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Chespirito said:
Im skeptical of college kids actually getting out to vote

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Chespirito said:
Im skeptical of college kids actually getting out to vote

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That is when people are actually politically very active, and especially so about marijuana and other social issues.

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Chespirito said:
Im skeptical of college kids actually getting out to vote

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That is when people are actually politically very active, and especially so about marijuana and other social issues.

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ehhh, not so. College kids don't vote very well. Once people start voting they tend to keep voting, which almost guarantees students will be outnumbered, even as a %

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California's tax and regulate marijuana legalization initiative, Proposition 19, is trailing in two more polls, adding to a run of disappointing poll results as election day draws near. According to the Talking Points Memo Polltracker, five separate polls in the past week have Prop 19 losing by an average of 50.3% to 42.6%. (A Yes on 19 internal poll not included in the Polltracker has the measure ahead 45% to 42%.)

A SurveyUSA poll released Wednesday had the measure trailing 44% to 46%, well with the poll's 4% margin of error. As SurveyUSA put it, "not yet enough breathing room for 'No' to be considered a clear favorite, but enough of a 'Yes' erosion for backers to be gravely concerned."

A CNN/Time poll released Tuesday was worse. It had Prop 19 losing 53% to 45%, with a +/-3.5% margin of error, among likely voters. (The numbers were slightly better for registered voters, 51% to 47%). The measure trailed among both men (46%) and women (44%) and whites (42%) and non-whites (49%). Only among liberals (76%), voters under 50 (57%), Democrats (55%), and the San Francisco Bay area (55%) was Prop 19 polling a majority.

The CNN/Time poll measured responses from 1,328 registered voters and 888 likely voters. The poll was conducted by phone interview.

The SurveyUSA poll is worrisome because a series of SurveyUSA polls as recent as October 18 had Prop 19 winning, but it does hold some faint glimmers of hope. It measured both likely and actual voters—early voting has been going on for several weeks now—and it also polled cell phone users. Among people who only had cell phones, Prop 19 led, 48% to 36%. It also led among people who rarely vote in mid-term elections, 53% to 39%. And it led among people who had not yet voted, 45% to 42%, while trailing among those had already voted, 43% to 54%.

Those poll finding suggest that the initiative could still emerge victorious if it can get the young and tech-savvy and the "unlikely voters" who may be motivated by the issue to actually get out and vote. Prop 19 and its allies have been whipping their get out the vote campaign hard, and this week's million dollar infusion  courtesy of George Soros may still give it the oomph to get over the final hurdle on Tuesday.

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Rhapsode said:
you're overdoing it with doin' thangs, don't kill that shit :scared:

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Rhapsode said:
i cannot believe the amount of stupidity i've seen in interpreting this issue.

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