Official 2022 Congressional Election Results Thread

[rbt48]

The California ballot counting is so extremely drawn out and frustrating.  All they need to do is add RCV and they could increase the wait time even further.  Like perhaps they could announce results by Christmas Eve.  

I guess with their jungle primary, RCV would serve no purpose, well except for the Presidential race.

[rbt48]

I'm disappointed that the vote counters in California can't have tallied all the votes in CD-13 prior to Thanksgiving.  I imagine that they probably get Friday off, so perhaps Monday evening before they are done.  And after that, time needed for the recount!

[rbt48]

I would welcome insight into the voter turnout comparing California CD-13 with Colorado CD-3.

It looks like just over 325,000 votes were cast in Colorado CD-3 and around 133,000 votes were cast in California CD-13.  CA CD-13 was generally felt to be a toss-up district while CO CD-3 was likely or safe Republican.  

According to the 2020 census, the average California CD had about 760,350 residents while the average Colorado CD had around 721,714 residents.  

So why were more than 2.4 times as many votes cast in Colorado CD-3 than in California CD-13?   Perhaps one can argue that Boebert's extreme positions and statements drew many more voters out, but there must be more at play here.  I haven't taken the time to compare all California CD turnouts with the same for Colorado (or other states), but I imagine that the California vote totals lag behind several states.