These were the reported totals on the 4th.
“There are vote totals for each of the selected candidates. 143K R votes were cast. 254k D votes were cast. That’s a total of 397k votes. So of that total, 64% were Dems (254/397)”
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4082842/posts?page=239#239
I suppose my source was no good —by the 5th (the following day), the R votes increased by more than 300k while the D votes only by 6k.
Agreed, my numbers don’t square.
Numbers from that night:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4082750/posts?page=306#306
Would you expect a ballot measure to have a significantly higher vote count than the combined count for a US Senate seat — by let’s say 25% ?