You actually want someone else to become guv with a vote tally of +/- 20%?
Cali's recall system needs re-vamping.
It would be better to have the top vote getter in the recall.....Elder, probably.... go up against Newsom in a head-to-head contest.
Elder will have an opportunity to unseat Newsom in Nov 2022.
The GOP are the party of sore loosersHa-ha.....it's already happening......
As Newsom leads California recall polls, Larry Elder pushes baseless fraud claims
A website paid for by Elder's campaign on Monday predicted his defeat and blamed unsubstantiated fraud claims.www.nbcnews.com
Looks like this will be the GOP shtick from now on.
Complaining "We wuz robbed...." before the votes are even tallied.
Yet another part of Donald Trump's legacy.
I imagine this was the reason:I'm against recall votes, it's just another bite at the apple, and what is the point of that?
Newsom was elected with a huge majority, and he beat the recall with a huge majority.
What was the point of this election but to bring a lot of publicity to Elder?
The Republicans chose a terrible nominee. They handed this to the Dems on a platter.
You really think that voter turnout for a special election will rival that of a presidential election?
The 2016 presidential election had 14.1 million voters. This election will have less than half that
I dunno.....I think there has always been an underlying craziness in America.Republicans are turning church antics into everyday politics. The whole world is against me, but I survived to tell the tale, and here is exactly what happened...
Suddenly, methheads with stolen mail and drunk Irish-American women are drinking in court with Ghouliani.
What happened to us?
The current GOP seems to struggle to elevate a sensible moderate, because whomever they pick, that person eventually has to go through purity test:That's what I was thinking. I mean, the only way a republican can win in CA is if you pick a sensible moderate, a Deukmejian or a Pete Wilson, etc.
But Elder, a conspiracy theorist Trump clone? No way.
The current GOP seems to struggle to elevate a sensible moderate, because whomever they pick, that person eventually has to go through purity test:
- was January 6th just a friendly peaceful protest?
- was the 2020 election stolen?
- do you pledge unconditional support for all of Trump's statements and policies?
At the moment, the sensible moderate can either choose to feign Q or get cancelled. It doesn't leave a lot of opportunity for the GOP in a state like California.
I never imagined that a republican candidate would be required to be a lickspittle for a dummbbell like Trump.The current GOP seems to struggle to elevate a sensible moderate, because whomever they pick, that person eventually has to go through purity test:
- was January 6th just a friendly peaceful protest?
- was the 2020 election stolen?
- do you pledge unconditional support for all of Trump's statements and policies?
At the moment, the sensible moderate can either choose to feign Q or get cancelled. It doesn't leave a lot of opportunity for the GOP in a state like California.
It's over
As I said, the GOP canidate was abysmal.
Yes but he's pro-choice.What was better about Newsom again?
He totally panders to his special interests, as Dems before him have, and he's basically got a big mob of epsilons he can throw his soma to.
It's all unsustainable, of course. You can lie and fool everyone including yourself - but you can't fool mother nature.
Sooner or later the consequences of the crazy policies in California will reach the point of intolerability that they'll sink themselves.
Right now they need a co-partisan in the Whitehouse to keep them from capsizing as it is. But they can't rely on that to continue forever.
Yes but he's pro-choice.
Where did i say the incumbent was better than the challenger?What was better about Newsom again?
He totally panders to his special interests, as Dems before him have, and he's basically got a big mob of epsilons he can throw his soma to.
It's all unsustainable, of course. You can lie and fool everyone including yourself - but you can't fool mother nature.
Sooner or later the consequences of the crazy policies in California will reach the point of intolerability that they'll sink themselves.
Right now they need a co-partisan in the Whitehouse to keep them from capsizing as it is. But they can't rely on that to continue forever.
Larry Elder:Sadly, we all know what the results will be in this solid blue state.
But at least it felt good marking my ballot for Mr. Elder.
There’s also a 3rd reason why turnout is pretty good:
C) Between 2016 and 2020, the number of registered voters in CA increased a lot because of some sort of automatic voter registration once citizens turn 18. Also: 16/17-year olds are pre-registered to vote, meaning they don’t need to register for an election, after turning 18.
That is already the case in most European countries, but not in many US states. There are a couple ten million US citizens above 18, who are eligible, but not automatically registered to vote. A tragedy.
Sadly, we all know what the results will be in this solid blue state.
But at least it felt good marking my ballot for Mr. Elder.
Does Elder and the Rs reimburse the 250 million wasted in the recall?
True, then he can claim voter fraud, rigged election. He'll want people to donate to his legal efforts. And stupid people will send him money.No, Elder goes to the bank on the goosed ratings of his radio show. That’s about it.
Voter registration is not an anachronism. We live in a country where moving from place to place is very easy so voter registration is one of the valid steps to establish residency in a state and in what district that person lives so that the issues/candidates available are appropriate.That‘s true.
Voter registration is an anachronism from the days when immigrants flooded the country and birth records were not necessarily reliable. It also was a product of the practice of stuffing the ballot box.
I'd say, this is the United States, not Sparta.Where did i say the incumbent was better than the challenger?
I merely stated the GOP chose a Trump clone as there nominee. Bad choice, this is CA, not the mid west.