[lbo-talk] FW: Help Defeat Question 3

[JW Mason]

>The "fifty years of academic
>research showing that such elections favor the Republican Party" turn out
>to have a caveat:  "except at very high levels of Democratic voter
>registration."

Yes, nonpartisan elections would probably be bad for the Republican Party in
New York. But that's hardly a reason for LBOers to support it, since the
research showing that nonpartisan elections lead to lower turnout
(especially among low-income voters) and a greater role for campaign
spending and name recognition bears no such caveats.

There's a nice article on this, "Teams Without Uniforms," available here:
http://www.themayorslatestbadidea.com/main_analysis.htm (scroll down for a
link to the full text.)

Josh