> I would be curious to hear responses to the results from 2020 subscribers.
> I have several theories about what happened, including farmers turning out
> to support one of their own and suspicion of Fritz's PCEI connection from
> people opposed to the sole-source aquifer designation. I expected Clyde to
> run strong in the outlying towns, simply because his family has been in
> Latah County for 100 years, but I really thought Fritz would get more votes
> in Moscow.
>
> Any other explanations? Progressive voters off floating rivers or backpacking
> in the wilderness?
Leaving out the well-organized campaign with ads on country radio,
markee support at Helblings and Bennett's ad in Daily News I'd suggest a
couple of hunches;
1) If it ain't broke, why fix it? As a rural resident (who votes in
Moscow), I see that they take pretty good care of my roads, grading out
washboards shortly after it rains, Robinson lake road got an additional
two miles of pavement last year, etc, etc. and
2) A perseption that the challenger would invest in frivolous things like
bike paths
now I don't subscribe to either of these points of view but I'd guess
they are strong in voters minds
dave peckham