I think voters were clueless about both candidates, but they like to fill in all the boxes on the ballot, so they chose the name that has the higher positive affect by far: “Alvin Greene”.
To me that would be sufficient to explain the entire anomaly, if not for the mysterious origin of Greene’s $10,000 filing fee.
I think voters were clueless about both candidates, but they like to fill in all the boxes on the ballot, so they chose the name that has the higher positive affect by far: “Alvin Greene”.
To me that would be sufficient to explain the entire anomaly, if not for the mysterious origin of Greene’s $10,000 filing fee.
Also the possible “Al Green” effect—voters may have thought they were voting for the famous soul singer.