The following calculations are based on information
that was posted on the California Secretary of State
WWW site as of 8:57 a.m. this morning.

I expect this data to change slightly over the course
of the next few weeks as thousands of other ballots
are counted and tabulated.

Despite claims of a "landslide victory" for Arnold
Schwarzenegger, the numbers clearly show that he has
NO mandate to govern California

So far, the numbers indicate that about 51.7% of those
persons who cast ballots in this election voted for
candidates OTHER than Schwarzenegger.

Since Schwarzenegger did not win a majority of the
vote in this election, he cannot claim that his views
and ideas represent the will of the electorate.

Sincerely,

Duane J. Roberts
duaneroberts92804@yahoo.com



STATEWIDE VOTE FOR CANDIDATES OTHER THAN
SCHWARZENEGGER

Cruz M. Bustamante Dem 2,395,237
Tom McClintock Rep 991,468
Peter Miguel Camejo Grn 208,526
Arianna Huffington Ind 42,227
Peter V. Ueberroth Rep 21,561
Larry Flynt Dem 15,112
Gary Coleman Ind 12,514
George B. Schwartzman Ind 10,758
Others (excluding write-ins) 171,427

Total 3,868,830


STATEWIDE VOTE FOR SCHWARZENEGGER

Arnold Schwarzenegger Rep 3,601,797


STATEWIDE VOTE FOR ALL CANDIDATES (Including Arnold)

All candidates 7,470,627


PERCENTAGE OF VOTE FOR ARNOLD VERSUS OTHER CANDIDATES

Arnold Schwarzenegger 48.2%
All other candidates 51.7%

Californians deserve better.

They're losing their power, which is everything to these liberals. Seems the citizens of California just can't be trusted with something as important as who's in office.

These liberals don't trust the people, they don't trust elections, they want to control thought, they want to control speech, they want to control rather than govern. These liberals idea of freedom is for everyone to do what they say.

And so we get posts like two above.

The panic begins.

let me preface this comment by saying that I voted against the
recall but selected bustamante otherwise.

In looking at the votes the combined republican votes
for schwarnegger and mcclintock
dwarfed the democratic alternative bustamante

i hope that someone looks into this since it makes
be wonder what sort of turnout there was and
whether a lot of democrats crossed over

Or whether those Diebold voting machines were rigged.

% of abstainees anybody?

% of abstainees anybody?

Hey Duane, while it is true that the Governor Elect received only 48% of the popular vote, but, why dont you check your facts before you open your pie hole. The current Governor received 47% of the popular vote, so what does that mean? Davis had 2 or 3 people to run against. Arnold had 134.

By the way, are you still wearing that STUPID looking hat????

The people have spoken. They are fed up with fifth column leftists and dirty politics. Get your acts together or get the hell out of our country!

We can see 3 out of 4 Republicans approve of sexual harassment.

Clinton cured everyone of caring about sexual harrassment. It has nothing to do with the job of being president. The people don't care. It's time to move on.

moveon.org

Another multimillionaire seizes the reigns.

Regardless of who you wanted to win the election, in any competitive election in the U.S. the winner seldom gets a simple majority of the votes. Fringe candidates from other parties (Green, Libertarian, Socialist, etc.) take enough of the vote to keep this from happening. If this is so important to you Duane, maybe you should advocate the abolition of all candidates that aren't Republican or Democratic.

I disagree with Lee's assertion that we should make it more difficult for the candidates of political parties other than Democrats or Republicans from qualifying for the ballot.

If anything, I think instituting a system of Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) here in California would completely eliminate the problem of candidates not getting a majority of the vote.

See the following URL for more information:

http://www.fairvote.org/irv/

And John is right when he argues Gray Davis got 47% of the vote in the November 2002 election. Like Schwarzenegger, he too had no "mandate" to govern California. That's part of the reason why he was recalled.

Sincerely,

Duane J. Roberts
duaneroberts92804@yahoo.com

I wrote:

> I disagree with Lee's assertion that we should
> make it more difficult for the candidates of
> political parties other than Democrats
> or Republicans from qualifying for the ballot.

I should have wrote:

"I disagree with Lee's assertion that we should make it more difficult for the candidates of political parties other than Democrats or Republicans to qualify for the ballot."

That reads much better.

Sincerely,

Duane J. Roberts
duaneroberts92804@yahoo.com

You gotta be shittin me! Any true-blue native Californian like myself could see this one as soon as Arnold became a candidate. Besides the sheer "novelty" of the man, he is strong on politics which concern REAL Californians.

