Election Day! phew!
Happy Election Day all.
As of Saturday (11/1), 26% of Alameda Voters has cast ballots for today’s election! That’s 54% of the total vote in June for Measure H. The overall early vote is going to be huge, and that means that the initial election postings (of absentee ballots) will be pretty meaningful, unless the race is close.
Lots of goodies below the fold: historical Election info, the results of the SD&R Poll and election recommendations.
For an overview of my 2008 Election Recommendations check out my election page.
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For a quick historical look at City Council winners, here are the Top 5 winners since 1971 sorted by total vote:
|
1992 |
Anthony J. “Lil” Arnerich |
13226 |
28.23% |
|
1992 |
Ralph J. Appezzato |
12860 |
27.45% |
|
2004 |
Marie Gilmore |
11342 |
23.11% |
|
2006 |
Lena Tam |
11287 |
28.88% |
|
2000 |
Al DeWitt |
10897 |
25.06% |
And the Top 5 % getters, since 1971 (with at least two seats open):
|
1985 |
C. J. ” Chuck” Corica |
5972 |
36.33% |
|
1979 |
Arney Stone |
6358 |
30.24% |
|
1985 |
Hadi Monsef |
4847 |
29.49% |
|
1983 |
Mark J. Hanna |
6167 |
29.13% |
|
2006 |
Lena Tam |
11287 |
28.88% |
A lowlight from 1991? Don Roberts comes in fifth with less than 9% of the vote (with just over 1900 votes) after raising the second most donations in the race. Perhaps it was his answer to the Alameda Journal’s question: “should Alameda be talking to the US Navy about the Naval Air Station and base closures?” Roberts, ever the predicter of events, answered that there was no way the Navy would close Alameda NAS and so there was no need to talk to the Navy. The closing of the Alameda NAS was announced less than two years later. Well at least he’s maintained consistency with his accuracy! It’s nice to know some things never change.
Want to look up your own fun facts, it’s all here? (OK, mostly, the AUSD info’s a little lacking and Measure H isn’t updated yet).
The Final SD&R prediction poll shows:
| 1. Who will win the Alameda City Council Election? (pick two) | |||||
| Choice 1 | Choice 2 | Response | % of voters | ||
| Marie Gilmore | 76.7% | 23.3% |
30 |
94% |
|
| Doug deHaan | 28.6% | 71.4% |
21 |
66% |
|
| Tracy Jensen | 33.3% | 66.7% |
9 |
28% |
|
| Justin Harrison | 0.0% (0) | 100.0% |
2 |
6% |
|
| answered question |
32 |
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| 2. Who will win the Alameda School Board Race? (Pick Three) | |||||
| Choice 1 | Choice 2 | Choice 3 | Response | % of Voters | |
| David Forbes | 63.0% | 22.2% | 14.8% |
27 |
87% |
| Neil Tam | 21.7% | 30.4% | 47.8% |
23 |
74% |
| Janet Gibson | 17.6% | 58.8% | 23.5% |
17 |
55% |
| Ron Mooney | 25.0% | 37.5% | 37.5% |
16 |
52% |
| Trish Spencer | 20.0% | 20.0% | 60.0% |
5 |
16% |
| answered question |
31 |
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| 3. Will Measure P Pass? | |||||
| Percent | Response | Count | |||
| Yes |
34.40% |
11 |
|||
| No |
65.60% |
21 |
|||
| answered question |
32 |
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| 4. Will the Charter Amendments (Measure Q-X) pass? | |||||
| Percent | Response | Count | |||
| All of them |
61.30% |
19 |
|||
| Some of them |
29.00% |
9 |
|||
| None of them |
9.70% |
3 |
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31 |
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Don’t forget to vote today. There are a lot of important issues on the ballot. Have a great day!
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