http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/which_congressman_was_most_popular Comments for "Which Congressman was most popular?" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/which_congressman_was_most_popular <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <img src="/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/pricehead_100.jpg" class="blog-icon" /> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>Which North Carolina Congressman was most popular? </p><p>That depends on how you break down the numbers, but U.S. Rep. <a href="/dome/profiles/david_price">David Price</a> clearly won the largest number of votes in the November elections. </p><p>The Chapel Hill Democrat snagged 265,751 votes. The next most popular were Reps. <a href="/dome/profiles/sue_myrick">Sue Myrick</a> (241,053), <a href="/dome/profiles/brad_miller">Brad Miller</a> (221,379), <a href="/dome/profiles/howard_coble">Howard Coble</a> (221,018) and <a href="/dome/profiles/mel_watt">Mel Watt</a> (215,908).</p><p>The numbers are slightly different if you look at percentages, though.</p><p>From that perspective, Watt was the most popular, winning 71.6 percent of the vote, followed by Reps. <a href="/dome/profiles/g_k_butterfield">G.K. Butterfield</a> (70.3), <a href="/dome/profiles/mike_mcintyre">Mike McIntyre</a> (68.9), Coble (67) and <a href="/dome/profiles/bob_etheridge">Bob Etheridge</a> (66.9). </p><p>Either way, the least popular was Rep.-elect <a href="/profiles/larry_kissell">Larry Kissell</a>, who picked up just 157,185 votes, or 55.4 percent.</p><p>Generally speaking, the newer members of Congress were less popular than the older ones. </p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/which_congressman_was_most_popular#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/which_congressman_was_most_popular#comment Bob Etheridge Brad Miller Congress &#039;08 David Price G.K. Butterfield Howard Coble Larry Kissell Mel Watt Mike McIntyre Sue Myrick Under the Dome Voting Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:49:18 -0500 ryanteaguebeckwith 10770 at http://projects.newsobserver.com