Graphic Summary of CA Recall with Smileys

[RobertSeattle]

Out of a 100 CA Voters, these voted for the recall:
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And These voted against the recall:
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Only 5 of the smileys need to become frownies for Arnold's "mandate" to evaporate.

http://vote2003.ss.ca.gov/Returns/summary.html

[WinstonChurchill]

1. But Normally a 55-45 Victory in Politics is Called a Landslide

Thre reality is that most all elections are played between the 40 yard lines

[RobertSeattle]

5. I always find the peculiar (though true)

If you had a party and asked people what they wanted and 55% said Vanilla ice cream and the other 45% said strawberry, you wouldn't get Vanilla exclusively.

[Freddie Stubbs]

6. Not a landslide,

but certainly a decisive victory nonetheless.

[hang a left]

10. So very sorry, those numbers are wrong and the election has not

been certifed yet.

[eileen_d]

2. A cogent analysis!

;) <-- this smiley represents me enjoying your post

[Selwynn]

3. Alternate analysis of recall election with Smilies

:wtf:

[tridim]

4. Out of 100 CA Voters who voted for the Gropenator

These will soon discover they made a stupid decision:
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Out of 1 CA governor

These are admirers of Hitler, good friends with Ken Lay, and believe that all women are no more than objects to play with:
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[elperromagico]

7. 5 smilies, yes

But those five smilies represent 399,485 voters. The chance that that many voters will "cross over" seems less likely every day.

Still, a good analysis.

[Darth_Kitten]

8. forgive me........

[realFedUp]

9. A lot of votes were for removing Davis

and actually less about The Predator.

[WhereIsMyFreedom]

11. There was only 1 mandate

The people wanted Gov Davis out. Arnold only recieved 46.9% of the vote, that's hardly a mandate.

I like the smiley analogy though.