California 48th Congressional District General Election
Dissonant Cognition
06-12-2005, 20:03
Who would you vote for?
John Campbell (http://www.campbellforcongress.com/) - Republican
Jim Gilchrist (http://www.jimgilchrist.com/) - American Independent
Steve Young (http://www.steveyoungforcongress.com/) - Democratic
Béa Tiritilli (http://www.beatiritilli.us/) - Green
Bruce Cohen (http://www.getbruce.com/) - Libertarian
Pennterra
07-12-2005, 02:22
*reads through site for Gilchrist* So... Why isn't this guy running under a Republican ticket? He seems ideally suited for the GOP.
Anyway, I like elections for the legislature, because there's actually a chance for 3rd-party candidates to win them. Go Tiritilli!
Pepe Dominguez
07-12-2005, 02:28
Hah, I used to live in that district, back in the day.. I'm in San Bernadino (County) now, so I won't be voting down there.. our local GOP does quite well here.. I wish 'em luck down there, although they shouldn't need much. :)
Shoot, Cohen seems like the only decent one. Gilchrist is a hard-line religious conservative, Young is nothing more than a protectionist coward who wants the government to prop up business and supress competition, Tiritilli's ridiculously anti-business and big government, and Campbell's against gay marriage, liberalization of relations with Cuba, and is pro-life, so he's out too.
Dissonant Cognition
07-12-2005, 05:18
*reads through site for Gilchrist* So... Why isn't this guy running under a Republican ticket? He seems ideally suited for the GOP.
He's running on the immigration issue. He's the leader/founder of the Minuteman Project.
The Cat-Tribe
07-12-2005, 05:22
He's running on the immigration issue. He's the leader/founder of the Minuteman Project.
Ahhh.
That answers the "why do I care?" question.
M3rcenaries
07-12-2005, 05:25
the republican guy
The Nazz
07-12-2005, 05:32
Yeah, this is a district a Democrat doesn't have a hope in hell in, unless there's a strong showing from a third party candidate to pull some votes from the republican. Enter Gilchrist.
I hold out no hope for the Democrat to win, mind you--every possible thing has to break his way and the RNCC dumped half a million bucks into this race over the last couple of weeks to hold it (which tells you how scared the republicans are about their standing), and I don't imagine it'll come through.
But man it would be sweet if it happened.
Dissonant Cognition
07-12-2005, 05:35
Results so far:
JOHN CAMPBELL (REP) -- 30895 -- 53.2%
STEVE YOUNG (DEM) -- 14697 -- 25.3%
JIM GILCHRIST (AI) -- 10944 -- 18.8%
BÉA TIRITILLI (GRN) -- 915 -- 1.6%
BRUCE COHEN (LIB) -- 644 -- 1.1%
http://www.ocgov.com/election/Live/e29/results.htm
Next update in 54 minutes
The Nazz
07-12-2005, 05:39
Results so far:
JOHN CAMPBELL (REP) -- 30895 -- 53.2%
STEVE YOUNG (DEM) -- 14697 -- 25.3%
JIM GILCHRIST (AI) -- 10944 -- 18.8%
BÉA TIRITILLI (GRN) -- 915 -- 1.6%
BRUCE COHEN (LIB) -- 644 -- 1.1%
http://www.ocgov.com/election/Live/e29/results.htm
Next update in 54 minutesAbsentee ballots, right?
Dissonant Cognition
07-12-2005, 05:40
Absentee ballots, right?
That's what it looks like so far.
The Cat-Tribe
07-12-2005, 05:41
Yeah, this is a district a Democrat doesn't have a hope in hell in, unless there's a strong showing from a third party candidate to pull some votes from the republican. Enter Gilchrist.
I hold out no hope for the Democrat to win, mind you--every possible thing has to break his way and the RNCC dumped half a million bucks into this race over the last couple of weeks to hold it (which tells you how scared the republicans are about their standing), and I don't imagine it'll come through.
But man it would be sweet if it happened.
Hmmmm. Interesting.
Pepe Dominguez
07-12-2005, 05:43
So it was today, eh? I hadn't heard.. I hope this is the only election going on today.. I didn't miss anything, did I? :p
Dissonant Cognition
07-12-2005, 06:33
Completed Precincts: 54 of 268
JOHN CAMPBELL (REP) -- 33592 -- 50.7%
STEVE YOUNG (DEM) -- 17373 -- 26.2%
JIM GILCHRIST (AI) -- 13637 -- 20.6%
BÉA TIRITILLI (GRN) -- 998 -- 1.5%
BRUCE COHEN (LIB) -- 702 -- 1.1%
http://www.ocgov.com/election/Live/e29/results.htm
Pantylvania
07-12-2005, 07:41
wow, that one wasn't even close
Dissonant Cognition
07-12-2005, 07:54
Final (unofficial) results:
Completed Precincts: 268 of 268
JOHN CAMPBELL (REP) -- 41450 -- 44.7%
STEVE YOUNG (DEM) -- 25926 -- 28.0%
JIM GILCHRIST (AI) -- 23237 -- 25.1%
BÉA TIRITILLI (GRN) -- 1242 -- 1.3%
BRUCE COHEN (LIB) -- 880 -- 0.9%
http://www.oc.ca.gov/election/Live/e29/results.htm
Notice how the majority of the voters did not vote for the new "representative." Can we have proportional representation now?
Pennterra
07-12-2005, 08:02
Final (unofficial) results:
Completed Precincts: 268 of 268
JOHN CAMPBELL (REP) -- 41450 -- 44.7%
STEVE YOUNG (DEM) -- 25926 -- 28.0%
JIM GILCHRIST (AI) -- 23237 -- 25.1%
BÉA TIRITILLI (GRN) -- 1242 -- 1.3%
BRUCE COHEN (LIB) -- 880 -- 0.9%
http://www.oc.ca.gov/election/Live/e29/results.htm
Notice how the majority of the voters did not vote for the new "representative." Can we have proportional representation now?
Meh; a Parliamentary system wasn't drafted by the divinely-inspired Founding Fathers and is sorta French, so the average American isn't going to be favoring it much.
*grumbles at results* Eh, well; at least Gilchrist didn't win, and the Greens did better than the Libertarians. Still dissappointing.
Dissonant Cognition
07-12-2005, 16:04
Meh; a Parliamentary system wasn't drafted by the divinely-inspired Founding Fathers and is sorta French, so the average American isn't going to be favoring it much.
Nothing about proportional representation necessarily requires a parliamentary system.