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To: TimF who wrote (220145)	2/21/2005 8:39:22 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574574

I don't get the results of this election. First, the election breaks out this way: the Shias got 48% of the total votes, the Kurds 25% of the total and the Saddam Sunnis 13.8%. That's 78% of the total votes. Where's the remaining 22%? Well there are the Turkmen but I think they combined with any smaller minorities only make up 3 or 4% of the population so there must be an error there somewhere. Hmm one error is yours. 48% + 25% + 13.8% = 86.8% not 78%. Oops! Did that in my head......should have used a calculator. Add in the other minorities and you get something like 90% but still something is missing. I imagine one of your vote total % is in error. No. I just figured out what it was. Allawi got roughly 14% of the vote.........that's the 13.8% above. He's separate from Sunnis, Shis and Kurds. In addition, was the Turkmen, Christians and Sunnis........I think they make up the remaining 12-13%. I got it the 48% figure is NOT the total for the Shia vote. Its the total for the largest Shia party (or technically alliance of parties). I think the 2nd largest Shia party got something like 10% of the vote. The Kurd vote if probably also the % for the Kurd alliance but they got most of the Kurdish vote so there is not much difference there. The 48% is the total Shia party vote but separate from Allawi who also is Shia. That's why the Shia vote percentage looks so small in comparison to their percentage of the total population. The Kurds outdid themselves and the Sunnis really screwed themselves. ted