Translate

Monday, July 18, 2016

Who do I vote for?

If I were a voter in Whatcom County, my number one question right now is: "Who do I vote for?"

Come August 3rd, if you eventually find your precinct turnout is low or that falloff is high, the lists below the break taken from the sample ballot might explain why.  PCO elections are not listed here. I am imagining a wave of electoral choices washing over casual or "low information" voters like a rogue wave overwhelming an unaware beach comber. 8/10s of 1% of all ballots have been returned by this morning.

Ballots Mailed: July 13, 2016
Number of Registered Voters: 134,011
Ballots Returned: 1,093
Percentage of Ballots returned: 10:59 AM 7/18/2016
(1093/134011) * 100
[1] 0.816

Number of Candidates:
[1] 98
Number of unique races:
[1] 17
Number of political parties:
[1] 15

Each Race by number of participants:
                                            Race  N
 1:                      U.S. Senator Position 2 17
 2:                                     Governor 11
 3:                          Lieutenant Governor 11
 4:         Superintendent of Public Instruction  9
 5:                 Commissioner of Public Lands  7
 6:                                State Auditor  5
 7:                              State Treasurer  5
 8: U.S. Representative Congressional District 1  5
 9: U.S. Representative Congressional District 2  5
10:  State Representative District 42 Position 1  4
11:  State Representative District 42 Position 2  4
12:                       Insurance Commissioner  3
13:                           Secretary of State  3
14:       State Supreme Court Justice Position 5  3
15:                             Attorney General  2
16:                    State Senator District 40  2
17:  State Representative District 40 Position 1  1
18:  State Representative District 40 Position 2  1



Count of Candidates by party preference:
                            Party     n
1        Prefers Democratic Party    33
2        Prefers Republican Party    23
3                                    12
4       Prefers Libertarian Party    10
5       Prefers Independent Party     7
6      States No Party Preference     4
7          Prefers Citizens Party     1
8      Prefers Conservative Party     1
9    Prefers Fifth Republic Party     1
10         Prefers Holistic Party     1
11   Prefers Lincoln Caucus Party     1
12 Prefers Socialist Worker Party     1
13   Prefers Standupamerica Party     1
14    Prefers System Reboot Party     1
15 Prefers The Human Rights Party     1

Number of political parties in each individual Race (V1):
                                            Race V1
 1:                      U.S. Senator Position 2  9
 2:                                     Governor  6
 3:                          Lieutenant Governor  5
 4:                                State Auditor  4
 5:  State Representative District 42 Position 1  4
 6:  State Representative District 42 Position 2  4
 7: U.S. Representative Congressional District 1  4
 8: U.S. Representative Congressional District 2  4
 9:                 Commissioner of Public Lands  3
10:                       Insurance Commissioner  3
11:                           Secretary of State  3
12:                             Attorney General  2
13:                    State Senator District 40  2
14:                              State Treasurer  2
15:  State Representative District 40 Position 1  1
16:  State Representative District 40 Position 2  1
17:       State Supreme Court Justice Position 5  1
18:         Superintendent of Public Instruction  1

Each Race sorted with number of Candidates from each party:
                                            Race                          Party N
 1:                      U.S. Senator Position 2       Prefers Democratic Party 4
 2:                      U.S. Senator Position 2       Prefers Republican Party 4
 3:                      U.S. Senator Position 2      Prefers Independent Party 3
 4:                      U.S. Senator Position 2 Prefers The Human Rights Party 1
 5:                      U.S. Senator Position 2     Prefers Conservative Party 1
 6:                      U.S. Senator Position 2   Prefers Standupamerica Party 1
 7:                      U.S. Senator Position 2   Prefers Lincoln Caucus Party 1
 8:                      U.S. Senator Position 2      Prefers Libertarian Party 1
 9:                      U.S. Senator Position 2    Prefers System Reboot Party 1
10: U.S. Representative Congressional District 2       Prefers Republican Party 2
11: U.S. Representative Congressional District 2       Prefers Democratic Party 1
12: U.S. Representative Congressional District 2      Prefers Libertarian Party 1
13: U.S. Representative Congressional District 2      Prefers Independent Party 1
14: U.S. Representative Congressional District 1       Prefers Democratic Party 2
15: U.S. Representative Congressional District 1      Prefers Libertarian Party 1
16: U.S. Representative Congressional District 1     States No Party Preference 1
17: U.S. Representative Congressional District 1       Prefers Republican Party 1
18:         Superintendent of Public Instruction                                9
19:                              State Treasurer       Prefers Democratic Party 3
20:                              State Treasurer       Prefers Republican Party 2
21:       State Supreme Court Justice Position 5                                3
22:                    State Senator District 40       Prefers Democratic Party 1
23:                    State Senator District 40       Prefers Republican Party 1
24:  State Representative District 42 Position 2      Prefers Libertarian Party 1
25:  State Representative District 42 Position 2       Prefers Democratic Party 1
26:  State Representative District 42 Position 2      Prefers Independent Party 1
27:  State Representative District 42 Position 2       Prefers Republican Party 1
28:  State Representative District 42 Position 1       Prefers Republican Party 1
29:  State Representative District 42 Position 1      Prefers Libertarian Party 1
30:  State Representative District 42 Position 1       Prefers Democratic Party 1
31:  State Representative District 42 Position 1     States No Party Preference 1
32:  State Representative District 40 Position 2       Prefers Democratic Party 1
33:  State Representative District 40 Position 1       Prefers Democratic Party 1
34:                                State Auditor       Prefers Democratic Party 2
35:                                State Auditor     States No Party Preference 1
36:                                State Auditor      Prefers Independent Party 1
37:                                State Auditor       Prefers Republican Party 1
38:                           Secretary of State       Prefers Democratic Party 1
39:                           Secretary of State       Prefers Republican Party 1
40:                           Secretary of State      Prefers Libertarian Party 1
41:                          Lieutenant Governor       Prefers Republican Party 4
42:                          Lieutenant Governor       Prefers Democratic Party 4
43:                          Lieutenant Governor         Prefers Citizens Party 1
44:                          Lieutenant Governor      Prefers Libertarian Party 1
45:                          Lieutenant Governor     States No Party Preference 1
46:                       Insurance Commissioner       Prefers Democratic Party 1
47:                       Insurance Commissioner      Prefers Libertarian Party 1
48:                       Insurance Commissioner       Prefers Republican Party 1
49:                                     Governor       Prefers Democratic Party 4
50:                                     Governor       Prefers Republican Party 3
51:                                     Governor Prefers Socialist Worker Party 1
52:                                     Governor      Prefers Independent Party 1
53:                                     Governor   Prefers Fifth Republic Party 1
54:                                     Governor         Prefers Holistic Party 1
55:                 Commissioner of Public Lands       Prefers Democratic Party 5
56:                 Commissioner of Public Lands      Prefers Libertarian Party 1
57:                 Commissioner of Public Lands       Prefers Republican Party 1
58:                             Attorney General       Prefers Democratic Party 1
59:                             Attorney General      Prefers Libertarian Party 1
                                            Race                          Party N

No comments: