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Document:LP News 1973 January-February Issue 12: Difference between revisions
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==Latest Hospers- Nathan vote figures== | ==Latest Hospers- Nathan vote figures== | ||
Several members have written to National HQ asking us to explain the discrepancy between our estimate of 5000+ votes cast for the Hospers-Nathan ticket last November, and the figure of 2,648 reported in a UPI story sent out in late December. | Several members have written to National HQ asking us to explain the discrepancy between our estimate of 5000+ votes cast for the [[Hospers and Nathan Presidential Campaign 1972|Hospers-Nathan ticket]] last November, and the figure of 2,648 reported in a UPI story sent out in late December. | ||
The 2,648 figure represents only the votes received by Hospers and Nathan in the two states where the LP ticket was on the ballot -- 1,537 in Washington and 1,111 in Colorado. In addition, we now have the following figures for write-ins: California 980, Texas 394, New Hampshire 142, Wisconsin 101, Alaska 68, Illinois 46, Massachusetts 43, Missouri 25 and Utah 19. These bring the total to 4,466. | |||
We also know that in many States (e.g. New York) our write-ins were not counted at all, and that in others, they were tallied only sporadically. Thus, we still feel confident that the actual total number cast was over 5,000 ... although we will never know exactly how many, for sure. | We also know that in many States (e.g. New York) our write-ins were not counted at all, and that in others, they were tallied only sporadically. Thus, we still feel confident that the actual total number cast was over 5,000 ... although we will never know exactly how many, for sure. | ||
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action in future years. And in these respects, we succeeded. | action in future years. And in these respects, we succeeded. | ||
We suggest that if anyone asks you how many votes we got in '72, you, | We suggest that if anyone asks you how many votes we got in '72, you, simply say "approximately 5,000" and let it go at that. | ||
==The truth about · Congress== | ==The truth about · Congress== | ||