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J'Wi11 �. <br />111 West Corbin St. <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />June 21, 1993 <br />94 <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 <br />City <br />Rural <br />Rural <br />vote <br />place <br />vote <br />place <br />finish <br />finish <br />Chapel <br />Hill Candidates <br />who won <br />Gordon <br />4030 <br />2 <br />1006 <br />8 <br />Halkiotis <br />3681 <br />3 <br />1854 <br />3 <br />Insko <br />4515 <br />1 <br />1189 <br />7 <br />Rural <br />candidates supported <br />by landowners associations <br />Carroll <br />1055 <br />5 <br />2220 <br />2 <br />Lloyd <br />1128 <br />4 <br />2898 <br />1 <br />Tripp <br />425 <br />8 <br />1208 <br />6 <br />Other <br />candidates (rural) <br />Gatewood <br />671 <br />7 <br />1334 <br />5 <br />Walters <br />802 <br />6 <br />1388 <br />4 <br />