[Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [GPCA-CC] Proposition Trivia Questions]

[Gerry Gras]

FYI,

Gerry

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [GPCA-CC] Proposition Trivia Questions
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 03:11:54 -0800
From: Gerry Gras <gerrygras at earthlink.net>
Reply-To: GPCA Coordinating Committee <gpca-cc at marla.cagreens.org>
To: GPCA Coordinating Committee <gpca-cc at marla.cagreens.org>
CC: Mike Feinstein <mfeinstein at feinstein.org>


(Based on SoS results as of 1:14 AM)

NOTE: I did this by viewing the maps for all the propositions,
and the tables for the counties, not by using any special software,
so there might be human errors.

Results available at:

      http://vote2005.ss.ca.gov/Returns/prop/00.htm


1) Which counties voted the opposite of all other counties on
     at least one proposition?

     - San Francisco was the only county to vote Yes on 80, (re Energy).

     - Imperial was the only county to vote Yes on 78 (Drug companies
       prescription discount proposal).

2) Which counties voted the opposite of the state the most,
     (which is the same as asking which counties voted Yes the most,
     because the state said No to everything)?

     These 4 counties voted Yes to 5 propositions, namely 73-77:
     - Sutter
     - Placer
     - El Dorado
     - Orange

3) Which counties voted the same as the state the most,
     (which is the same as asking which counties voted No the most)?

     These counties voted No on all 8 propositions:
     - Del Norte
     - Humboldt
     - Trinity
     - Mendocino
     - Lake
     - Sonoma
     - Napa
     - Yolo
     - Sacramento
     - Solano
     - Marin
     - Contra Costa
     - Alameda
     - San Mateo
     - Santa Clara
     - Santa Cruz
     - San Benito
     - Monterey
     - Los Angeles

4) Which counties voted most consistently with the GPCA,
     (i.e. No on 73, 74, 75, 76, and 78, and Yes on 79)?
     (GPCA took no position on 77 and 80)

     - Alpine and San Francisco get perfect scores

     - all the counties listed in #3 miss out on only 1 proposition,
       # 79

5) Which counties voted most consistently the opposite of the GPCA,
     (i.e Yes on 73, 74, 75, 76, and 78, and No on 79)?

     These counties get 5 differences, namely 73-76, and 79:
     - Colusa
     - Sutter
     - Placer
     - El Dorado
     - Orange

     These counties get 4 differences, namely 73-75, and 79:
     - Amador
     - Calaveras
     - Fresno
     - Glenn
     - Inyo
     - Kern
     - Madera
     - Mariposa
     - Modoc
     - Plumas
     - Riverside
     - San Diego
     - Shasta
     - Sierra
     - Siskiyou
     - Tehama
     - Tulare
     - Tuolomne
     - Ventura
     - Yuba

6) Which counties are in between the counties listed in Q4 and Q5?
     - Butte - 3 differences, (73, 75, 79)
     - Imperial - 2 differences, (73, 78)
     - Kings - 3 differences, (73, 75, 79)
     - Lassen - 2 differences, (73, 79)
     - Merced - 2 differences, (73, 79)
     - Mono - 2 differences (75, 79)
     - Nevada - 3 differences (74, 75, 79)
     - San Bernardino - 3 differences (73, 75, 79)
     - San Joaquin - 2 differences (73, 79)
     - San Luis Obispo - 3 differences (74, 75, 79)
     - Santa Barbara - 2 differences (75, 79)
     - Stanislaus - 3 differences, (73, 75, 79)


To summarise the counts:

# diffs, # counties
     0          2
     1         19
     2          6
     3          6
     4         20
     5          5
     6          0

On average, if you consider all counties equal, the
state agrees with the GPCA a little bit more than
it disagrees, but not much.

On the other hand, if you count all individuals
equal, then the state agrees with GPCA on 5
propositions, disagrees on 1.


Gerry

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