Political Parties and Elections
For other political parties see List of political parties in the U.S. Virgin Islands. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in the U.S. Virgin Islands.| Candidates | Votes 1st round |
% | Votes 2nd round |
% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John de Jongh - Democratic Party | 15,914 | 49.33% | 16,644 | 57.30% |
| Kenneth Mapp - Independent | 8,756 | 27.14% | 12,402 | 42.70% |
| Adlah Donastorg - Independent | 7,580 | 23.49% | - | - |
| Write In | 13 | 0.04% | - | - |
| Total | 32,263 | 100.00% | 29,046 | 100.00% |
| Source: Electoral System of the Virgin Islands, | ||||
| Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands | . | 10 | |
| Independent Citizens Movement | . | 4 | |
| Non-partisans | 1 | ||
| Total (turnout %) | 15 | ||
| Source: WSTA Lucky 13 Radio | |||
The Virgin Islands elects one non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives; election last held 7 November 2006); results: Donna M. Christian-Christensen (Democrat) 62%, Warren B. Mosler (Independent) 37%,
Read more about this topic: Politics Of The United States Virgin Islands
Famous quotes containing the words political, parties and/or elections:
“The short lesson that comes out of long experience in political agitation is something like this: all the motive power in all of these movements is the instinct of religious feeling. All the obstruction comes from attempting to rely on anything else. Conciliation is the enemy.”
—John Jay Chapman (1862–1933)
“Mixed dinner parties of ladies and gentlemen ... are very rare, which is a great defect in the society; not only as depriving them of the most social and hospitable manner of meeting, but as leading to frequent dinner parties of gentlemen without ladies, which certainly does not conduce to refinement.”
—Frances Trollope (1780–1863)
“Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.”
—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)