On June 6, California held a special U.S. House election run-off in the 34th district. Here is a link to the California Secretary of State’s web page, showing the votes. The race was between two Democrats. Although not all votes have been counted yet, so far only 32,869 votes are tallied for both of the two candidates (Jimmy Gomez 19,761; Robert Lee Ahn 13,108).
In November 2016, 159,156 votes were cast for this office. The November 2016 race was also between two Democrats, with voters not allowed to vote for anyone else.
The Montana special U.S. House election of May 25, 2017, had a turnout of 383,267 votes. However, to be fair, the Montana U.S. House district has a greater population than any other U.S. House district. In the Montana election, voters had a choice of three parties on the ballot, and write-in space was on the ballot.
In the Kansas special U.S. House election of April 11, 2017, the total vote cast for each of the three candidates on the ballot was 122,594. The Kansas ballot also had write-in space, but no declared write-in filed, so no one can know how many write-ins were cast.
The corrupt ruling Establishment profits from the apathy Top Two creates, which is one reason why I hope it doesn’t spread to all 50 states.
Kamala Harris should have been forced to resign in order to run for another office. This would have eliminated the need for the special election (and the one triggered by it – Gomez is currently an Assembly member).
Richard Winger did not mention that the congressional district was in Los Angeles which is notorious for its low turnout. In 2016, statewide turnout was 73% of voter registration for the presidential race. In CA-34, the turnout was only 60%.
Another persuasive argument against Top Two.