California and Arnie?

I feel like i'm in some parallel universe.

IIRC, him not being born in the US would prevent that, wouldn't it?

Fortunately, there's still the matter of the constitution saying that one has to be born in the US

"I believe the time has come to address the antiquated provision of the constitution that requires our president to be a natural-born citizen," said Hatch, according to the Herald News of Fall River, Mass. "It has long outlived its original purpose."

Calling an election before the polls are closed should be WAY illegal.

I think a lot of people blame him for the energy problems and the recession, which is stupid; Bush and previous governor Pete Wilson are to blame for those things.

Now we'll have a minority elected Governer. Hows that any better?

The other thing that's making me angry... Exit polls are now apparently gospel. That, and they've been saying the same thing all week on every news broadcast, and talk radio show i listen to, which pisses me off to no end. I haven't heard one word about any other candidate in 2 weeks. It's just Arnold and Grey. That's all you hear. Calling an election before the polls are closed should be WAY illegal.

I'd really like us to adopt a system of preferential voting (aka instant runoff).

Just thought I'd point out that Arnold appears to be getting a higher percentage of a higher turnout than Gray Davis

I'd rather we keep the First Ammendment intact, thank you very much!

What were the concrete reasons that people didn't like Gov. Davis? I've yet to figure that out (not that I follow California politics closely).

Definitely. That's how they do the elections over here in louisiana

That's all fine and good, but you have no qualm with the fact that mass media predicting an election while the polls are still open can affect the way people will vote? That fact doesn't bother you at all??

Pretty much no matter how you slice it, no matter what voting system you use, Arnold wins this election.

Pretty much no matter how you slice it, no matter what voting system you use, Arnold wins this election.

I'd rather we keep the First Ammendment intact, thank you very much!

That's all fine and good, but you have no qualm with the fact that mass media predicting an election while the polls are still open can affect the way people will vote? That fact doesn't bother you at all??

I can't pin any of the economic downturn that we've had on him... but i haven't looked into it anymore than figuring out that the power crisis stuff had nothing to do with him.

Definitely. That's how they do the elections over here in louisiana

Hmm. I thought Louisiana featured an open primary with a run-off between the top two if nobody got over 50%.

The numbers show that even if you voted No to the recall you still got to vote for a candidate in case Davis was recalled.

Hmm. I thought Louisiana featured an open primary with a run-off between the top two if nobody got over 50%.

Yeah, that's how it's done. I thought that's what you meant.

my daily rant

Since I didn’t vote, I’m not going to venture an opinion one way or the other about Governor Schwarzeneggar.

What are your views if you live there?

Regardless, I still support the idea of a non-traditional voting system. I've mentioned it here before, but my favorite is approval voting. You can cast votes for as many candidates as you want (zero or one vote per candidate), and all those votes count equally. You can vote for Arnold and McClintock. You can vote for Nader and Gore. You don't get to express your rankings among your choices, but you do get rid of the incentive to vote "strategically" rather than for your true preferences.