CPRM, Pt 2: AL (RO) 7/17; GA (RO) 7/24; TN 8/2; 274K ballots left in CA

[kyc0705]

I am a proud McCormick voter, in that I saw the name of someone not named Bob Menendez on the Senate ballot and immediately selected it

[kyc0705]

I am a proud McCormick voter, in that I saw the name of someone not named Bob Menendez on the Senate ballot and immediately selected it

UPDATE: I have just been informed that almost-projected primary loser Lisa McCormick won my voting precinct by exactly one vote. I would like to thank the Academy for the tremendous honors I accept tonight

[kyc0705]

I am a proud McCormick voter, in that I saw the name of someone not named Bob Menendez on the Senate ballot and immediately selected it

And I thought I was hip by writing in Steve Aoki today.

I'd say that's a pretty solid frivolous write-in, so you very much are.

[kyc0705]

I doubt 10% of McCormick voters even knew who she was

Yeah, I admit that I didn't. I just voted for whomever was running against Menendez and assumed that it was a total throwaway for someone who would wind up with about 10% of the vote. Apparently, that turned out to be a more popular option than anyone thought.

How did you get your precinct result?

County clerk's website.

[kyc0705]

I doubt 10% of McCormick voters even knew who she was

Yeah, I admit that I didn't. I just voted for whomever was running against Menendez and assumed that it was a total throwaway for someone who would wind up with about 10% of the vote. Apparently, that turned out to be a more popular option than anyone thought.

How did you get your precinct result?

County clerk's website.

Even no names running against incumbents that aren't unpopular with ethics issues can get 15-20% of the vote, so I don't see why everyone is so surprised.

I don't pay attention to the results of primaries for popular incumbents, so I wouldn't know the baseline.

[kyc0705]

8,916 votes have been counted. Nearly 100k were cast in 2016.

I honestly don't know how some of you make it through the day.

Heavily medicated

Would this not increase the chance of them accidentally walking into incoming traffic or falling into a manhole?

"Well, there's not a car right in front of my face right this second, so I should be safe!"

How many people on Atlas do you really think have ever gone outside?

[kyc0705]

Golden down to 49.7.

Yea this is where RCV gets annoying, it's unlikely but you could see St. Clair who has like 40% of the vote win when everything is allocated. I think a 45%+ cutoff and you win is good enough and anything below is a runoff election is a better alternative.

The most important thing about a voting system is that its process stays the same, whether or not you personally approve the results. If the people want St. Clair, they'll get St. Clair. (Besides, Golden will almost certainly still win, unless he manages to have 0 second-preference votes.)

[kyc0705]

AOC might actually Cantor Crowley harder then Brat Cantored Cantor, so I think a change would be justified.

It's going to take like 25 minutes for my eyes to uncross after reading this sentence.