Hasanyone seen the Middletown election results reported with the Warren Countyvoting results included?  There are atleast a couple of thousand registered voters living within the City ofMiddletown but in Warren, not Butler, County. It seems unusual that the results have not been reported with thesenumbers included.

A few short post-mortem notes on the election (for the fewof you who might be interested—others, please ignore.):

I won only one of the First Ward’s nine Butler Countyprecincts.  (For some reason, WarrenCounty cannot seem to tell me the results of the Ward 1 vote in that county,even though they report 100% of the vote has been counted since Wednesdaymorning.  This is of little consequence,since even in the highly unlikely event that I had swept 100% of the WarrenCounty Ward 1 vote, it would have brought me nowhere close to being into contention.

That one precinct that I won was Midd1Wd1, with over 52% ofthe votes cast. Generally speaking, this is much of the area of “Lakeside”including nearly all of the area close to the hydraulic canal.  I have friends in this area that helped to deliverthe vote.  I feel especially bad for thisarea, since with my defeat they can kiss good-bye any hope of relieffrom the canal blight.  Too bad forthem.  They deserve better.

I am disappointed that I failed to carry my own precinct,Midd2Wd1, carrying less than 43% of the vote. I was so well-received when canvassing for petition signatures, perhapsI just took these good neighbors for granted.

In Midd6, the area of Lakeside east of Germantown Road, Icarried just over 40%, actually more than I had hoped.  I had a couple of very strong supportersthere that nearly helped me win the day, but the area is noted for lowturnouts, and many of those who do vote favor the more liberal candidates suchas my opponent.

I took my worst drubbing in precincts 3 and 4.  These two precincts encompass most of thearea from Breiel east to the Warren County line, and from Manchester Road northto the river.  I guess this was to beexpected as this area includes my opponent’s neighborhood (Precinct 3) as wellas that of the City Manager.  Yet I feltthat I would have pockets of support in this highly conservative area.  I was only able to garner 22% and 26%respectively in these two precincts, and the voter turnout there was high.

Midd5Wd1 was another precinct where I did very poorly(30%).  This area, formerly referred toas “Countryside” was another disappointment as it is a very conservative areawhere one would think my message would have resonated.  Go figure.

Miscellaneous facts:

Of the 7,249 registered voters in Middletown’s First Ward(Butler County only), and 2,603 (35.91%) cast a ballot in this past election.  Of the 2,603 who cast a ballot, 372 (14.29%)did not vote for EITHER candidate for Ward One unexpired term for City Council.

Excluding the First Ward, there are 21,709 registered votersin Middletown (Butler County only), and 7,303 (33.06%) cast a ballot in thispast election.

(I have further analysis on the Ward 1 race.  If anyone is interested, make sure that youhave room in your MiddletownUSA message box--there is a 100 message limit-- and I will be happy to send it.  There is nothing to be gained by boring theothers.)

Wannaknow,

Of course you can have one of these extremely rare artifacts!!!  I am charging only $100 each ($150 ifpersonally autographed)!!!     

(Just kidding!!)  I’llbe happy to drop one off…if not this evening, sometime in the next few days.

VietVet wrote: ... I'm predicting this woman will do little to nothing while sitting on council other than what she is told like the rest of them do. We shall see. ...

Well, Vet, She did state quite clearly a couple of timesthat, if elected, she would “play nice” so no one can say that they weren’twarned.  The people were offered a clearchoice and they seem to have made a clear decision.

I am aware of only one small irregularity, not nearly enoughto make a difference, so the die is cast.