McCain carries all California Congressional Districts, except 3 (5 CDs still counting)

California Secretary of State ^ | 2-6-08 | California Secretary of State

[tubebender]

How many voters were barred from voting R because of the party rule on non-declared registration?

[calcowgirl]

CALIFORNIA - REGISTERED VOTERS:

Democratic              6,749,406
Republican              5,229,425
American Independent      328,261
Green                     127,042
Libertarian                80,435
Peace and Freedom          57,182
Other                      97,838
"Decline to State"      3,043,164
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Total Registered       15,712,753

[SierraWasp]

I don’t know, but I’ll bet it was a lot. My son and his wife screwed up and didn’t re-register Republican in time to get a Repub absentee ballot and when they went to the polling place they could only have a provisional Republican because the rolls still showed them as Libertarian. The son voted for Ron Paul and his wife voted for Romney like her mother and father in law. But theirs will not even be counted unless there’s a close vote or a recount, etc.

[TommyDale]

California:

Eligible Voters in CA 22,948,059
Registered Voters 15,712,753

Registered Republicans
as of Feb 5 5,229,425
who Voted on Feb 5 2,350,924
who Voted for J McCain Feb 5 985,900

On Feb 5
18.9% of Republicans voted for McCain
6.3% of Registered Voters voted for McCain
4.3% of Eligible Voters voted for McCain

81% of Republicans DID NOT VOTE for John McCain

More than 16 MILLION eligible voters in California DID NOT VOTE

More than 9 MILLION registered voters in California DID NOT VOTE
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Basically, we are getting what we deserve.

[SierraWasp]

You may think you are getting what you deserve, but I'm sure not!!!

I think the Democrats and GovernMental/EnvironMental leftists should be getting what THEY DESERVE!!! (hind teat!)

[TommyDale]

We can only blame ourselves for not voting.

[TommyDale]

My state hasn’t even held its primary yet. What is the point now?

[TommyDale]

"How many voters were barred from voting R because of the party rule on non-declared registration?"

I don't know, but I bet if you had doused yourself with fake suntan oil, and showed up with no identification saying in Spanish, "I just got here from across the border!" they would have automatically handed you a Democrat ballot.

[unsycophant]

Not only MSM, but millions of voters too!

All being duped by McCain with his faux-conservative credentials and endorsements from phony conservatives like Fred Thompson.

Damn nit.

[SierraWasp]

Oh! So you're blaming CA voters, many of whom, like me got disgusted with the GOP and had re-registered "Decline To State" and then were forced to re-registered 30 days ahead of a never before moved-up special Presidential only Primary date in order to vote for ANY Republicans... All this, to make Rudy and Schwartzenswindler happy that CA would finally have a say equivalent to the tiny IA and NH caucuses and primaries... And you wanna blame CA voters/non-voters because you are bitter because your state hasn't even voted yet!!!

CA normally votes around June 5th, not Feb 5th. John MuckCain would just tell you to "Calm Down!" Right? Right!!!

[dalereed]

There were a lot of districts hat would have shifted if the absentee ballot voters hadn’t voted so early.

I know of 3 voters personally that voted for Hunter before he withdrew.

[SierraWasp]

Yes! This worked in MuckCain's favor mightily! His resurgence began when that Bhuto woman in Pakistan was assassinated and almost immediately, Californians started voting, unaware that MuckCain would come back to life by election day with Hunter and Thompson further away than MuckCain had been at that time.

How many times have so many on FreeRepublic, experienced in politics said... "a few weeks can seem like a lifetime in politics!"

[calcowgirl]

Basically, we are getting what we deserve.

I think it depends on your definition of "We." Do you mean the voters, the GOP activists, or the GOP leadership?

I can only mildly criticize voters for not showing up when there are such miserable choices put before them and such nasty tactics employed that their votes are largely negated anyway. In California, we've had truly exceptional conservative candidates run for office and the GOP leadership actually work to undermine their campaign. If a football team loses because their quarterback is playing for the other team (throws the game), do you blame the team?

