Red Mosquito

Bi_3 wrote:Yeah, we kept our high performing red governor in a blue zone. MD is the only sane state.

The carbon fee isn't looking good. This was a history-making climate policy for the state that could have been a blueprint for future initiatives, but hey, when Boeing, the Port of Seattle, and Big Oil puts money behind something, it's tough to beat.

tragabigzanda wrote:Idaho with a brutal 32% turnout

McParadigm wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:Just tell me Nate Silver was wrong and I'll be happy with any of the results.

Tragically right

bodysnatcher wrote:Local initiatives:

– Big soda wins in its effort to prevent new taxes on groceries and sugary drinks (we already have a sugar tax on drinks, this was an additional tax). This was a toss-up for me. I don't want Coca-Cola, Keurig, and Red Bull throwing money into a local initiative that's written to help teach healthier eating habits, but I also don't think it's the state's position to try and tell people what to eat, and then to tax their choices that the state has deemed "bad". Sure, in the long run, you're looking at lower healthcare costs. But I dunno.... Seattle already has the 3rd most expensive groceries in the nation, and the proposal to give the state the ability to start taxing specific items was really, really vague. This was a really regressive tax. And during a time where it's becoming near impossible for low and middle income families to live in this city, it didn't seem like a fair way to make it even harder to stay here.

– The carbon fee isn't looking good. This was a history-making climate policy for the state that could have been a blueprint for future initiatives, but hey, when Boeing, the Port of Seattle, and Big Oil puts money behind something, it's tough to beat. Carbon fee initiatives have failed left and right over the years in the state, but this one had the biggest chance of passing. Bummer. Most of the taxes would come from the biggest polluters (except for state-run programs and some private companies, haha, what a joke), but people got scared of nominal higher gas prices.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Green Habit wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Idaho with a brutal 32% turnout

I'll have to see how that compares to other states, and past Idaho elections. My gut wants me to guess that's not exceptionally brutal.

looking at two similar states, WY had about 55% turnout of registered, MT is at 55% with a LOT more to be counted, i imagine it'll settle around 70% (of registered)

tragabigzanda wrote:

run2death wrote:

McParadigm wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:Just tell me Nate Silver was wrong and I'll be happy with any of the results.

Tragically right

Huh?

FiveThirtyEight was wrong in all their "Lean D" Senate races and a couple of their "Likely D" Senate projections.

Nate Silver can suck a lean D