links for 2010-11-02
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California's first openly gay Assembly leader pushed today to defeat Republican candidate Andy Pugno, author and general counsel for the ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage and is under legal challenge.
But Speaker John A. Pérez denied that he is targeting Pugno because of the gay-rights issue or that defeating him in the 5th Assembly District would provide any extra degree of satisfaction.
"Every race we win is particularly sweet," Pérez said. "It's not personal."
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Democrats are expected to give away a large chunk of their advantage over Republicans in voter registration by failing to cast ballots today.
Though California has far more Democrats than Republicans on voter rolls, 44 percent to 31 percent, the latter tends to participate in elections at a higher rate — a trend that should continue today, according to a Field Poll released today.
The Field Poll also concluded that:• Women will cast a slightly higher percentage of votes than men, 51 percent to 49 percent.
• Caucasians will cast 71 percent of all votes, compared to Latinos, 16 percent; African American, 5 percent; and Asian or other minorities, 8 percent.
• A majority of voters will be college graduates, 52 percent, while an additional 30 percent will have attended some college or trade school classes, and 18 percent will have a high school education or less.
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In the Senate race, this means a toss-up folks.Stay tuned as results come in after 10 PM PDT
One Comment
TaterSalad
Barack Obama stated that he felt the #1 concern of the American people when they voted in the mid-terms was the economy. Wrong again Mr. President. You still just don’t get it “dude”, do you? It was the healthcare bill and Big government! When you closed the doors of transparency, literally, during the healthcare debate to the voters, you NOT only broke your campaign promise to us while lying, but you shut us out of the process and then rammed it down our throats. Although the economy was high on the agenda of the voters, the Nevada election proves you are just …..wrong! Never again!