Election Reflections:
9 ervlc ory
ByTHO V. TWERP
LANSING--Gov.-elect John
Engler won the closest guber
natorial election in Michigan
history, but many reporters
ho covered the election say
it as more a case of
Blanchard 10 ing the election
than Engler winning it.
Everybody has . favorite
rea on for the election results,
including member of the
capitol pres corps, who fol-
. lowed the election closel y.
"I come bac to two tbings:
The 10 turnout in Detroit and
Engle's nickels," said Jeff
Holyfield, Lansing bureau
chief for the A sociated Pre .
The turnout in Detroit wa
. di mal. Banchard had 90,000 .
votes les in this election than
he had in the previous one,"
Holyfield aid.
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poli tical land cape except for
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isolated pockets the outlying
areas of the state are
Republican. That means a
Democra tic candidate has to
come out of Detroit with the
Blac vote in his pocket, in
order to offset the re t of the
state. "
People believe property
taxes are too high and that's
. an area where Blanchard was
vulnerable. Engler charged
that Blanchard had eight years
in office, but hadn't done any
thing, Holyfield said.
Other reporter felt many
factors were involved. The
margin of victory in Gov.
elect Engler's victory was so
lim-19,134 vote or roughly
3 votes per precinct- that any
lobby or interest group claim
ing it swung the election may
be correct.
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made marginal difference
made a difference that coin ted .
said Rick PI uta, Lansing
bureau chief for United Press
Intern tional.
"No single thing decided it. .
There were many little things:
Abortion, Detroit Macomb
County, outside voters, and I
don't know how much of an
impact this may have
made,but there may have been
people who wanted to send a
mes age to Gov. Blanchard 0
tbey voted for Engler."
. There is an abundance of
reason why the gubernatorial
race between John.Engler and
James Blanchard turned out
tbe way it did: Another cor-
respondent Blanchard's age to give to the people. All
10 s should be attributed to h did was go negative. That
Blanchard. was another: thing people
"Pride go before the fall; dir'n't feel good about."
I think that's what the epitaph Peter Luke corre pondent
on the Blan hard tombstone for the Booth ew papers
hould read, Roger Martin, capitol bureau has a imple
Lansing bur u chief for the .. pet re on: "Blanchard 10 t hi
Detroit ew said. ba e of support."
"The Bla hard camp s "Blanchard 's b e in
made up of bunch of Ken- urban Michigan. In eight year
nedy discipl ,but Kennedy he n ver developed an urban
didn't go fl . ng over people trategy. He was almo t afraid
head in his jet airpl ne, t to be een in Detroit. People
2,000 feet" Martin said. th re n ver sa the Blanchard
"Engler wa orced to run the campaign" Lu e said.
h ad-to-hand election." "Engler's b e turned out
Blanchard' didn't."
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