Interesting post on politics and video games (including the Redistricting Game) by Paul Waelchli at the Research Quest blog. Continue Reading
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CA Primary Vote Count: Don't Hold Your Breath II
Regarding the “Don’t Hold Your Breath” post below: As of Sunday, the Secretary of State now reports 845,000 uncounted ballots, still with no reported uncounted ballots from LA County. This means the total remaining to be counted is now well over 1 million ballots. Turnout based on ballots counted so far is 47.7. Add one… Continue Reading
93 and Redistricting
The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin has an interesting analysis: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and reform groups should now turn their attention to a real reform: removing the power of legislators to draw district boundaries ensuring their own re-election. Under an initiative that may be headed for the November ballot, that authority would be given to an… Continue Reading
Nunez Takes Responsibility for 93
From Samantha Young’s AP Report in the San Jose Mercury News: “In hindsight, I can tell you I would have done a lot of things differently,” an unusually subdued Nunez told reporters during a rare news conference on the Assembly floor. He said he planned to take a hiatus from politics once he leaves office… Continue Reading
Counting the California Primary Vote: Don't Hold Your Breath
Thanks to Kevin Roderick at LA Observed, Mike Spence at the Flashreport, and Steven Greenhut at the Orange Punch for the links to my post on the California Republican Divide. The Secretary of State’s office officially says it knows about 553,323 ballots that still remain to be counted. But the real number is obviously much… Continue Reading
Prop. 93’s Loss & Redistricting: Fall Out
From George Skelton’s column in the Los Angeles Times: Their original lofty strategy was a winner: Team the term limits measure with redistricting reform that stripped legislators of the power to draw their own districts, an indefensible conflict of interest. Meanwhile, chalk up some significant achievements in 2007: reform healthcare, upgrade waterworks, pass an honestly… Continue Reading
The California Republican Divide
I took a look at the Republican Presidential election returns for California and found an interesting dynamic at play. McCain (according to the counting so far) has won 50 out of 53 Congressional Districts in California. But he faces a much-discussed challenge to pull the various factions of the Republican Party together if he does… Continue Reading
Local Measures; Feds Effect on State
Michael Coleman, the progenitor of the highly informative CaliforniaCityFinance.com, has a preliminary analysis of how the various types of local measures fared on the ballot yesterday. Via Dan Weintraub. Dan Walters points to the California Institute for Federal Policy Research’s analysis of the President’s 2009 Budget Request and its effect on California state agencies. Continue Reading
On CMCers and Super Tuesday
Claremont McKenna College freshman Charles Johnson’s article in the New York Sun says that last night he and his fellow students “had to content ourselves with the analysis of a beloved Claremont McKenna political science professor, Jack Pitney.” Continue Reading
First Round of 93’s Loss & Redistricting Mentions
A Sacramento Bee editorial says: Whether Proposition 93 ends up a winner or loser, it will mark a missed opportunity. Had legislative leaders coupled this measure with redistricting reform, they might have convinced many more voters to support a change in term limits. Instead, they backpedaled on promises and became obsessed with a measure that… Continue Reading