Who watched the Democrats debate

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Originally posted by baddog


some of you guys really crack me up . . . . do you make this stuff up as you go along?
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Specifically what do you think is made up?

I've never seen so many assholes in one place at the same time...

From May, 2001:

SACRAMENTO ---- The number of California voters shunning political parties has nearly doubled in 10 years, but Democratic and Republican officials say they aren't worried.

"Election results ---- that's where the real loyalty is to Democrats in California," said Democratic Party spokesman Bob Mulholland. "The Democrats won big in California in 1996, 1998 and 2000. The voters left the Republican altar four years ago and haven't been seen since."

Jim Camp, political director for the California Republican Party, said that the GOP registered 25,000 new members in March and April and that the presence of President Bush in the White House will bring in more converts.

The secretary of state's office said Friday that nearly 15.6 million Californians were registered to vote in February, a record for the month and a 20 percent increase since 1991.

Over the same 10-year period, the number of voters refusing to register with a political party jumped from 1.2 million to more than 2.2 million.

Those so-called "declines-to-state" now make up 14.4 percent of California's electorate, compared with 9 percent in 1991. The 14.4 percent is a record, said Alfie Charles, a spokesman for the secretary of state's office.

"In California, voters have consistently shown a propensity to base their decisions on individuals rather than political parties," said Secretary of State Bill Jones, California's top elections official. "These latest registration numbers help demonstrate that trend."

Democrats' share of the electorate dropped from 49.5 percent in 1991 to 45.6 percent this year. Republican registration dipped from 39.3 percent to 34.8 percent in that period.

At the same time, minor parties jumped from 2.2 percent to 4.4 percent of voters.

Democrats had their highest share of the California electorate in 1942, when they had 60.2 percent of registered voters, Charles said.

The highest Republican percentage ---- 67.9 percent ---- was in 1926.






The state's 15.6 million registered voters make up 72.19 percent of the adults who could vote if registered. The record is 96.2 percent in 1940.

There are 1.7 million more Democrats in California than Republicans, but Republicans outnumber Democrats in 32 of the state's 58 counties.

The biggest Democratic counties are Alameda, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Sutter, Orange and Placer counties have the highest percentage of Republicans.


5/5/01

Do you have a point to make? Democrats are the majority in California...and may very well be the majority in every state...since there are more Democrats than Republicans nationally. This goes to what Colin had asked about the electoral votes. So I repeat the question...what was made up?

He seems like a great candidate.

Heh. Then just watch pbs or listen to npr.

What it comes down to is the freeloaders vs the ones who pay their bills.

I personally believe that if he decides to run he will quickly become the front runner. I think he is supposed to make a decision one way or the other this week.

you said "most if not all were Democrats." Saying there are more Democrats than any other particular party is different than saying most belong to one party.

To even come close to being accurate, at least 51% of the registered voters would have to be Democrats, and that is not true.

The majority in California are Democrats...since Democrats are the majority nationally...I suspect that in most if not all states the majority are Democrats. My response to Colin was appropiate then and still is. Nothing made up at all.

So let me see you now defend your defensless position???

baddog

Just as I thought. You are now dismissed...and by the way

Did you see that Dean was talking to Clark about getting him on his campaign

can you add? If 45.6% are Democrats, that means 54.4% are not. So while there may be more Democrats than any other one party, when you add up all the voters from other parties, there are more of them than there are Democrats.

I own a mainstream business in addition to my adult ones, sorry if I was not able to respond immediately. Besides, if I am going to have to teach you basic math, you are going to have to Paypal me my $45/hr minimum fee.

Colins post referred to the electoral vote my response was to Colins post. All of the other parties are not material to the electoral vote...only the two major parties...or unless one of the other parties happened to win in a State and I do not believe this has ever happened...and will not happen in the foreseeable furture. My math skills are not in question.

oh, my mistake then. I went back and read his question again, and have to ask, what is a pre-electoral vote? Whatever party carries the state is supposed to get that states electoral votes, even if they only win by one vote. I say supposed to, because they are under no obligation to vote the way the people voted.

Anyway, this is the breakdown for the 2000 election.

"per electoral"...not "pre". He basically was wondering what the populous states (which have the largest number of electoral votes) predominantly are...Democrats or Republicans.

guess he will have to look that up, I am too busy and don't know off the top of my head

woah i'm in