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Oh and the population in the 5th in district in 2008 was 662,060, so that doesn't really say much, that's just 19,067 people who had not clue who you were and didn't care much for whoever was running against you.
Most citizens do not vote, and many are young children or very old, and some only vote in the General election and not in the Party Primary, so there was only about 110,000 voted in 5th District, and the official election results go like this;
Democratic Candidates
Representative in Congress
Congressional District 05
J. P. Cusick ............................... Steny H. Hoyer(Won)
Democratic ................................ Democratic
Anne Arundel ... 1,094 ....................... 4,926
Calvert ...... 1,149 ....................... 7,896
Charles ...... 3,554 ....................... 16,223
Prince George's ... 12,076 ............... 52,470
St. Mary's ....... 1,194 .................... 8,998
Totals 19,067 (17.4%) ............ 90,513 (82.6%)
Link HERE.
And it is interesting to note that there are far more votes in PG than in all the other Counties combined.
I would never have heard of you if it hadn't been for the forums, you're not very popular.
That is the equation, that in each election I have been up against a big rich incumbent so I did well under the circumstances.
And no one really knows if the Forum has any real influence or not, and I did do Newspaper ads and public events / debates and those might be more influential but that is not known for certain either.
But each campaign does move me closer and closer to the prize.