McClintock Primary Victory Statement

Sen. Tom McClintock | June 7, 2006 | Sen. Tom McClintock

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

McClintock BUMP

[Jim Robinson]

Woo hoo!! Go McClintock!!

[advance_copy]

Tom McClintock is a good man. Way to go!

[Syncro]

All right, let's get him in next to the Governor!

[antceecee]

Tom McClintock is a great man and will go on to accomplish great things for the people of California. I'm sending in my donation.

[CounterCounterCulture]

TOKEN OR UNCONTESTED RACES

* Tom McClintock                      1,423,175   93.7%
* Arnold Schwarzenegger               1,394,365   89.9%
* Bruce Mc Pherson                    1,288,251  100.0% 
* Richard "Dick" Mountjoy             1,272,501  100.0%
* Chuck Poochigian                    1,262,358  100.0%
* Steve Poizner                       1,235,986  100.0%

CONTESTED RACES
* Claude Parrish                        739,858   56.1%   
* Tony Strickland                       553,635   40.2% 

LOSERS OF CONTESTED RACES
Keith S. Richman                        579,964   43.9%  
Abel Maldonado                          510,311   37.1%

[Third Order]

* Tom McClintock 1,423,175 93.7%
* Arnold Schwarzenegger 1,394,365 89.9%

Sigh.. if only he'd had more votes than Arnold last time...

[b9]

It is my intention to use the office as the powerful engine for policy reform that it once was, amplifying and articulating the Republican policies of the Schwarzenegger administration and pressing comprehensive plans to bring state spending under control.

Go Tom! ~ Go Arnold!

[calcowgirl]

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[Walkenfree]

Way to go Tom McClintock !

[L.N. Smithee]

Who found it necessary to write Richard "Dick" Mountjoy?

[Myrddin]

It would be a hoot to have McClintock as Lt Governor. I'm reminded of all the fun Mike Curb had when Jerry Brown took an out of town trip. Curb got things done in Brown's absence. McClintock would be in a position to do some good.

[CounterCounterCulture]

That's the way it's always been on the Secretary of State's site, and that's how it was labelled on the ballot.

[ClaireSolt]

Very encouraging results from CA.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[FairOpinion]

Touting the fact, that McClintock got a few more votes than Arnold in the Republican primary qualifies for "the most ridiculous item of the day" -- and continuing to post it as evidence of something, is even more ridiculous. This is only in a PRIMARY, among REPUBLICANS and it doesn't change the fact that Republicans are vastly outnumbered in CA, and nobody can get elected to a statewide office without votes from Independents and Dems.

I won't even get into the details, that Arnold had three people running against him in the R primary, each of which got around 3 % -- many of them probably from the "protest votes" of FReepers from right here, and McClintock had ONE opponent, and some close to 10% of the Republicans voted for that guy.
For the record, I did vote for McClintock -- I think protest votes are counterproductive.

So touting that McClintock got a few more votes in the R primary than Arnold is ludicrous, and it's not doing any good for McClintock either.

What you need to focus on is how to get independents and Dems voting for Arnold and McClintock so they can win in November. I am posting the demographics again, for those who insist on ignoring REALITY in CA.
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CALIFORNIA VOTER AND PARTY PROFILES

http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/JTF_VoterProfilesJTF.pdf


"The Democratic Party currently has an advantage of 1.4 million voters over the Republican Party (7.1 million to 5.7 million) or 9 percentage points (43% to 34%), according to the Secretary of State.

Among those most likely to vote in this year’s elections, Democrats outnumber Republicans by a 7-point margin (44% to 37%), while 15 percent of likely voters are registered as independents.

... the fact that independents are more likely to lean toward Democrats than Republicans (42% to 28%) tends to work to the disadvantage of the GOP in statewide elections."



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[FairOpinion]

"It is my intention to use the office as the powerful engine for policy reform that it once was, amplifying and articulating the Republican policies of the Schwarzenegger administration and pressing comprehensive plans to bring state spending under control."


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Thanks for highlighting it, doodlelady. For the umpteenth time for the "tone-deaf": TOM IS SUPPORTING ARNOLD AND IS RUNNING WITH ARNOLD.

[GVnana]

Tom could have it tough against Garamendi who is a well-known and well-liked Democrat.

[Third Order]

Who's touting anything? Pointing out that people voted for McClintock but voted against Arnold is significant, and I don't particularly care if its "good" for either of them. Ridiculous would have been comparing the # of Dem voters in this election to the # of Rep voters in this election since their votes are uncorrelated being a primary. But the number of Rep voters is fixed for these results, so if more voted for McClintock than Arnold, it says something.