tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14594994.post4263653901211808778..comments2024-01-09T04:20:39.453-05:00Comments on Around the Keg: Every Vote CountsNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345059376742159966noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14594994.post-60633363174290462162010-11-11T14:47:47.130-05:002010-11-11T14:47:47.130-05:00Well, at least Ingham County did their job. 12 De...Well, at least Ingham County did their job. 12 Democrats on the Board of Commissioners all re-elected! (as well as 3 Republicans). The open seat went Republican, but that wasn't a big surprise.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410628045985150441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14594994.post-27742300296091623802010-11-05T14:22:43.731-05:002010-11-05T14:22:43.731-05:00Steve:
The numbers I saw showed 72,000 more Repub...Steve:<br /><br />The numbers I saw showed 72,000 <i>more</i> Republican voters than 06. This, I am sure, just means a smaller number of Rs stayed home than 06, but certainly a number will have stayed home. Comapred to 300,000 Dems staying home though??<br /><br />The 60% R-leaning Indies was true at one point, but I was made privvy to other polls that showed the slight trend back to essentially 50-50 in the weeks just before the election, which actually surprised nobody. <br /><br /><i>The 20 somethings I work with didn't vote</i><br /><br />Make them eat this blog post.Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345059376742159966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14594994.post-78191442675750997482010-11-05T13:03:18.344-05:002010-11-05T13:03:18.344-05:00What perecent of GOP voters stayed home? Mid-term...What perecent of GOP voters stayed home? Mid-term elections usually have lousy turnouts. The polling data I saw showed independents going 60% in favor of Republicans...a mirror image of what they did in '08.<br /><br />The 20 somethings I work with didn't vote, despite the fact that my boss would have gioven them time off to go vote. Lazy bastards.steveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862590608695420004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14594994.post-84302792044642180302010-11-05T12:26:20.500-05:002010-11-05T12:26:20.500-05:00I guess the relevant question is: what percentage ...I guess the relevant question is: what percentage of those 300k Democrats are bitching about the results? My sense is that many of the no-show democrats were not too thrilled with what their politicians were doing, and are therefore probably not too broken up about them losing power.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13646775756345671112noreply@blogger.com