[Sosfbay-discuss] We're #5: Anaylzing Santa Clara's VoterRegistration Report of 5/19/08

[Tian Harter]

Considering that "other" is a conglomeration of smaller parties like the 
Rock and Roll Party, the Party Party, and who knows what, I would call 
them the fourth tier. That way the list looks like this:

> 
> Taken from the CA SoS's document
> "Voter Participation Statistics by County and Party"
> http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_primary/05_voter_stats_by_party_feb08.pdf
> 
> Report of Registration as of May 19, 2008
> Registration By County
> 
> County              Eligible        Registered
> 
> Santa Clara        1,107,353           715,492
>                                          64.61%
> 
> FIRST TIER -- MORE THAN 100,000 VOTERS:
> 
>                                  Decline to
> Democratic      Republican            State
> 
>    329,559         183,227        178,188
>      46.06%          25.61%         24.90%
> 
> SECOND TIER -- MORE THAN 10,000 VOTERS:
>  American
> Independent
> 
>    12,644
>      1.77%
> 
> THIRD TIER -- FEWER THAN 10,00 VOTERS:
>                                        Peace and
>    Green       Libertarian              Freedom
>    4,611             3,714             1,679
>     0.64%             0.52%            0.23%
> 

FOURTH TIER -- FEWER THAN 1.000 VOTERS PER PARTY:
Other
1,870
0.26%

FIFTH TIER --- NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE AT ALL

too many
(not counted in the percentages above.)
-- 
Tian
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