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This is not specifically BBV related, but I did something earlier and I thought it was strange also.
There were 8,363,276 votes cast.
There were only 7,978,767 votes yes and no cast regarding the recall of Davis.
384,609 people didn't vote on the recall.
Well, maybe they were stupid and they thought they could just pick a candidate, right?
There were 8,363,276 vote cast
There were 7,701,156 total votes for all of the candidates.
662,220 people did not select a candidate,or possibly, wrote one in.
Maybe they just went to vote on the propositions?
There were 8,363,276 votes cast
There were 7,425,701 votes, both yes and no, on prop 53
937,675 people didn't take a position on this issue.
There were 7,726,476 votes, both yes and no on prop 54
636,904 people didn't take a position on this issue.
The proposition issue was probably not what got people to the polls, so I don't think those may be important, but the fact that hundreds of thousands of people didn't vote on the recall, or select a candidate, makes me wonder what they were doing at the polls?
It also makes me wonder if they were even there? Remember that there were way fewer polling places in this special election and 15% of the entire state's population actually is reported to have gone to the polls. (5,000,000, subtracting the 3,200,000 reported to have voted absentee) it seems that the turnout most places was heavier than usual, but not as huge as you would expect in a 40% increase in participation and at fewer polling places. I don't know if it means anything, I just think it's strange.
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