We had a few elections last week that produced some interesting results.
First up was Ohio's rejection of Proposition 2 which would have limited collective bargaining rights. 61% of the voters rejected it so that's more than a simple majority.
In Mississippi, over 55 percent of voters rejected that a fertilized egg is a person in voting against the so called "Personhood" amendment.
And in Arizona, Russell Pearce, the man who wrote SB 1070, became the first ever Arizona legislator to be recalled by a vote of 53 to 45 percent.
Now, I've been told by several of my readers that elections send clear messages. What do these three elections mean?
2 comments:
I wonder if last in line will use the same line of reasoning he did in his analysis of NY-9.
Welcome to the blog Cousin Paul. Thanks for the typical one line posts.
How about issue 3 in Ohio? The federal mandate to buy insurance was rejected by 66% of the voters, a bigger margin than your 61% on issue 2. The anti obamacare measure won in every 88 counties in Ohio. Anyhoo...
Yep, "your side" won prop 2. Kudos. Let's compare the reactions of the folks in Wisconsin yelling, screaming, protesting and sitting in at the state capital for days on end with what Ohio Gov. John Kasich said after the election results came in...
"It's clear that the people have spoken -- and, you know, my view is when people speak in a campaign like this, in a referendum, you have to listen when you're a public servant. There isn't any question about that. I've heard their voices. I understand their decision -- and, frankly, I respect what people have to say in an effort like this. It requires me to take a deep breath, you know, and to spend some time reflecting on what happens here. You know, you have a campaign like this, you give it your best. If you don't win and the people speak in a loud voice, you pay attention to what they have to say and you think about it."
Nuff said.
I don't give a rip about the Mississippi election results Paul - I'm pro choice.
Russell Pearce did lose - to another republican. That sure sounds like a sound endorsement of liberalism to me. Republicans already control 2/3 of the state senate down there so this looks like a drop in the bucket. In 2010, at the height of the controversy over SB 1070, Pearce ran against a democrat and was elected with nearly two thirds of the vote.
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