Posted on 10/27/2008 12:06:03 PM PDT by Chet 99
Monday, October 27, 2008
There are no surprises in California where Barack Obama enjoys a huge lead over John McCain.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of California voters shows Obama leading McCain by 27 percentage points, 61% to 34% (see crosstabs). Obama has led in all nine California polls conducted this year. Earlier this month, McCain reached the 40% level of support for only the second time all year but still trailed by 16.
In California, 45% of voters name economic issues as most important for Election 2008. Domestic issues such as Social Security and health care are seen as most important by 20% while 17% say national security issues are their highest priority.
Republicans also have a lead in early voting, I think that it is being done on the internet.
Maybe he’s hoping for no more business and no more elections.
California doesn’t have internet voting.
You have to go to an official site or the County Registrar’s office.
Either that or he polled 1,000 Hollywood actors.
..I’ve lived here most of my life—I’m guessing about 5-8 points, which is better than Bush both times...
About 1990 most defense workers lost their jobs, and could not find new ones in California. What jobs that were there, were in places like Texas. (California had been too expensive for years, but companies still built things there, because there was a skilled worker pool, that did not want to move. That was not needed when the whole industry went toes up.) Many workers decided to cash out and move out of state.
In 1994 Prop 187 was passed and was determined to be unconstitutional by the courts. Republican Attorney General Dan Lungren filed an appeal but then decided to sit on it. When the new governor Gray Davis was elected 187 was squashed.
People then saw the writing on the wall again and cashed out and left. Therefore California became blue through self selection.
California voters seem like they are very very smart. That is why they are the biggest welfare state in the country and why the state is doing so well financially. I guess they want to “spread the pain.”
so are you saying you believe Obama will take California by 27?
i live in California and i do think it's great... it's beautiful where we live... the weather is fantastic... there is lots to do... we live in a conservative section of the state... there are still lots of conservatives here... and the homeschooling laws are non-existent--which means more to me than just about anything as far as what a state has to offer...
however, there are a lot of black churches that are championing YES ON 8--and they will mostly vote for Obama...
I live in San Francisco. There are lots of Obama signs around but not THAT many. Not as many as for Kerry in ‘04. There’s a large number of Yes on Props 4 and 8 (for San Francisco, that is).
I just came back from four days in San Diego. Not many Obama signs, but lots of McCain/Palin signs. And a whole lot of Props 4 and 8 signs.
A real odd distribution of signs for this state. Maybe things are better than we think.
Whoo! You are an optimist! I love it! Hope you’re right.
How are they doing the early voting that is being talked about? The internet voting was speculation. The radio announcer mentioned two types of voting, the early voting and the absentee ballot.
Absentee ballots have been commonplace in California for some time, first for the handicapped and now encompassing about 40% (or more) of voters. That is a paper ballot that you mail in or drop off at your polling place the day of the election. From watching election results, absentee votes tend to reflect greater GOP participation than Dems.
Early voting is somewhat new and depends on each county. Some of the smaller rural counties do not offer it at all. In Los Angeles, they used to offer early voting at a some of the public libraries, only during certain hours, or at the County Registrar’s office. The voting mostly (I believe) uses electronic voting machines that record your vote onto an electronic card. That card is then handed to an election official who is manning the voting process. This year, in Los Angeles, they have eliminated all of the satellite (library) locations and you have to go to the County Registrar’s office for early voting. I did that a couple years back—they were using Diebold machines at the time.
Some news articles that refer to “early voting” mesh together the early voting process with the absentee voting process. Others distinguish between the two.
Hope that helps!
Thanks, my daughter lives in SO.Cal. She’s pregnant, the baby is due on election day and they just moved. She’s wondering what to do. She can’t find her registration card.
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