[ThePythonicCow]

If it got within two weeks of the election and McClintock hadn't a chance,

Close - I'd suggest that the right voting strategy (and the one I'll use - I do have the good^H^H^H^Hmisfortune of living here) is:

1. If it's close between Cruz and Arnold, vote for Arnold. One chance in 10,000 that yours might actually be the deciding vote, and Arnold is the lesser of two evils. Can you imagine going through life knowing that Cruz had won by a single vote, and your vote would have changed the outcome, if only you had placed it right.
2. If it's not close, either way, vote for the man you really wish would win, McClintock in this case. No chance your vote will be the tie breaker, so spend it sending an itsy bitsy teeny weenie message, a note in a bottle dropped off the Golden Gate bridge on the outgoing tide, to future generations.
3. If it wasn't close because Cruz was winning, bring home a bottle of cheap whiskey, and get plastered. Just when it couldn't get any worse, it does.

[CyberCowboy777]

The polls will be screwy - the media will not want anyone to think that Tom could win.

Already Tom and Bill combined have a lead over Cruz and if all the Republicans move from Arnold, Cruz and Arnold will have to share the same voters.