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i agree with much of what you're saying, but -- 1 voter for ~50k residents? huh? there are about 4 million residents in LA. 1 voter per 50k residents amounts t
by HillaryBriss 10y ago
i agree with much of what you're saying, but -- 1 voter for ~50k residents? huh?
there are about 4 million residents in LA. 1 voter per 50k residents amounts to 80 voters. i must be misunderstanding your comment...
- Balgair 10y agoYou are right. I messed up here. The voter turn out in LA is typically ~10% of the population. Garcetti got ~6% of the population to vote for him in '13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_mayoral_election,_2013 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_mayoral_election,_...