CPRM, Pt 2: AL (RO) 7/17; GA (RO) 7/24; TN 8/2; 274K ballots left in CA

[Bacon King]

In terms of two candidate preferred, California 10 ended up as a comfortable win for the Democrats (around 55-45% 17,500-14,500) while California 39 was a blow out.

what do you mean by "two candidate preferred" and where are you getting those numbers?

[Bacon King]

In terms of two candidate preferred, California 10 ended up as a comfortable win for the Democrats (around 55-45% 17,500-14,500) while California 39 was a blow out.

what do you mean by "two candidate preferred" and where are you getting those numbers?

Hrm, they must have counted a lot more votes since I last checked.

Rather than looking at all the votes for all the candidates, 'two candidate preferred' means only the candidates in question are looked at (so the Democrat who came in second and the leading Republican.) So this:

Josh Harder: 20,010, 54.2%
Ted Howze: 16,902, 45.8%

https://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/us-rep/district/10

I'm still confused by your wording but based on your example I think I understand - you're not talking about the election as a whole, but only looking at the 'race' for the second runoff slot, and only comparing the votes of 2nd and 3rd place?

If so that makes sense I think. I'm just used to "two party preferred" as the term is used in Australia, and assumed you meant something similar here (which in California would probably be comparing the total number of Democrat votes with Democrat votes.