New Hampshire voters will choose a new state representative on September 6, in the Rockingham County 14th State House district. Here is a Seabrook, New Hampshire newspaper story about Brendan Kelly, the Libertarian nominee. In November 2010, he had run for the same seat, and polled 24.63% in a race in which both major parties also had nominees. In the upcoming special election, Kelly has received endorsements from some Republican leaders.
The 24.63% number might be a bit misleading because it was a multiple-member district. That percentage has much less significance than it would in a normal single-member district.
Yes, that’s a fair comment. There is no perfect way to figure candidate percentages in a race with multiple winners. I have been collecting election returns data since the early 1960’s, and I have always added up all the votes cast for all candidates, and then divided that number by the number of candidates to be elected. Then I use that as the denominator.
Another idea would be to use the number of people who show up to vote as the denominator, but that method can’t be used in most cases because typically official election returns don’t have that data, at least not in a single legislative or US House district.
Go Libertarians!! Show ’em how it’s done!
Go Libertarians…away from NH. Far away. You’ve done enough damage here with your bizarre ideology.
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