What does the voting pattern in the recent PNP presidential elections really say?
Carlington Wilmot Photo THE TOTAL number of PNP delegates that voted on Saturday, February 25, in the presidential race was 3,808. When the number of votes received by Prime Minister-designate Portia Simpson Miller 1,775 is taken from the 3,808 it leaves 2,033. Accordingly, this 2,033 of the 3,808 delegates who did not vote for Portia Simpson Miller represent 53.3 per cent or more than half of the total PNP delegates density. Simpson Miller received 46.7 of the votes. So, banner headlines about ‘Portia crushes her opponents’ appearing in one newspaper exposes once again the lack of attention to detail which exhibits itself time and time again, not only in the media, but elsewhere. Then, there was a firebrand supporter of Portia Simpson Miller referring mockingly to the ‘Solid as a Rock’ campaign defeat on a TV programme as a ‘Humpty Dumpty Fall’. Counts in the six regions of the PNP should also have had patient scrutiny. In the West, St. James gave a huge win to Peter Phillips and,
