07-27-2008, 03:08 PM
…during this year's upcoming election?
Think again…
Here are some statistics:
The population of Puna, based on year 2000 statistics, is over 31,000 with well over 14,000 registered voters.
According to Punaweb statistics, there are roughly 1505 members who have posted on this site at one time or another.
Only about 13% or roughly 195 of those members have posted on this site since the end of June.
Let’s narrow this down a bit further.
In this 2008 Big Island Elections section of Punaweb there have been roughly 33 posts authored by roughly 15 different people. These posts have been responded and re-responded to; by roughly 44 people, including the 15 original authors. Note also that 5 or so of these 44 people are actually running for office or directly support the candidate running for office. I shouldn’t include this 11% of the 44 people posting...but I will anyway.
So…these 44 people posting in this 2008 Big Island Elections section represent only .3% of the population of Puna’s registered voters. Yes…that right, less than one third of one percent!
Sounds pretty insignificant to me!
It really surprises me how [^] some of you, and you know who you are, can be to think that you represent the “Voice of Puna!”[?]
I’ll give you an example of what I mean. Just because one mayoral candidate had nothing better to do on August 16th than to show up at a debate at the Akebono Theater, you think he is Puna’s best choice for Mayor. Or is it because you are voting for him already anyway? Come on…stop kidding yourself because you’re not kidding me.
We already had a “Meeting of the Mayoral Candidates”, late May in Kea’au. Most of us already have already gotten behind our candidate of choice. Let’s move on…
Think again…
Here are some statistics:
The population of Puna, based on year 2000 statistics, is over 31,000 with well over 14,000 registered voters.
According to Punaweb statistics, there are roughly 1505 members who have posted on this site at one time or another.
Only about 13% or roughly 195 of those members have posted on this site since the end of June.
Let’s narrow this down a bit further.
In this 2008 Big Island Elections section of Punaweb there have been roughly 33 posts authored by roughly 15 different people. These posts have been responded and re-responded to; by roughly 44 people, including the 15 original authors. Note also that 5 or so of these 44 people are actually running for office or directly support the candidate running for office. I shouldn’t include this 11% of the 44 people posting...but I will anyway.
So…these 44 people posting in this 2008 Big Island Elections section represent only .3% of the population of Puna’s registered voters. Yes…that right, less than one third of one percent!
Sounds pretty insignificant to me!
It really surprises me how [^] some of you, and you know who you are, can be to think that you represent the “Voice of Puna!”[?]
I’ll give you an example of what I mean. Just because one mayoral candidate had nothing better to do on August 16th than to show up at a debate at the Akebono Theater, you think he is Puna’s best choice for Mayor. Or is it because you are voting for him already anyway? Come on…stop kidding yourself because you’re not kidding me.
We already had a “Meeting of the Mayoral Candidates”, late May in Kea’au. Most of us already have already gotten behind our candidate of choice. Let’s move on…
"Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right!" - Henry Ford