California Recall: Beware the Q2 Skippers

Dan Weintraub Weblog ^ | October 6, 2003 | Dan Weintraub

[John Jorsett]

If Davis is recalled, one of the major stories on Wednesday might be the number of people who fail to vote for a candidate on the replacement portion of the ballot. This number could approach 10 percent of the electorate, which, depending on the turnout, would be somewhere between 800,000 and 1.2 million voters. And most of them are likely to be Democrats who vote no on the recall and then skip Question 2.

[stands2reason]

If Tom had dropped out, the recall would already be going down in flames.

Maybe, but definitely if Arnold had dropped out. Both should stay in the race so their voters will vote "NO".

[stands2reason]

Are they punchcards? If they are, chances are they were invalidated by fraudulent poll workers. I'd expect to see lots of Busta + Arnie votes...

[The Old Hoosier]

You mean YES!!! Don't forget that--"YES" means recall Davis!

[Sir Valentino]

Exactly WRONG, because every vote for McClintock is a "YES ON RECALL" vote.

That is *FALSE*. Look at the latest *SURVEYUSA* poll which *PROVES* that *27%* of *McCLINTOCK* voters are voting *NO* on the recall.