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Nevada Democrats Chose 'None of These Candidates' in Primary - NBC News
He's probably a better candidate than anybody else....
Nevada Democrats Chose 'None of These Candidates' in Primary - NBC News
He's probably a better candidate than anybody else....
Nevada Democrats Chose 'None of These Candidates' in Primary - NBC News
He's probably a better candidate than anybody else....
Nevada Democrats Chose 'None of These Candidates' in Primary - NBC News
He's probably a better candidate than anybody else....
And yet somehow Harry Reid gets elected every 6 years.
That is absolutely fantastic.
Yeah, that's how bad the GOP candidate was last time around.
I agree, with a decent candidate the GOP could have beat him.
A decent candidate would have beaten him easily. All they needed was someone who wasn't bat**** crazy, but they couldn't manage it.
I also read this:
With 80 percent of precincts reporting early Wednesday, the "none of these candidates option" had received over 20,000 votes (30 percent), putting it over 3,600 votes ahead of the man who will face Sandoval in November, former State Economic Development commissioner Robert Goodman. Goodman received 25 percent of the vote.
So the way I read the above paragraph is even though none of these candidates option won, the second place finisher will still run against Sandoval. So in reality it seems, none of these candidates means absolutely nothing. It seems to be a PR trick of some sorts. It None of these candidates won, then the Democrats should have another primary with none of those candidates running, or so I would think.
I also read this:
With 80 percent of precincts reporting early Wednesday, the "none of these candidates option" had received over 20,000 votes (30 percent), putting it over 3,600 votes ahead of the man who will face Sandoval in November, former State Economic Development commissioner Robert Goodman. Goodman received 25 percent of the vote.
So the way I read the above paragraph is even though none of these candidates option won, the second place finisher will still run against Sandoval. So in reality it seems, none of these candidates means absolutely nothing. It seems to be a PR trick of some sorts. It None of these candidates won, then the Democrats should have another primary with none of those candidates running, or so I would think.
It's not a PR trick. Any state with a write-in option on the ballot theoretically allows exactly this sort of thing, but those votes aren't counted. With a recognized "FU" option on the ballot, such votes are counted and reported, which means voter discontent has a louder voice.
If you don't want any of the candidates, and the office must be filled, the 1st runner up being the winner makes sense.
I read that too. Thanks Captain Buzzkill...:mrgreen:
But yeah, it was symbolic...oh well.
I also read this:
With 80 percent of precincts reporting early Wednesday, the "none of these candidates option" had received over 20,000 votes (30 percent), putting it over 3,600 votes ahead of the man who will face Sandoval in November, former State Economic Development commissioner Robert Goodman. Goodman received 25 percent of the vote.
So the way I read the above paragraph is even though none of these candidates option won, the second place finisher will still run against Sandoval. So in reality it seems, none of these candidates means absolutely nothing. It seems to be a PR trick of some sorts. It None of these candidates won, then the Democrats should have another primary with none of those candidates running, or so I would think.
With all the cross-over talk in Virginia, I'm wondering if Nevada had an open primary and GOPs crossed over to embarrass Dems.
Gov. Sandoval sure doesn't need the help, with Vegas on a mini-boom, jobs taking off, people happy cuz Sandoval took ME--not a TEAt .
No it doesn't, here is the list:
List of States with Open and Closed Primaries | Grassroots Idaho GOP
Then here is a nice article from the 538 guys on Cantor's loss.
The Eric Cantor Upset: What Happened? | FiveThirtyEight
I'd be looking for a new polling firm (McLaughlin) if I were the GOP . :lamo
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