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Apathetic voters could hand California recall to Republicans: ‘Folks seem unaware’
Posted by: p8712
Date: August 25, 2021 12:04PM
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Mr Elder is not a nice man...
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The dynamics of the race are in part due to California’s peculiar recall system. The ballot asks two questions. First, should the governor be recalled? And if so, who should be governor? If more than 50% vote yes on the first question, the candidate with the most votes on question two becomes governor. That means that if 49.9% of voters support Newsom’s staying in office, he could be replaced by a candidate earning far fewer votes, such as the Republican frontrunner and rightwing radio host Larry Elder, who leads the polls among replacement candidates with just 18% support.
“They’re hoping that Democrats are just not interested enough,” said James Lance Taylor, a political scientist at the University of San Francisco, of the crowded Republican field. “That not enough Democrats will return the ballots, allowing Elder to sneak in the back door and become governor of California.”
Democrats up and down the state are growing increasingly nervous about that possibility.
“I’m very concerned by the close poll numbers and very concerned with the fact that folks seem distracted or unaware,” said Sydney Kamlager, a Democratic state senator and vice-chair of the California legislative Black caucus who has been urging constituents to vote against the recall.
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Re: Apathetic voters could hand California recall to Republicans: ‘Folks seem unaware’
Posted by: Ted King
Date: August 25, 2021 12:22PM
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Re: Apathetic voters could hand California recall to Republicans: ‘Folks seem unaware’
Posted by: Ca Bob
Date: August 25, 2021 01:06PM
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Re: Apathetic voters could hand California recall to Republicans: ‘Folks seem unaware’
Posted by: Lemon Drop
Date: August 25, 2021 02:00PM
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Re: Apathetic voters could hand California recall to Republicans: ‘Folks seem unaware’
Posted by: numbered
Date: August 25, 2021 02:40PM
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While there is a 'no' campaign ramping up, the Trumpers are quite motivated. Masks, vaccines, screwing the libs. The fear is that they will show up, while the rest of us ignore it.
While Biden won Cali by 5m votes, Trump still got 6m here. Which is more than a bunch of red states put together.
The good news is that the state mailed a ballot to every voter. We have to hope that enough will return it to save Newsom.
While Biden won Cali by 5m votes, Trump still got 6m here. Which is more than a bunch of red states put together.
The good news is that the state mailed a ballot to every voter. We have to hope that enough will return it to save Newsom.
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Re: Apathetic voters could hand California recall to Republicans: ‘Folks seem unaware’
Posted by: bfd
Date: August 25, 2021 02:43PM
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… when "Pocahontas" (Elizabeth Warren) comes over the air just about every hour to tell everyone in Cali what to do, it tends to rile up the Trumpsters and their ilk who are behind this big time. They are guaranteed to get out the vote. It'd be nice if those commercials went away. They're counter-productive. But they're all over. Bad judgment from the governor - which is just another nail the coffin and further justification for booting Newsom as far as Trumpsters are concerned.
What's asinine about the system is that there's a perfectly good Lt. Governor who could easily take over if the vote is no. Worked for N.Y.
… showing almost no change in the 50-50 polling so far. Our ballots are still sitting on the table … millions of others are, too.
What's asinine about the system is that there's a perfectly good Lt. Governor who could easily take over if the vote is no. Worked for N.Y.
… showing almost no change in the 50-50 polling so far. Our ballots are still sitting on the table … millions of others are, too.
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Re: Apathetic voters could hand California recall to Republicans: ‘Folks seem unaware’
Posted by: davester
Date: August 25, 2021 02:56PM
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It is beyond ridiculous and seems designed to provide a Republican with almost no support with a free ticket to taking over the governorship. The Repubs basically found a major flaw in the recall process and are exploiting it to counter the will of the citizenry, just like they always do. Really it should have been structured as an even playing field with Newsom against everybody else and then a runoff if nobody received a majority...either that or install the lieutenant governor and call it a day.
"In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion." (1987) -- Carl Sagan
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/25/2021 02:58PM by davester.
"In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion." (1987) -- Carl Sagan
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/25/2021 02:58PM by davester.
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Re: Apathetic voters could hand California recall to Republicans: ‘Folks seem unaware’
Posted by: RgrF
Date: August 25, 2021 03:07PM
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What ought to be a slam dunk for Newsom has turned into a real election. Poll numbers are spurring right wing voters to the extent that we're beginning to see some ballot tampering.
Neighborhood apps in the San Fernando Valley are reporting what seem to be an organized effort to steal ballots from apartment mailboxes. I regarded the first few reports as just reflecting a degree of paranoia and then there was this from the N-OS X-tasy part of town.
If they think this thing is close enough that stealing ballots will swing it, we could be in real trouble.
PS: Agree that this particular recall system is deranged.
Neighborhood apps in the San Fernando Valley are reporting what seem to be an organized effort to steal ballots from apartment mailboxes. I regarded the first few reports as just reflecting a degree of paranoia and then there was this from the N-OS X-tasy part of town.
If they think this thing is close enough that stealing ballots will swing it, we could be in real trouble.
PS: Agree that this particular recall system is deranged.
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Re: Apathetic voters could hand California recall to Republicans: ‘Folks seem unaware’
Posted by: N-OS X-tasy!
Date: August 25, 2021 03:22PM
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Re: Apathetic voters could hand California recall to Republicans: ‘Folks seem unaware’
Posted by: p8712
Date: August 25, 2021 03:45PM
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Re: Apathetic voters could hand California recall to Republicans: ‘Folks seem unaware’
Posted by: bfd
Date: August 25, 2021 08:17PM
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