Alaska vs Chicago
Sept. 4, 2008
I just did some research via wikipedia and discovered the following:
Alaska National Guard - 3800 soldiers
Alaska State Troopers - 240 officers
Chicago Police Department - 13,600 officers
I guess this makes sense since the City of Chicago has nearly 5 times as many people in it as the entire state of Alaska. Does this mean that Mayor Daley would have been a good candidate for vice president? He even has foreign policy experience since he visited both China and Rio de Janeiro in his quest to host the 2016 Olympics.
Edit: Barack Obama's state senate district population: 781,037. Alaska: 683,478. Barack Obama's campaign staff: 2000 paid, approx. 2 million volunteers. Alaska state employees: 15000.