Washington state megathread

[Fuzzybigfoot]

Here's Tim Eyeman's intitiative in my hometown of Bellingham:




Only 51.89% of our electorate voted against in, compared to 53% or so last time. 

I think college students tend to be low-information voters, and low-information liberals seem to vote Yes on Eyman stuff much more often.  You'll notice that the stand-out "Yes" precincts among the "No" are actually the WWU campus and surrounding, student-heavy precincts.  WWU itself wasn't even that close:

245 (Western Washington University): Yes 370, No 260 (59% Yes)
252 (Fairhaven College at WWU): Yes 138, No 113 (55% Yes)

Nice map, by the way!

Thank you 

[Fuzzybigfoot]

And just for the lulz, I also did the gubernatorial, senatorial, and presidential elections:

[Fuzzybigfoot]

After tabulating the precinct results, Obama won WA-10 56.3% to 41.14%, and won WA-6 56.14% to 41.84%.  Very slight republican shifts, as expected. 

[Fuzzybigfoot]

Wait, you mean precinct results?  Already? 

[Fuzzybigfoot]

Hey, since i don't have a program that opens zip files, would someone be nice enough to get Obama's numbers in Washington' 1st, 2nd, 7th, 8th and 9th districts so I can update the map?  Thanks.  

[Fuzzybigfoot]

Hi guys, since this thread has a high concentration of fellow Washington posters, I thought I might leave this little tidbit here:

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Be in awe!!!!

[Fuzzybigfoot]

I really don't remember eating anything really "organic" in the past few months.  The GMO thing will hurt the demand for such things, meaning they'll be cheaper for people like me!     

[Fuzzybigfoot]

Fine. But you've been plenty patronizing.

No, sugarlips, I've been condescending.

Just get a room already.

But it's so indecent!!!

[Fuzzybigfoot]

From my congressional thread:

2014 House elections by county in Washington State



Democrats combined only got 51.6% of the vote statewide.  Pierce County was the bellwether this cycle being 51% Democrat, with Dems getting 68% in King, 56% in Snohomish, and 59% in Thurston.   WA-4 was between two Republicans, which is why you see so many 90%+ GOP counties in the central part of the state and such.   

[Fuzzybigfoot]

Here's a blank precinct map of Whacom County.  I plan on making maps for all the local races.

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Precinct map for the 42nd LD's first house position.  The Incumbent Republican won 52%-40%.

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The difference between Bellingham and Lynden is huge. I wonder if the 42nd is one of the most polarized districts in the state?

Without a doubt.    lol  I just wish it included more of Bellingham.  Obama got a plurality of it's votes last time around, but all of it's legislators are Republicans.  Redistricting after the 2010 wave certainly helped them.

[Fuzzybigfoot]

The only two counties that voted for McGovern in '72 went for Trump by 5%+ each (Grey's Harbor and Pacific).  If Kurt Cobain wasn't spinning in his grave before, he is now. 

[Fuzzybigfoot]

With only about 4,000 ballots left to count, here are the precinct results for Whatcom County.



                  Clinton    Trump       (MOV)            

Bellingham: 72.28%-19.63%  (52.65%)  

Ferndale:     45.50%-45.59%  (5 votes, lol)

Blaine:         49.20%-44.10%  (5.10%)

Lynden:       69.01%-24.52%  (44.49%)



Trump might be the only Republican in US history to get less than 20% of the vote in Bellingham.  It's too bad she's losing Ferndale by 5 votes out of over 5,000 total, but she's still winning the 42nd LD by about 2%.

I'm not surprised to see the smaller towns like Kendall and Custer swing hard towards Trump, considering their large percentage of low-income whites.  Likewise, it's also worth mentioning that the Northeast precinct by lake Whatcom went from being +10% Romeny to +15% Clinton, due to it's abundance of affluent whites who absolutely despise Trump.    

Also, lol at Trump for failing to hit 70% in Lynden.  

[Fuzzybigfoot]

Did Hillary end up winning Walla Walla?  I heard she was leading at some point before all the votes were counted.