Posted on 09/16/2021 5:04:46 AM PDT by MtnClimber
The lesson of the recall election: A solid plurality of Californians is OK with the status quo.
In the end, it wasn’t really even close.
California Governor Gavin Newsom easily survived his recall election on Tuesday, with voters rejecting his ouster by nearly two-to-one. The results won’t be official until next month, but as of now, the “no recall” vote leads by a resounding 27 percentage points. By any account, it was a big win for the third-rate politician who is utterly incapable of making a public statement without resorting to platitudes and clichés.
Was the election rigged? Some disappointed Larry Elder voters might want to think so. Certainly, there were some fishy stories, such as the bizarre arrest in Southern California last month of a man passed out in his car with 300 stolen ballots. And there were scattered reports this past week of voters being told they had already cast their ballots when they clearly had not.
Elder had the advantage of right-wing celebrity, which only goes so far in a cerulean blue state. He also made a point of appealing to black and Latino voters, who tend to be an afterthought for many GOP candidates. And the fact is, Elder drew nearly 2.4 million votes in a crowded field of 46 candidates. But the “no” vote on question one—the only question that mattered—currently stands at 5.8 million and counting. So even if one argues Elder didn’t “lose,” he certainly wouldn’t have had anything approaching a popular mandate had question one prevailed.
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I’m moving from Maryland to Florida. But the difference is, I’m not bringing Maryland to Florida. Most Californians, on the other hand, will be happy to bring California to Florida.
Was the election rigged?
A state with only 25% white people and liberal the bookie says hell yes.
And the wonder why the mass migration out of California is happening.
Skid row Newson wins simpletons tickled pink.
Was the election rigged? Yes
The media in Los Angeles tv stations and newspaper were 100% supporting the democrats. I would see story after story about Newsom with him talking and zero questions on the problems in the state caused by the democrats while Larry Elder it was no audio and sneering remarks from others about him.
I think it’s more that people here are brainwashed by a media that refuses to be anything more than propaganda rags&outlets, some are like ‘Stockholm syndrome’ victims, others , just plain ignorant.
Is the state worth saving? I doubt the Indians it was stolen from would argue No, but many say leave the casinos alone.
They say we each determine our own fate.. but not in California, Nope. If you vote the wrong way, you don’t count.
Oh vell, just print some more ballots and keep trying. It works for the Dems.
“The biggest reason it didn’t succeed is that millions of Californians who would have voted to dump that idiot governor have already left the state.”
The *only* reason it didn’t succeed is that it was another steal.
I doubt that the scumbag degenerate demonrats have won an election honestly since FDR.
Let it burn.
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