Democracy isn’t working too
well in Virginia's 7th Congressional District.
Nearly everybody in the 7th didn't vote on Tuesday for David Brat to be their congressman.
And I’m pretty sure that most
of Eric Cantor's supporters stayed home.
Too bad for the 757,917
people of this suburban Richmond district. I think it’s a good bet that most of
them really don’t want either guy to be their guy in Congress.
The thing is, less than 12 per
cent of the Virginians eligible to vote turned out for the Republican primary
election that resulted in the shocking defeat of the incumbent Cantor, who is
the Republican majority leader in the House.
Brat stomped all over Cantor,
with almost 56 per cent of the vote.
But gee whiz, Brat only got
36,110 votes.
Barely more than 6 per cent of
the folks who can vote in this solidly Republican district turned out to pick
David Brat as the GOP candidate.
This is not democracy at work.
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