Comments on: US off-year elections

By: Hamish Coffee

Hamish Coffee — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:36:08 +0000

Wins: WA referendum, NY23.

Losses: ME ref, NJ, VA, Master O’Reilly

Draw: NYC (a loss, but one that will be seen as positive for the Dems if you believe the Times).

Not the best couple of days.

By: Nick C

Nick C — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:33:16 +0000

Sorry Ben, didn’t notice you’d written a new post on this. Didn’t mean to hijack your blog. I’ll leave you to it.

By: Nick C

Nick C — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:21:28 +0000

Things are looking grim for gay marriage in Maine, the Yes (reject gay marriage) vote now leads by 21,000 with 78% reporting.

In Washington State domestic partnerships have a 22,000 vote lead with 50% reporting, but there’s something odd about this count, as it started with a high number – must be postal or early votes of some sort that were counted first, and now other votes trickling in.

Hoffman has reportedly conceded in NY-23, so Owens is the confirmed winner.

By: Nick C

Nick C — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:53:01 +0000

Ben, NYT always had the right labels, they kept switching them around so that whichever was leading was on top.

By: Nick C

Nick C — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:36:44 +0000

Ah, now they’re back up, and with 42% reporting ‘approve’ is leading 52-48.

By: Nick C

Nick C — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:33:44 +0000

Those early Washington State numbers have now disappeared from the Times page. Don’t know what’s going on there.

CA-10 looks to be a Dem hold.

By: Nick C

Nick C — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:26:06 +0000

Domestic partnerships in Washington State are being rejected in early numbers, but that lead is dropping.

In Maine the anti-gay marriage vote has jumped to an 11,000 vote lead with 61% reporting, but it is still tight.

By: Hamish Coffee

Hamish Coffee — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:23:26 +0000

Bad day for the Dems/Liberals generally. Looks like NY23 will stand as the only good win.

By: Nick C

Nick C — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:14:42 +0000

The anti-gay marriage vote has jumped to a 6,000 vote lead with 55% reporting.

Just to pretend that I’m a real expert, I’m calling NY-23 for Owens.

By: Nick C

Nick C — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:06:48 +0000

The Maine gay marriage referendum is really poised on a knife edge, lead keeps changing with each update. Yes (reject gay marriage) now leads by 1,300 with 46% reporting. Maine voters are far more clear cut when it comes to medicinal marijuana though, there’s a comfortable 60% Yes vote there.