Can you expect GOP activists to get fired up about candidates who do not share their values? Do you expect them to be successful in recruiting others and creating a sense of enthusiasm? Ain't gonna happen. (I think you know and agree with this--I'm just trying to make my point).

But, I think tubebender's question had to do with a recent change in GOP rules that might have worked to further depress the Republican vote in California. In prior years, for Primary elections, those registered as DTS were allowed to vote either an (R) or (D) ballot. This year, no DTS voters were allowed to cast a vote on the (R) ballot while the Dems did allow it. Now, smart conservative freepers like SierraWasp knew this and changed their registration from DTS to Republican before the election so he could vote. I would guess that the majority of California DTSers were unaware of this and were given the choices of a) not voting for the presidential nominee or b) voting a Democrat ticket.

I don't know if the current rules are good or bad--I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, I think if the Republican Party is to choose a nominee, that candidate should be chosen by Republicans. On the flip-side, Republicans have become so disenchanted with the leadership in the GOP working against the Party platform that they have left in droves. 20% of voters are registered as DTS--a good portion of those are conservatives.

[calcowgirl]

There were a lot of districts hat would have shifted if the absentee ballot voters hadn’t voted so early.

That is another good reason to get rid of absentee voting.

McCain topped Romney by 186,000 votes, total. The difference in votes was less than 3,000 in more than 1/2 of the districts. 180,000 votes were cast for candidates that had officially dropped out.

[calcowgirl]

How many voters were barred from voting R because of the party rule on non-declared registration?

This might be a clue.

Below are the number of votes cast for the Propositions. Note the highest number of votes cast.

     Prop 91      6,825,662
     Prop 92      7,003,429
     Prop 93      7,081,244
     Prop 94      7,182,232
     Prop 95      7,173,069
     Prop 96      7,156,421
     Prop 97      7,153,096

Here are the total votes for the Presidential primary (based on ballots counted thus far)

     Democrat     4,259,031
     Republican   2,368,916
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       Total      6,627,947

So, 554,285 voters showed up at the polls but did not cast a vote in the Presidential primary.

     Prop 94      7,182,232
     President   -6,627,947
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     Difference     554,285

[TommyDale]

"Do you mean the voters, the GOP activists, or the GOP leadership?"

All of the above. It is the voters who fail to become familiar with the issues and the candidates. It is the GOP activists -- especially conservatives -- who failed to put up a good candidate. And it is the GOP leadership of Ken Mehlman, Karl Rove, and Mel Martinez that gave us nothing but RINOs.

[editor-surveyor]

Something stinks in kalifornia.

I noticed that the scanner in my precinct was not connected to any communication line of any kind. So where was the data going? Into a hard drive to be easily discarded?

[marajade]

Oh come on, McCain has won a lot of states. Are they all sick?

[SierraWasp]

"20% of voters are registered as DTS--a good portion of those are conservatives."

Did you happen to hear the election nite stories of Alameda County and Santa Clara county voters who were DTS and showing up in hords demanding so many Democrat ballots that they physically ran out of Dem ballots and had to start photocopying them in order to satisfy demand?

Three judges got into a pitched battle to be the most accomodating in their commands to keep the polls open, especially in Alameda County where they were kept open an extra TWO HOURS!!! All because of this shortage of Dem ballots.

Now tell me, what does THIS episode clue us into???

Yes, Mrs. Wasp and I will be returning to DTS registration just as soon as we vote in the normal June Primary because we refuse to swell the ranks of a political party that ignores it's platform and continually craps on conservativism after decades of serving as a home to us conservatives!!! I never go where I'm not appreciated... never!!!

[calcowgirl]

I did hear about the Alameda/SC County ballot issue—and the extended hours at the polls. Ya wonder where all those voters came from, huh?

I don’t blame you on the DTS registration. I may be joining you soon.