Posted on 11/15/2004 5:59:36 PM PST by Northwesterner
current 51 Today 54/44 Tues. 50/41 5-day forecast
November 15, 2004 -- 5:38 p.m. PT
Governor's race: Still too close to call The state's new totals in the governor's race give Chris Gregoire a 324-vote lead over Dino Rossi. See the latest numbers...
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Next scheduled report(s): Kittitas (750) overdue; Whitman (600) @3pm; Well here's an interesting surprise. King County, which claimed earlier to have 11,000 uncounted ballots, today reported 15,000 votes and claims there's another 4,000 ballots remaining. This narrows Rossi's projected lead, but doesn't predict a Gregoire victory. Of course, our model doesn't take into account the surprise discovery of thousands of previously non-existent ballots.
POSTED THIS TWICE BECAUSE ITS BOTH LAUGHABLE AND SCARY
My understanding is that the Libertarian is a lesbian gay activist. If that is true, I think that the votes she drew would probably have gone Gregoire.
I am a small-l libertarian, and I don't think much of the Libertarian Party, but in this (Wash. governor) election, I think the Libertarian candidate ran on a gay-rights platform that probably drew more D votes than Rs.
She didn't campaign as a lesbian gay activist, but as an alternative to the GOP. The LP concentrated their advertising on conservative markets, which was in keeping with their national effort to play spoiler as well.
ya i have been ranting about the LIbertarians for awhile now. Schmucks cut off their nose to spite their face - they Nadered this race alright
See #24.
Don't forget to mention the 54,000 votes for the libertarian candidate that will likely get a Dem elected...
They would use it to roll a dube.
King County will make absolutely sure that they have the LAST 10,000 ballots to count, whatever it takes to ensure that Gregoire wins.
Rossi is down by 158 now.
Somehow I missed the explanation for why these results take weeks instead of hours. Were the ballots put through a paper shredder?
No, they can't. They had 4000 left, last word I heard. They dumped a bunch today, and that's why Gregoire went up. They're about done.
My dear, I pray that you are correct. Rossi winning is as important for Washington as Bush winning is for America.
Thanks for pulling a Ross Perot, Libertarians! < /sarcasm>
In this state it would be called pulling a Maria Cantwell...they've done it before.
I think that all votes must be "verified" by Wednesday.
After Wed it WILL be courts, suing, fist fight, suicide and so on. This will last for weeks. Then Rossi wins (I predict)
GOVERNOR'S RACE: County by County: County Christine Gregoire(D) Dino Rossi(R) Ruth Bennett(L) Adams 1513 3437 78 Asotin 3514 4889 192 Benton 19276 43616 1065 Chelan 9959 18261 511 Clallam 16171 18767 913 Clark 72718 85807 4120 Columbia 619 1271 32 Cowlitz 20165 20036 1088 Douglas 4356 8657 218 Ferry 1268 1894 118 Franklin 4833 10395 217 Garfield 424 839 24 Grant 7773 17314 530 Grays Harbor 16276 16507 670 Island 16514 19472 783 Jefferson 10570 7262 462 King (Seattle)502537 348982 18756 Kitsap 56036 57602 3092 Kittitas 5903 9212 253 Klickitat 3848 4691 252 Lewis 10205 20740 752 Lincoln 1849 3681 100 Mason 11691 12370 668 Okanogan 6099 9448 465 Pacific 5185 4710 294 Pend Oreille 2547 3344 178 Pierce(Tacoma)144825 157334 7214 San Juan 5787 3605 309 Skagit 20546 24075 1055 Skamania 2224 2508 176 Snohomish 138837 145319 6833 Spokane 90404 105370 3871 Stevens 6796 11895 544 Thurston 57526 48168 2468 Wahkiakum 991 1093 60 Walla Walla 7808 14020 366 Whatcom 42363 40652 2030 Whitman 7236 8842 405 Yakima 23679 44628 1277 Totals 1360871 1360713 62439 (48.88%) (48.87%) (2.24%)
I'm sure about King County being down to 4000 votes (if it's not currently 4000, it's less, not more); keep your fingers crossed for us!
Anything under 2000 votes is an automatic recount
Gregoire is up right now. A little over a week ago I created an excel spreadsheet that applied the same % of votes to the uncounted votes that each candidate already received for each county in Washington state. I have been tracking the % on a county by county basis. It has held (including King County) for a week.
The Prediction : ROSSI WINS BY 3566 or more votes. Don't throw in the towel just yet. The uncounted in the rural counties are small numbers but they all add to the total and Rossi has a landslide in the rural counties.
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