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How can California be leaning Republican for governor? (Original Post)
sinkingfeeling
Nov 2018
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Celerity
(43,382 posts)1. if the year was 1960 maybe, lolol
msongs
(67,406 posts)2. leaned too far and fell over...came up blue lol nt
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)3. New York Times shows it as leaning red and Cox as head.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)15. I think you are misunderstanding what they are saying. All that means is that a few red areas
reported first. They aren't saying that it looks like a GOP pickup.
Merlot
(9,696 posts)4. 3% of precincts reporting
even CA has red spots.
helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)5. Arnold S. was governor. Nt
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,790 posts)8. Most governors were Republicans there for a long time
Blue California is a relatively recent concept.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)6. A tiny handful of votes have been counted.
Cox has zero chance of winning. Less than zero.
Brother Buzz
(36,434 posts)7. 2% of the vote tallied
Patience, young grasshopper
obamanut2012
(26,076 posts)9. THey've already called it for Gavin
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)10. SMFH
The media has already called it for Feinstein and Newsom.
https://abc7.com/politics/newsom-wins-ca-governors-race-over-cox/4635024/
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)13. NYtimes hasn't.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)19. I called it for Newsom at 8:40 PST.
I bet I'm right.
still_one
(92,190 posts)11. Newsom is the proected Governor.
David__77
(23,404 posts)12. California consistently leans Republican in early returns.
LA and the Bay Area comes in and it will be Newsom in a landslide.
Wounded Bear
(58,656 posts)14. How can you believe that is true?
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)17. Not watching on TV. Was it using NYTimes site which just
changed it from leaning red to leaning blue... haven't called either the Senate nor governor races.
Wounded Bear
(58,656 posts)18. Have to be careful with those "real time" reporting sites...
they can fluctuate a lot in the early counts.
Raine
(30,540 posts)16. I thought that MSNBC had called it for Newsom
maybe they were too soon.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)20. He might get to 60