Written by Bob Siegel and originally published by Communities Digital News SAN DIEGO, November 28, 2016 — The election is over! Democrats lost and lost big! They lost the presidency, both houses of congress, and many governorships across the land. But don’t celebrate too quickly Republicans! Before the new era commences, you need to be reminded that Democrats (and the …
Is the Republican Party Dead in California?
While Donald Trump and congressional Republicans were celebrating wins across the country, in California the Republican Party got slaughtered – big time! So it begs the question: Is the CA GOP dead? What should we replace it with? Or how do we fix it? Vote in this poll – and read a 4 point prescription for moving forward.
The Popular Vote Doesn’t Matter
Written by Bob Siegel and originally published by Communities Digital News SAN DIEGO, November 9, 2016 — The Democratic Party is still in shock over last night’s resounding Trump victory. Some consolation is being articulated in the knowledge that Hillary at least won the popular vote. VP running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine said: “She became the first major party …
Dave Roberts concedes to Kristin Gaspar in Supe race
“Needing more than 60 percent of whatever ballots remain in D3,” I wrote Friday night, “if Roberts doesn’t concede the race within the next few days, he is simply in denial.” County Supervisor Roberts today faced the reality of being up by about 2,200 votes in early returns on election night, then watching the lead evaporate day by day as …
Weekend Reads
Some worthwhile reading from the last few days… Measure A lost. Here’s what SANDAG opponents want us to do now. by Barrett Tetlow in the SDUT “In the aftermath of Measure A’s defeat, SANDAG elites are asking the question “What happened?” The answer is they were completely tone-deaf. They have an opportunity to learn the right lessons from this election …
Gaspar-Roberts Update: The fork is rusting
Update to the below prior posts, for Saturday evening (Nov. 26): Kristin Gaspar again increased her lead over incumbent Supervisor Dave Roberts, to 1,247 votes… Gaspar 113,594 50.28% Roberts 112,347 49.72% There are about 60,000 ballots left countywide. Yawn, at this point. Update to the below post, for Friday evening (Nov. 25): The Registrar’s office waded thru only about 10,000 …
Gaspar jumps far ahead, she can start measuring for drapes
Update to the post below, for Tuesday evening (Nov 22): Gaspar’s lead jumps to 659 votes… Gaspar 107,893 50.15% Roberts 107,234 49.85% Gaspar received 51.5 percent of the 9,687 additional votes. About 106,000 ballots remain to tally across the county. Before today’s count, the Registrar estimated about 17,000 remaining provisional ballots in District 3. If that number is accurate, there …
Prediction: County Supervisor Kristin Gaspar
Each Ballot count update since the original post is at the bottom, along with the related trend. Gaspar was behind by 560 votes when I first posted after Thursday’s tally, then led by 15 on Friday evening, 218 on Saturday, 296 on Sunday, and 368 following Monday’s counts. _____ I was out of state last week for the election — …
The GOP and The Pursuit of Happiness
When Congressmen Duncan Hunter and Darrell Issa voted to give the concrete industry the coercive power to tax as they did this week, only a few days removed from Trump’s mandate to bring reform, we accomplished three things despite our good intentions. 1. We violate free markets. We are protecting an oversized industry that Americans are valuing less, one that is unable to …
The Fruit Of Freedom Is Harmony
A straight, middle aged white man (WM) from the suburbs walked into an urban gasoline station/convenience store. The point-of-sale card reader at the pump wasn’t working. He walked into the convenience store and explained the situation to a Millennial Hispanic Woman (MHW). She took his credit card and swiped it on a different card reader so he could purchase gas. …
North County Post-Election Recap
This is my column this week in The Coast News… Northbound: Post-Election Recap By Vince Vasquez As an elections analyst, one of my personal axioms I like to share is that, every election cycle, we learn something new about voters, and their relationship with the voting process. That was certainly true in North County for this presidential general election. …
The road ahead for San Diego and CA Republicans
The following two Op-eds will run in Sunday’s print edition of the SDUT; the first by Tony Krvaric, Chairman of Republican Party of San Diego County on “the way forward” for local Republicans, and the other by Ron Nehring from a statewide perspective… San Diego Republicans face strong headwind Growing up in Sweden I was inspired by then-President Ronald Reagan to come …
The San Diego Republican African-American Caucus
Elliot Schroeder calls for some analysis of the national election results with an eye towards what might work locally: “Trump never had a chance in California so it’s makes sense not to cater to it. But for us Republicans behind the blue curtain we have less to stand on. Socially our policies never gave us a majority. Now that the GOP …
San Diego County Gun Owners Victories
As a result of Tuesday’s election… 1. Peruta vs. Gore News. The court case brought against San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore and his horrible concealed weapon permit policies has new life as a result of last night’s election. Once Trump takes office and nominates a Supreme Court Justice, NRA/CRPA will escalate the case to the Supreme Court to force …
Reactions
From Haney Hong, San Diego County Taxpayers Association President & CEO… “It’s time to put our differences aside and focus on the future. The Taxpayers Association stands ready to work with all parties in a civil and robust discussion to keep the Chargers in San Diego while protecting taxpayers. We can get there if we all come together and do …
No on X Campaign’s Victory Statement
Measure X failed with only 51.71% voter approval. The Measure needed 55% support to pass. The No on X Campaign thanks the voters of East County for rejecting this expensive and premature bond measure. We look forward to working with the District to bring back an improved and less expensive bond in 2018 or 2020 that will not include a …
Final San Diego Voter Turnout Predictions from Competitive Edge Research
The 2016 Presidential election has induced much gnashing of teeth among voters. It seems like there has been an unprecedented amount of attention paid to election-related stress relief. Voice of San Diego devoted not just one but two sessions “focused on mindfulness, consciousness and reflexivity” in an effort to relax the electorate. The Washington Post recently reported that there’s an …
Brian Jones’ 2016 Ballot Recommendations
Mason — With tomorrow being Election Day, I’ve received many questions regarding who I was supporting for various local offices and whether I was supporting or opposing certain local and state ballot initiatives. Should you have any questions about these decisions, please don’t hesitate to let me know. Candidates President of the United States – Donald Trump US Senate – …
A 49er Fan’s Cautionary Tale for Chargers Stadium Proponents
Watching Monday Night Football the night before San Diegans decide whether to build Dean Spanos and the NFL a new downtown football stadium, I can’t help but reflect on my recent experience as a 49ers fan visiting their new stadium in Santa Clara. I’d never watched a game at Levi’s since it opened two years ago, and I happened to …
San Diego County Ballot Returns (E-1)
As of November 6, 2016 at 5:00pm, 1,084,509 ballots have been mailed to registered voters throughout the county. 507,367 voters have voted (either by returning their ballot, or through early voting). This equates to an overall voting rate of 46.78% among all ballots mailed. Breaking down the ballots by party, total returns are comprised of 35.83% Republicans (5.49% above registration), 38.89% Democrats …
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