Jesse Ventura in Crashing the Party, by Ralph Nader

On Government Reform: Credits win to public financing & same-day registration

We learned more about end-running the media during our visit with Governor Jesse Ventura. How did you reach the people of Minnesota to win the election? I asked him. He replied that he was at about 10% in the polls and then got on 10 statewide debates with the other major candidates. Second, the state provided substantial public funding of election campaigns, and third, Minnesota had same-day voter registration. In about a month, Ventura went from 10% to 38% and won the governorship in a three-way race. Same-day registration led to a last-minute surge of voters for him that helped raise the total average in an off-year election. Source: Crashing the Party, by Ralph Nader, p.182 Oct 14, 2002

The above quotations are from Crashing the Party: How to Tell the Truth and Still Run for President Taking on Corporate Governance in an Age of Surrender, by Ralph Nader. Click here for main summary page. Click here for a profile of Jesse Ventura. Click here for Jesse Ventura on all issues.
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