by Alan Miller
A small, odd and wonderful group gathered Sunday in the mid-day and discussed the twelve state propositions and two local measures. We’re a bit low on pancake power this year, so a ‘zine may or may not be in the works. We at least wanted to share the stats from our straw poll, shown below. Our straw poll results on the local measures are particularly interesting — as Pancakes & Politics goes, so goes the City?
Our group was varied enough that if it’s unanimous, you can probably trust to follow our recommendation blindly. However, we were split on several, so you might want to do some further research. Ballotpedia & Calmatters are great, and this table of recommendations helps:
https://tinyurl.com/2020electionrecs
Enjoy perusing our poll, and drink real maple syrup by the gallon.
— Johnny Pancake
Prop. 14 – Cells with Stems
Yes – 6
No – 2
Abstain – 2
Prop. 15 – Tax on Commercials
Yes – 10
No – 0
Abstain – 0
Prop. 16 – Affirming the Affirmative
Yes – 6
No – 2
Abstain – 1
Prop. 17 – Voters on Parole
Yes – 9
No – 0
Abstain – 0
Prop. 18 – Primarily Young Voters
Yes – 8
No – 1
Abstain – 0
Prop. 19 – Seniors Happy / Inheritors Bummed
Yes – 9
No – 0
Abstain – 0
Prop. 20 – Recriminalization
Yes – 1
No – 5
Abstain – 0
Prop. 21 – Rent Control II – Try, Try Again
Yes – 2
No – 4
Abstain – 0
Prop. 22 – Giggidy in the Economy
Yes – 2
No – 7
Abstain – 0
Prop. 23 – Sidney Stole my Kidney
Yes – 2
No – 7
Abstain – 1
Prop. 24 – Private Privacy
Yes – 1
No – 10
Abstain – 0
Prop. 25 – Cash Bail Double Reverse Switcheroo
Yes – 7
No – 0
Abstain – 0
LOCAL ISSUE PERFECT SPLITS!!!
Measure B – DISC-O
Yes – 4
No – 4
Abstain – 2
Measure D – J,R Revisited
Yes – 4
No – 4
Abstain – 2
Based on this polling, CBS, NBC, and ABC have just called the results of the vote on California’s statewide ballot propositions.
They’ve declared Measures B and D “too close to call.”
Well played, EG
Sunday, Alan? I must be in a time warp…
That said, thank you for the invite via DV, I know at least one person, personally, that it was their first time, thoroughly enjoyed the polite, often well informed, honest interaction, with nearly nil ‘over-talk, and no need for a buzzer…
Refreshing… looking forward to a future invite…
Kudos to Johnny Pancake, and all the helpers who made it happen… Bravo/Brava…
Correct about the time warp.
I know, shocking that a group from varying sides of the political spectrum and somewhat largely culled from Vanguard commenters could be so profoundly open and civil. There is hope for us/US yet . . . .
Thanks for showing up, was good to make your acquaintance on-line, and I agree it went very well. Hopefully, next election, in person 😉
Alan… sidebar… Prop 18…
Something I forgot to bring up… 16– yr olds can be poll-workers, w/ > 2.5 GPA & having parent/school permission… reminds me of the pre-1972 argument re: votig age; if they are old enough to be drafted/go to war, why shouldn’t they be allowed to vote [18 yr-olds]?
The group only had one dissent on that…