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APPENDIX 4 15 <br /> 111 West Corbin St. <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> June 21, 1993 <br /> TO: Other Members of the Task Force on the Process for Electing <br /> Orange County Commissioners <br /> FROM: Rich Hammer <br /> SUBJECT: May 1990 voting data which shows a sharp division within <br /> Orange County, between city and rural parts <br /> In the spring of 1990 I got active in County politics, attempting <br /> to speak on behalf of rural property owners who dislike controls <br /> imposed by County government. <br /> After running in the Republican primary that May, I studied the <br /> votes and compared the trends in the two parts of the county. The <br /> contrast between the two parts can be seen most clearly in the votes <br /> cast in the Democratic primary, in which there were eight active <br /> candidates running for three seats. <br /> Attached you will find a copy of a column which I wrote at that <br /> time, and (should you be interested) a spreadsheet of the data. Also, <br /> in the table below I summarize the data in that vote. Clearly the <br /> people in the rural precincts would have elected other candidate, had <br /> they had the chance. <br /> City City Rural Rural <br /> vote place vote place <br /> finish finish <br /> Chapel Hill Candidates <br /> who won <br /> Gordon 4030 2 1006 8 <br /> Halkiotis 3681 3 1854 3 <br /> Insko 4515 1 1189 7 <br /> Rural candidates supported <br /> by landowners associations <br /> Carroll 1055 5 2220 2 <br /> Lloyd 1128 4 2898 1 <br /> Tripp 425 8 1208 6 <br /> Other candidates (rural ) <br /> Gatewood 671 7 1334 5 <br /> Walters 802 6 1388 4 <br />