Newsom's win was actually much bigger than people are reporting.

[Bleacher Creature]

Link to tweet

The number you'll see for @larryelder will be 45%—but that's of votes cast on Question 2, which almost half the electorate left blank. He's got only 24.6% of the total votes cast, compared to 65% for @GavinNewsom remaining governor. That's a bloodbath, worse even than Cox in 2018.

[viva la]

2. What does leaving it blank mean?

Would that be people who voted NO and didn't want any of the GOP aholes?

[Bleacher Creature]

3. Question 1 was whether to recall Newsom

Question 2 was who should replace Newsom. Dems in CA told people to leave the second one blank, to show that it was Newsom or no one.

[brooklynite]

4. No, Newsom's win was exactly the same....

Elder's LOSS was far worse.

[Bleacher Creature]

13. Fair point. NT

[Celerity]

25. Simple wat to explain how poorly Elder did

Let's say the final totals on yes or no on recall are

62% No
38% Yes

and on Q 2

Elder wins 51% of that vote


that means only

19.38% of ALL voters wanted Elder as Governor

[CrispyQ]

6. It would be nice if the "liberal" media would take a few minutes & explain this. -nt

[SheltieLover]

7. Headlines calling it a "landslide"

[FakeNoose]

8. MSNBC kept saying it was "too soon to call" last night

They finally called it for Newsom around midnight last night, but the numbers and percentages never changed. From the time they first started reporting the vote counts - until they finally called it - the percentages were 60-something% for "No" (favoring Newsom) and 30-something% for "Yes" (favoring Elder). It was never even close, from what I saw last night.

[Tommymac]

11. The Networks were milking ratings. It was called online about 10 minutes after polls closed

[dickthegrouch]

12. NBC called it in the middle of the AGT final performances /nt

Amerka’s Got Talent for the furriners 🙄

[BradAllison]

20. No

They said it was "too early to call". There is a difference.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

9. Mmmmmmm....Bloodbath.

[Jon King]

10. Elder will likely be their candidate in the next year's election.

With no other candidates on the ballot, he will do better than 24.6% of course. Likely around 67-33 when he is head to head solo with Newsom.

[LiberalFighter]

17. Do you think he will win the primary?

[haele]

18. California has a Jungle Primary. He probably won't make top 2.

He just had better media for the recall, but the recall was pushed by Q -publicans, not really the entire GOP. A normal election is going to have a wider range on GOP candidates that might attract more centerist "non-affiliated" voters and moderate GOP members who have been sitting out some elections because they couldn't handle the radical right.

We are just as likely to see two Democrats running for governor.

Haele

[AlexSFCA]

14. news networks must be disappointed: not much to cover

no drama

[Kingofalldems]

15. Kick this one for Trump's secret pals.

They're quite spicy today.

[orangecrush]

16. Future Trumo endorsements

Should be made from a cell.

[Blue Owl]

19. K&R

[Johonny]

21. 538 before election day pointed out

head to head the replacement candidates polled incredibly poorly against Newsom.

None are viable 2022 candidates. There are no viable GOP candidates inside California. The national party his killed the state party.

[AdamGG]

22. The Cali recall law is idiotic

If someone is duly elected to a 4 year term, barring impeachable offenses, they have the right to serve it. The threshold for the percent of Californians that need to sign a recall petition to undo the previous majority and force an additional election is absurdly low. California needs a ballot initiative to abolish their recall procedure. Theoretically, Newsom could have lost by getting 49% on question 1 on whether he should be removed and then Elder could have gotten 45% of the vote on question 2 and Elder would have won, 45% to 49%. Dumb law.

[stopdiggin]

29. it's worse than that

Elder could have 'won' with any sort of PLURALITY -- just for giggles we'll say 24% (but it could have been 15 or even 12)

So Newsom's 49.9% 'NO' vote on question #1 loses to Elder's 24% vote on question #2.

No primary, no run off - no head to head - no majority vote ... It's completely ridiculous and insane!

[UTUSN]

23. K&R

[nekipa1212]

24. Gavin Newson survived the recall but Gray Davis did not.

Was it because of Arnold Schwarzenegger.?

[temporary311]

26. Newsom's approval rating was more than 2x what Davis had.

Mid 50s vs low 20s.

[C Moon]

28. The GOP managed to blame Gray Davis for the Enron crime ring (electricity crisis).

They caught the Dems off guard with their crime ring, and used Schwarzenegger's star status on top of that to woo voters.
Schwarzenegger's an ahole for joining in. Can't stand the guy.

[C Moon]

27. The GOP is always looking for another Reagan.

They were hoping Elder would be another, but that guy hit the starting blocks sounding like a nut.

I see Elder has a show on tv. I guess the GOP is getting ready for the next Gubernatorial with him.
That guy is creepy. I'll bet he even had a COVID vaccine, and wore a mask to avoid getting sick—but like the lowest filth on earth, he doesn't want anyone else to do that.

[Martin68]

30. There are twice as many Democrats as Republicans in California. nt