If poll is accurate, Kerry may win California by 2.1 million votes

[WI_DEM]

In 2000, Al Gore won California by 11-points , 5,861,203 to Bush's 4,567,429--a huge win.

However, a new LA Times poll of California gives Kerry a giganic lead of 58-40 percent, if this holds up and I think at least 12 million people will vote in California, reflecting a bigger turnout than in 2000, this is what the two party vote would look like there:

Kerry: 6,960,000
Bush: 4,800,000

A Kerry victory of over 2.1 million popular votes which would be a big part of the national popular vote and overcome many Bush wins in smaller "red" states. In fact, I think the whole Leftcoast (Ca, Or, Wa) will be stronger for Kerry than for Gore in 2000.

[Kikosexy2]

1. Calif...

is very Kerry! Not even Gov. Gropenfurhrer can save Chimpenfurhrer.

[nine30]

2. Unfortunately it won't help with the electoral vote.

[billyoc]

4. EC is in the bag

You heard it here first. Kerry by 100 Electoral votes. But a 2 million vote margin in Cali just adds to the mandate to rid the world of the neocon menace.

[tedoll78]

3. I hope not.

I want Kerry's popular vote margin to come from swing states.. not deep blue states. We want Bush's states to be deep, deep, deep red. Kerry's should be blue, but not too blue..

[pmbryant]

5. "Not too blue"?

I have no clue why you would want that.

:shrug:

Peter

[tedoll78]

7. Okay..

As an example..

If Kerry is polling such that he's getting around 105 million votes, I'd rather 1 million be his lead in California and have that other million distributed among the other 49 states. Mathematically, every excess vote in California would be for nothing; I'd rather see those votes gained in other states.

Just me being weird. I love it when a state is deep blue, but I'm being over-analytical about things these days.

[demosincebirth]

6. Are we smarter out here?

[loudsue]

8. Yep. Plenty of sunshine....Vitamin "D", you know!

The "D"emocratic vitamin!!!

:kick::kick::kick:

[idiosyncratic]

9. John Kerry got my vote this time . . .

I've almost always voted for the Independent candidates, and since it wasn't going to affect the Electoral College outcome in California, I voted for Nader in 2000.

I've lost all respect for him. He will never get another vote from me (since he will probably be running again in four years, and in eight years, and twelve years from now . . . ). :eyes:

I already voted FOR John Kerry!! :7

[naufragus]

10. a win is a win

whether its 2 votes or 2 million.. the chimperor can have the pop vote for all i care. election is only about 3 states