although most races don't show the power of a handful of voters as well, one local one did:
my city of troy voted to recall a homophobic tea-partyer who'd somehow been elected mayor. like the person quoted in the article, i'm astounded she was elected in the first place. i didn't live here then but i imagine it involved some sort of wooden horse. the final unofficial tally: 20,763 to 18,993. if a mere two thousand of us hadn't shown up...