Originally Posted By Deogges Mom <<cast today at the polling places,>> should read <<cast today at the polling places HAVE BEEN COUNTED,>>
Originally Posted By Darkbeer The last election in Orange County, close to half the votes were cast as Absentee, and the San Diego Register of Voters said that he thinks the 8 PM results were about 30% of the total vote results, which were just absentee and early voting ballots. (Some absentee ballots still have not been counted). A report on the radio said about 20% of registered voters are on the Permanent Absentee Ballot list on California.
Originally Posted By cmpaley Gotcha. The traditionally more conservative votes have been counted in LA County. Gotcha. I expect Contra Costa, Kern, Orange and San Diego Counties to support Schwarzenegger completely
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Based on the different percentages, MANY folks voted on the issues, and not just because they support or don't support one person....
Originally Posted By gadzuux I'm guessing that by the time you read this, the answer will be zero for eight. There were no 'big wins' - arnold got whipped like a rented mule.
Originally Posted By ElKay "Compared to the early October poll, this more recent wave of the S/H/KN poll shows higher levels of support for three of the four propositions supported by the governor. Support for Proposition 75 (public employee union dues) has declined, but the proposition still has a solid lead." Gee it's about 1:30am on Nov. 9th and I just checked the Cal. Sect'y. of State's official totals for the propositions and with over 80% of the precints counted and ALL of the props have gone down in flames. Even Prop 73 is headed for defeat, how can a Born-again bait proposition fail? Remind me NEVER to waste my time reading a poll from Standford or Hoover Institute. What sort of crap do they put out if they are 100% wrong? Most of the other reputable polls predicted at minimum 2 of 4 props loosing, with at least the union busting prop favored to pass. Well, what do you expect from the Hoover Institute? I recall from my high school history class where Herbert Hoover was predicted to win against FDR in 1932 on a phone poll. However, when the votes were cast, FDR won. Seems the poll takers forgot one minor detail when they conducted their phone poll they neglected to realized that many, many voters thrown out of work had their phones disconnected and couldn't be contacted over the phone. Oh, one more thing. Didn't Condi Rice come from Stanford (maybe even the Hoover Institute) and wasn't she wrong on a lot of things as National Security Advisor? "Based on the different percentages, MANY folks voted on the issues, and not just because they support or don't support one person...." That sounds like someone's crying in their beer. The fact of the matter is that a majority of California voters (in all sorts of combinations) rejected this cockamamie special election and Gov. Arnie.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<NO. You're a laugh. I suppose Arnold would get better results from a stacked Democratic legislature.>> He who laughs last, laughs best. And I bet a fair number of California residents are laughing this morning.
Originally Posted By gadzuux >> Polls show all the measures on the special election ballot heading for defeat, including the prescription-drug and energy-regulation proposals that were put on the ballot by consumer groups. "We might have an 0-and-8 election here,'' said Hoover Institution researcher Bill Whalen, a Republican. "I don't know if it's ever happened before." << I posted this a week ago (post #7) - the hoover institution nailed it.
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder Where are all the links this morning that talk about last night's election? After all, if Darkbeer is going to be fair, he should inundate us with "fair and balanced" linkage.
Originally Posted By cmpaley I could becomes SOOOOO insufferable right now. >>Arnold always wins.<< >>Prop 75 is soooooo going to win<< Haaaaaaahaaaaaaahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha! :-D Okay, got that out of my system. :-D
Originally Posted By Elderp This does make an interesting comment on how elections turn out. The absentee ballots are always the first to be counted and they are almost always conservative and then comes the ballot votes that are almost always liberal.
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