Don’t blame Republicans for the statewide and even national embarrassment that David Madore has brought upon our beloved Clark County.
Blame Democrats.
Last year Madore defeated incumbent County Commissioner Marc Boldt — a fellow Republican — by 13,861 votes. But among those who voted in the Nov. 6 election, 35,270 chose not to vote in this race. Presumably, many of them were improperly motivated Democrats who simply refused to vote for a Republican; 18 percent of participating voters declined in this race. Substantiating this presumption is the fact that, in the other county commissioner’s race between a Republican (incumbent Tom Mielke) and a Democrat (Joe Tanner), half as many voters (9 percent) chose not to participate.
So Madore won with 6,757 fewer votes than Mielke but now is virtually running the county while marionette Mielke waits for the strings to be yanked.
The lesson for Democrats is painful but profound: Don’t be afraid to vote for a Republican. Do your homework. Participate.