1. The state of California has the single largest economy of any state in the Union. http://commerce.ca.gov/state/ttca/ttca_homepage.jsp

a.) The $9 billion loss incurred by Davis as a result of the Enron scandal is barely a ripple compared to the Gross State Income.
b.) Calls on this site to "boycott California" are drug induced blurtings of morons. The economy of California is the 5th largest in the WORLD, and it doesnt depend on any income from you left wing whiners (most of whom dont have a decent job anyway), or you sign-carrying, low income imbeciles who dont pay much in taxes.

2.) One look at Arnold, and one look at the seriously DAMAGED beotches who claimed that Arnold "groped" them tells the story. First of all, how did the cows even get that close to him? They were sidling up to him HOPING to get groped. Californians are not that naive, and the tired old "he's a pervert!" trick has gotten old, and it doesnt work anymore.

3.) Hispanics are the majority ethnic group in California. Unfortunately (for them), a vary large percentage of them are ILLEGAL ALIENS (fuck that "undocumented workers" crap). Hence, they CANNOT VOTE. The legal Hispanic citizens stand to lose if legislation is passed which allows the ILLEGAL invaders to more easily break the laws here.

4.) The tax base in California is skewed towards the poor and against the wealthy, therefore , causing a situation which might make them leave the state will ALWAYS be dropped. If you make less than $50K a year, you dont really get the picture. If you make $60K or more, you feel the pinch. If you make $100K or more, you REALLY feel it.. Those people making more than $200K a year are running businesses which employ lots of Californians. Screw them and you screw California.

BOTTOM LINE:

You left wing fuckwads dont know the first thing about responsibility. You have the Sherman Austins who irresponsibly create terrorist websites and end up in prison, and you have sign-carrying morons who could be burning that energy by working in a job, and you have a bunch of bull-dagger dyke bitches calling themselves "Code Pink" who dig up "groping" stories to win an election by low-blow politics. PATHETIC. Get a JOB, Get a LIFE or GET THE FUCK OUT.

Bush was the first.

Earlier this year, the Gator Corporation, an online
marketing firm, conducted an extensive poll of internet users in California, asking them how they felt about the recall. At that time, the results strongly hinted that more than 1/3 of all Democrats would vote for Arnold Schwarzenegger in any future special election. Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante's very weak performance in this special election indicates to me the poll they conducted was surprisingly accurate.

Sincerely,

Duane J. Roberts
duaneroberts92804@yahoo.com



http://www.gatorcorporation.com/companyinfo/press/pr030723.html

Schwarzenegger vs. any Democrat:

63% of all respondents stated they would vote for
Schwarzenegger
30% of Davis supporters stated they would vote for
Schwarzenegger
35% of Democrat respondents stated they would vote for
Schwarzenegger

When told of the results, George Gorton,
Schwarzenegger's political adviser said, "I am
delighted. This is the third poll we've seen where
Arnold beats Feinstein and the latest in an unbroken
string where he beats Davis. We are especially pleased
with The Gator Corporation's findings because Internet
users are more informed than the average voter, and
therefore their opinions should closely approximate
the opinions of the highly motivated voters who will
show up in this low turn out special election."

[From an article by Lynn Landes]

ES&S - 7,305,680 registered voters

ES&S, the nation's largest voting company, is owned by the Omaha World Herald Company and has solid ties to the Republican Party. ES&S claims on their website that they tabulated "56% of the U.S. national vote for the past four presidential elections."

Sequoia - 3,682,051 voters

Sequoia is owned by De La Rue, a British-based company and the world's largest commercial security printer and papermaker. They also own a 20% stake in Camelot, the operator of the Great Britain's national lottery.

Diebold - 2,412,971 voters

Walden O'Dell, Diebold's chief executive, recently wrote a fund-raising letter for the re-election of President George Bush

HAHAHA

The quacks are coming out.

And you people wonder why we stick around.

Its all about the One World Order. The bankers run most of the politics, and they are a mean machine to fight. Whatever side you were on besides ARnold, you did good! You are to be commended.

Yeah! You lost!

Yay, team!

who did you vote for nonanarchist?
Dont they have a south carolina indymedia website?

All praise to Ahhnold for his lack of political experience...god save us...

I'm not a resident of CA. I couldn't vote.

But I would have voted for Arnie.

No, there's no SC imc. What's your point?

BTW: you do realize, don't you, that I was the original daveman? I don't mind you using the handle now, though.