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icarusA few people have posted that Proposition 8 has passed (which is bad, bad, bad).
No.
That's not what's in the news. The news says it has a "comfortable margin." Mmm... sort of. It would be comfortable if the conservative/liberal votes were evenly distributed across the state.
It's only ahead by 300,000 votes,53% 51.9% for banning gay marriage, 47% 48.1% against the ban.
However, the conservative inland counties have reported 100% of their votes. They're done. It's those votes that have it passing at this point. Meanwhile, less than half of LA's massive far-more-liberal precincts have been counted. The Bay area counties have only reported roughly a third of their precincts.
The fat lady hasn't sung on this one, folks.
No.
That's not what's in the news. The news says it has a "comfortable margin." Mmm... sort of. It would be comfortable if the conservative/liberal votes were evenly distributed across the state.
It's only ahead by 300,000 votes,
However, the conservative inland counties have reported 100% of their votes. They're done. It's those votes that have it passing at this point. Meanwhile, less than half of LA's massive far-more-liberal precincts have been counted. The Bay area counties have only reported roughly a third of their precincts.
The fat lady hasn't sung on this one, folks.
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Date: 2008-11-05 10:07 am (UTC)Yes 4,477,731 51.8%
No 4,163,803 48.2%
I don't know. It's not 79% of the population that's been counted, but 79% of the precincts that've been counted. It depends on the population in those remaining precincts.
Doesn't look good, but that margin is slim enough to erode. I'll wait.