Message to Democrats in CA-48: GET OUT THE VOTES!!

[question everything]

From the (Newport Beach) Daily Pilot


(snip)

But something else played into his almost getting a quick trip to Washington: Democrats didn't show up to vote.

Go back a year to the last time Cox ran. The vote totals then were Cox with 65% of the vote, 189,004; Democrat John Graham with 32.2%, at 93,525; and Cohen with 2.9%, at 8,343.

You're reading that correctly. A year ago, Graham got more votes than were cast on Tuesday. But look even closer. In 2004, Graham got more than 32% of the vote. This year, all the Democrats combined got just 16.4%.

I'd figured there would be no way for Campbell to win more than 50% of the vote because about 30% would go to the Democrats. How possibly could Campbell get such an overwhelming majority of what was left? I suspected he'd end up at best in the high 30%.

The answer was, he didn't need to get an overwhelming majority. With no Democrats showing up, it was almost possible to win the election on Tuesday.

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http://www.dailypilot.com/columns/story/26362p-37861c.html

[EFerrari]

1. Before you urge us all out to vote,

what machines are in play?

Sorry to wet blanket / I register people at all our events.

But, wouldn't it make sense to first secure the vote, THEN gotv?!

[question everything]

2. I don't know. Will have to ask someone from Orange County

I just know that with about 100,000 registered Democrat in super conservative Orange County, if so few Republicans even bother to vote, knowing that their candidate will win (for a life time, really) this is an opportunity for Democrats to really strom the barricades.

[EFerrari]

3. My biggest heartbreak from November

was realizing HOW MANY first time voters we got out and how little it meant, finally, because of the machines.

Someone in the Elections forum could answer your question about Orange County. :)

[jackbourassa]

4. The problem is that this race isn't getting the attention

that the OH-02 got.

Where are the blogs?