Greetings, Politics Fans. The numbers you saw at 8:05 pm last night represented 45% of all the primary votes to be counted in SD County. These nfigures reveal the Contour of what is happening, and for Republicans it is GOOD almost wherever you look. George Plescia running even with Marty Block (SD 39) , Mark Powell leading the Dist. A City schools incumbent, Judge …
Live Election Blog
San Diego Election Night Live Blog Watch this space starting at about 7:45 p.m on Election Night for live blog analysis of the voting results. Read the related press release.
TONIGHT: Lincoln Club Election Reception at US Grant
Mayor Jerry Sanders, Kevin Faulconer, Jan Goldsmith, Steve Danon, Scott Sherman, Ray Ellis, Pamela Bensoussan and Others Confirmed MEDIA ADVISORY SAN DIEGO: The Lincoln Club of San Diego County is hosting an election night reception tonight at 8:30PM at The US Grant in the Palm Court (326 Broadway, San Diego). There will be a press patch. Numerous speakers are scheduled …
One-Day High margin, (+12%) on Monday — 47% Rep, 35% Dem — Where a late GOP tide could help most
There is often, though now always, a “swing” in the final 72 hours of a campaign. San Diego mail ballots of Sunday and Monday suggest it is happening now. When Rostra’s reports began May 21st, the GOP mail edge was 41% to 39%. Later daily returns moved to 43-38, then to 45-38, then 46-37 (on Sunday) and finally to 47%-35% on Monday. …
Election Night Blog to Stream Live on Three Websites
Journalists, political pundits and others from Rostra, CityBeat and OB Rag will post throughout the evening from multiple locations CLICK FOR THE LIVE BLOG SAN DIEGO: San Diego Rostra will participate in a live blog on Tuesday night with San Diego CityBeat and the OB Rag. What is a live blog? Organizer Dave Maass of CityBeat says: “It’s essentially a beefed up online public chat …
Help Make History — Join the “Victory Squad” Today
Guest Commentary by Brian Brady Some nostalgia for San Diego Republicans. The message hasn’t changed; person-to-person contact wins elections. Make some time this afternoon to help make history in San Diego today. (schedule below) 4 PM: Targeted Precincts Get-Out-The-Vote Operation Republican Party Satellite Office 3915 Murphy Canyon Road, San Diego, 92123 ALL DAY Until 8 PM: Go To Any Office …
Bad and Worse: Planned Parenthood Endorses Obama
From the column Forbidden Table Talk, Communities At Washington Times SAN DIEGO, May 31, 2012 — Hold on to your seats: Planned Parenthood has decided to support Barack Obama for President in November. What a surprise! The nation is absolutely stunned. Who could have seen this one coming? According to the Los Angeles Times, “the Planned Parenthood Action Fund launched a …
The Great Rostra/FlashReport San Diego Primary Election Contest
(Originally posted a couple of weeks ago.) It’s that time. Make your picks. Pick your seats. Will your picks be seated? The rules: Read the questions closely. No tricks, just read the durn questions. Send guesses to info@sdrostra.com ONLY. The Rostra peeps are assisting on this, so don’t send to my email. Do NOT post your answers here (you know …
New poll on HSR — voters would kill it if again on ballot
New poll: If another California HSR vote were held today, 59% would vote against it. With 8% undecided, it probably would end up going down by a 2-1 majority. http://www.cssrc.us/web/4/news.aspx?id=12294&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Pre-Election Outlook for Team Taxpayer
I played high school football and tonight feels like Thursday night before an important Friday game, not the big game, but an important one we need to win. Team taxpayer is favored to win two important contests tomorrow, the Wisconsin governor’s recall and Proposition B in San Diego. The U-T is reporting that Proponents of Proposition B have spent $1.8 …
Strong Closer — GOP ballots now 8.5% ahead of Registration — and +12,879 vs. Democrats among Mail Voters
Sunday, June 3 countywide data reveals mail ballots now trend 43.7% GOP, outperforming the 35.2% of registration by 8.5%. Democrats are also ahead, but by only 3.0% (38.3 vs. 35.3%). Net result is the +12,879 overall GOP mail ballot lead shown in the chart. When Rostra began following this on May 21, the Rep. lead was just 2 points (41-39). Now …
Texts From Mayoral Candidates – Part V
We texted the San Diego mayoral candidates and asked them, “What movie and song best describes your campaign?” Here are their replies: That’s easy. Movie: The Empire Strikes Back. Song: “Stranglehold” by Ted Nugent. In case you haven’t noticed, we’re a laser focused take-no-prisoners team of crusaders armed with a Roadmap that returns Republican control to San Diego. ___ We see Purple at …
Rider does videos for San Diego’s Prop A – the “PLA” Prop
A couple weeks ago I did some taping for the folks backing the San Diego City Prop A, the excellent measure that will make our city contracts transparent, online and not subject to mandatory PLA restrictions. Just recently I found that a number of my sound bites appeared on their website. I thought these excerpts were good enough to share …
Report: Demographic Changes Will Impact SD City Council District Elections
Demographic Changes Will Impact San Diego City Council District Elections, Future Policymaking SAN DIEGO – Demographic changes and neighborhood-level concerns are likely to impact San Diego City Council District elections and future policymaking at City Hall. Those are the major findings of a new study published today by the National University System Institute for Policy Research (NUSIPR). On August 25, …
Bill Wells talks Charter City on the Mark Larson Show
I’ll be a guest on the Mark Larson Show tomorrow to discuss El Cajon’s Charter City initiative; Prop D. The interview is scheduled for 8:25 am on KCBQ 1170 AM.
New 50K Mail Ballots break 45% Rep, 38% Dem — GOP countywide lead now +11,383
Nearly 50,000 new voted ballots arrived on Friday and Saturday, making a new grand total of just over 225,000 countywide. Those recent 50K divided GOP 22,240 (45%), Dem 18,944 (38%), Independent 6,609 (13%) and Minor parties 1,539 (3%). The new overall countywide totals are Republican 97,834, Democratic 86,451, Indys 32,125 , and 8,513 minor party. These figures convey the party affiliation of …
Election Night Live Blog
SD Rostra will participate in a live blog discussion on Tuesday night with writers, bloggers and tweeters from — GASP! — SD CityBeat and the OB Rag. We may have political differences throughout the year, but once the polls close, whatever, it becomes about pure results analysis, not smack. Ok, well, there may be a little smack, but it will …
All the Ballot Recommendations in one place
Here’s a one-stop-shop list of links to all the Rostra posts related to voting recommendations for Tuesday’s primary (in no particular order)… The Lincoln Club of San Diego County Family Voter Information San Diego County Taxpayers Association Republican Party of San Diego County San Diego Tax Fighters Tea Party Perspective from B-Daddy
Here’s the best darn voter guide in San Diego County
Perhaps it’s too late in the election cycle, but here’s what is, hands down, the best overall conservative voter guide in the county — bar none. And no, it’s not the San Diego Tax Fighters guide. What makes this such a great overview is that it includes the recommendations of quite a number of groups, including opponents such as the …
Fletcher Wins Race For Most Klout
Politics & Media Mashup I wrote a post six months ago comparing the Klout scores of San Diego mayoral candidates, council members and a few others who know their way around Facebook and Twitter. It generated a little buzz. Tony Krvaric, Todd Gloria and others compared their scores on Twitter. Former U-T San Diego columnist Tom Blair mentioned the post in …
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