University Daily Kansan / Thursday, April 9, 1992
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CAMPAIGN'92
Senator questions value of primary
The Associated Press
Was Kansas's presidential primary election on Tuesday worth its $1.5 million cost, when only a third of the state's 1.1 million registered voters cast ballots and one in seven would not vote for a candidate?
Political party leaders and a former senator who promoted the primary for years said yesterday they thought it was worth the cost and the effort.
"We spent twice as much on the primary and had fewer people turn out
But the primary's most vocal critic called it a waste of time and money, and said people are urging her to continue her fight against it.
than we did 12 years
women," said Sen. Lana
Oleen, a Manhattan
Republican. "A large
percentage of people
voted 'none of the
above.' What does that
tell you?"
Of the total, 212,543 cast Republican ballots and 160,205 voted in the Democratic primary.
The cost was $4.02 per vote, for those who wanted to measure the value of the election in dollars and cents.
More than 57,000 voters — 34,996
Republicans and 22,025 Democrats
voted for "none of the names shown."
That is 15.3 percent of the total turnout.
Supporters of the primary said the people had the opportunity to participate and that is what matters — not the election's cost.
"Definitely, it was worth it, and for a variety of reasons," said state Democratic chairperson John Bird, a Hays attorney.
"First, no one in Kansas can say he or she didn't have a voice in the process. It was open to everyone.
"Secondly, I bought the turnout was excellent. It was significantly higher than in city and school board elections.
"Thirdly, I can assure you if we hadn't had a primary election, Bill Clinton wouldn't have been in Kansas this week. That is very important. If
Bill Clinton is elected president, that is going to help Kansas."
"There should be no price too high to pay for democracy." Bird added.
Republican Chairperson Kim Wells was not as enthusiastic about the primary as Bird, but said he thought it was worth the cost "on balance."
"It certainly did increase participation," said the Lawrence attorney. "If we'd have gone to caucasus, we'd have maybe one-tenth that many, at best."
However, Wells said it should be earlier in the season, tied to a regional primary and have a tougher requirement to get on the ballot. A 100 filling fee was the only requirement this year.
Tsongas still contemplating return to race
The Associated Press
BOSTON—Paul Tsongas huddled with top advisers yesterday to consider the mathematical possibilities for success if he were to revive his presidential campaign. He scheduled an announcement for today.
With a shortfall of both delegates and money, the numbers work against Tsongas.
Representative Peggy Connolly said a revived campaign was highly unlikely. But other aides said Tsongas could emerge as the alternative candidate for dissatisfied Democrats.
Tsongas had no public comment yesterday. He was reassessing his prospects after a surprisingly
strong second-place finish in New York's primary Tuesday.
Nick Rizzo, Tsongas' chief fund-raiser and a longtime friend, said he told Tsongas he could raise $750,000 in three weeks for a shesotring campaign. But Rizzo said the result might be a second place finish.
Tsongas took an early-morning swim, met with Rizzo and his campaign manager, Dennis Kanin, over lunch, then returned to his Lowell home to deliverate. Rizzo described Tsongas as pensive, and said they ran through several possible scenarios on Tsongas' return to the fray.
Kanin said Clinton did not have the nomination locked up.
"From a mathematical point of view, Clinton is not assured a first ballot victory if Paul enters the race," he said.
Tsongas now controls 539 delegates to Clinton's
1,267. Jerry Brown trails with 264.
"He can win some more delegates for himself, but I don't think he can stop Clinton from becoming the nominee," said Tad Devine, who tracked delegates for Michael Dukikis in 1988 and worked for Sen. Bob Kerrey's defunct campaign.
Kanin said Tsongas had received calls this week from so-called super delegates to the convention who were dissatisfied with Clinton's candidacy. He said there was a real concern about Democrats' prospects in November.
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