Lowest Turnout Expected for Statewide Vote

S.F. Chronicle reports: “A record low 34 percent of California’s 15.6 million eligible voters are expected to cast ballots in today’s statewide election, which includes the Democratic primary battle for governor and a host of other closely followed state and local contests.”

That would be the lowest turnout since the Field Poll began making pre-election turnout estimates in 1946, said Mark DiCamillo, the poll’s director. The previous low was 34.6 percent in 2002.

“At best, the turnout for gubernatorial primaries is poor, and this one seems as if it’s going to be very poor,” said DiCamillo. “We’re expecting the lowest of the lowest.”

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  2. Carlos Says:

    They may be expecting only 34% of the eligible voters to turn out, but how many illegals and cemetary voters will there be? The curse of the Kennedy/Chicago ‘60 vote has spread to the whole nation, it seems. And now Bobby, Jr. is going to expose how the Republicrats stole the 2004 election!

    Good Lord, will they ever get over it?

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