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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>interesting historical fact about the 13th district<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>In the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections the district supported Bush over Gore and then Kerry by a 55% to 45 % margin both times.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>In 2008, the year of the highest historical turnout for the district, Obama beat McCain by 54% to 46 %.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>In 2012 , a year of a much lower voter turnout than 2008, Romney barely beat Obama by less than 1 % of the vote<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>In 2016 , Trump beat Clinton by 6 % of the vote.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>In 2012 Davis beat Gill by less than 1 % of the vote in a three way race with a so called “ progressive independent “ who came out of know where to run and agreed with every single position Gill supported and ended up with 7 % of the vote.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The DNC/DCCC gave Gill no get out the vote money or staff because Gill refused to back away from his opposition to NAFTA and support for single payer. Also Gill beat Durbin’s boy in the Dem primary.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>I still wonder who “persuaded “ ( bribed ) the “ progressive independent “ to run. He has since disappeared from all political activity. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>My speculation is that it was either the Koch brothers who threw a ton of money that year behind Davis or it was the DNC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>I am inclined to think it was the Koch brothers but it could have very well been the DNC based on their historic pattern of throwing considerable time and resources against anti-corporate candidates in the Dem primaries, even when the anti-corporate Dem primary candidate had a better chance of winning against the republican in the general election. In essence the DNC would rather lose to a republican then have an anti-corporate Dem candidate get elected. Because for them ( DNC ) the maintaining and expansion of corporate neo-liberalism and their cash flow from corporate donors is the prime objective.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>David J.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>