Judge Brown won in CA at 76% Do people know she was unopposed?

[hector459]

I am sick of hearing this on the MSM without that clarification.

[pgh_dem]

1. i don't doubt it...but do you have a link? n/t

[zach]

8. Hey

This is what I found for you, in the few spare minutes I had:

http://vote98.ss.ca.gov/Final/sov/SOV49-51.pdf

Looks like the correct info, if not, sorry in advance!

[pgh_dem]

14. Thanks, so that shows a column for "against"

I don't live in california, is that different from running unopposed?

[hector459]

16. During the "up or down" vote, a Dem should correct this impression. n/t

[LittleClarkie]

2. That was a question I had a couple of days ago. Thanks!

I kind of suspected that.

Someone who is unopposed just sort of slides by.

[blondeatlast]

3. I knew it, but I doubt most people do.

More "convenient" journalism from the Heritage Foundation, I suspect.

[Guckert]

4. How many votes did she get out of the total number of voters

i'm guessing only 7% of California voters even cast a vote for judge or even know about her record. that stat is perfect for the GOP. misleading

[RobertSeattle]

5. It is an amazing spin point that is rarely corrected

The reverse spins should be she ran unopposed at 24% of the people voted against her! (How did they do that?!!!)

[ComerPerro]

12. You can not vote

I would guess that she got only 76% of the electorate voting for her. The rest just left it blank.

Not too impressive, since she was unapposed.

[On the Road]

6. Are You Kidding?

Talk about lying with statistics!

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

7. Wow. I never even thought of that possibility.

And, of course, it has never been mentioned in the MSM.

[gratuitous]

9. Of course, the people trumpeting that statistic know it

But they're counting on you rubes not to know it. Fortunately, they're aided and abetted by their pals in the liberal media, and the impression is left that Ms. Brown ran in a contested race like any other politician and won with the staggering total of 76%.

Hey rube!

[flpoljunkie]

10. It must have been a question regarding retention that was on the ballot.

Many states do this, including Florida, for Supreme Court and state appeals court judges.

This is similar to the votes judges get in Florida--there is always a hard core that votes against all judges when they are up for retention.

[MadisonProgressive]

11. BRAHAHA!

God damn spinmeisting assholes!

[damntexdem]

13. We should note that one-fourth of Californians voted against her ...

even though she was unopposed.

[RobertSeattle]

15. What a great example for the "None of the Above" category