnesota Newspapers (November 4, 2015) *** Minnesota, Please Google Gopher State Politics Institute and go to November 2 blog on St. Paul Ward 2 election predictions. Who else called this? The question now is where do the Hosko votes go on subsequent choices? And, will the loyalist DFL choices go en Read More…
St. Paul City Elections… Grand Avenue Parking Meter Flap and Ranked-choice Voting
St. Paul City Elections… Grand Avenue Parking Meter Flap and Ranked-choice voting Guess what happened? The parking meter struggle involving City Hall vs. the elite liberal Grand Avenue area base, all of a sudden disappeared this past week as some sort of time ran out and the item fell off the council agenda. Paranoia is Read More…
Rank Choice Voting?
My, my, what a wonderful thing we have in St. Paul! Ranked-choice voting a hold on—a Success? If a “success” means a system that favors the re-election of the incumbency, then ranked-choice is it! Unfortunately, this writer lives in Ward 2, where the 2011 city election was not a success. The incumbent trailed the votes Read More…
