On October 23, Public Policy Institute of California released a poll for many California races. See the poll here. Scroll down to page seven for the gubernatorial results. Only two candidates are on the ballot, incumbent Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Neel Kashkari. The results: Brown 52%; Kashkari 36%; will not vote for Governor 4%; undecided 8%.
The pollster did not suggest any option to respondents about not voting; the 4% who said they would leave the ballot blank volunteered that information. California is the only state this year in which voters must either vote for a Democrat or a Republican for the top office on the ballot, or they can’t vote at all. California is one of only six states with only two candidates on the ballot for the top office. Of those six, California is the only one that doesn’t permit write-ins in the general election for partisan office.
Many party bosses do not like a large turn out. As long as they can get their “base” to the polls and win, they could care less if “old Joe” the hardworking, underpaid, over taxed typical American voter stays home.
It is time we have a Independent Party in this nation which will represent the common sense thinking of the average voter of the country.
Surely, there is another George Wallace or Ross Perot out there some where?
ENFORCE 14th Amdt, Sec. 2.
IF CA loses a US Rep seat and an Electoral College vote, THEN the gerrymander MONSTERS from Hell in the CA gerrymander legislature may likely change the write-in stuff at least.
Demo Rep:
“IF CA loses a US Rep seat and an Electoral College vote, THEN the gerrymander MONSTERS from Hell…”
Don’t get exactly what you mean by the above statement, but assume you do.