Washington 2020: The Calm Before the Drizzle

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Ahh, here's that graph I was looking for:



Not to mention this report: http://www.itepnet.org/wp2000/wa%20pr.pdf

I'm tempted to vote against any sales tax increase...Not because I don't support a tax raise, but because the Democrats need to grow a pair and replace it with an income tax.

Yup, Washington is the most regressive state. Notice the lack of an income tax (which isn't unique).

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51% seems like a rather underwhelming result from one of the most socially liberal states for something that isn't even gay marriage. Of course allmost all of the people who claim that they don't hate gays, and just oppose gay marriage voted against this too.

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As of now, R-71 is passing 52%-48% with about 69% of the vote counted.  The later returns are increasing the margin of victory.  We'll see how it looks once 100% is counted.

And despite the closeness, make no mistake -- this was a major victory.  I believe it was the first time gay/lesbian unions were placed on a statewide ballot and won.

Not that they have them, but Arizona refused to ban civil unions. Prop. 107 failed with 48%.in 2006. They then passed Prop. 102 in 2008 banning just gay marriage. It got 56%, not that much higher than California and Maine got. There were sure a lot fewer Obama/ anti-gay marriages voters in Arizona than California.

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I meant to say this earlier, but....




WIIIIIIIIIINNNNN!!!!!   

You don't know that the new district will be safely Democratic though. It could be a swing district, or could take in parts of WA-3 and WA-4.

Why are you so sure that there will be a new district?  There will be 10 new districts, some of which may bear some resemblance to the current 9.

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nba/2017976982_sacramento14.html
More good news!

Is every sports team in Northern California thinking of moving? Note that most of them would stay within Northern California.

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Approval Voting is coming to Washington

Dear god, approval voting is nothing but gobbledygook confusion. Who in their right minds thinks this is a good idea?

Politicians will become even more of robotic cowards.