Thursday, November 10, 2005
Special Electiown3d
The Daily Cal tries to analyze elections. Act I:
"Some folks spent a lot of money on the election to make sure everything lost. Now that everything lost, they say that it was a waste of money because everything lost."
The logic sort of hurts my brain. Why should we even care if folks spent $400 million pushing their goals? That "price tag" hardly counts for most people. The $50 million government price tag actually matters, but that's just not as sexy-sounding.
This story reminds me of something I've noticed. All those supporters of 79-80 are still including their defeat in their claims of victory.
Finally, in the credit-claiming department:
"I considered the election a huge success. I'm incredibly proud of all of the work that all students have done," said Taylor Allbright, co-founder of the coalition. "In Alameda County it was overwhelmingly defeated, and I believe that we can attribute some of that success to the efforts of UC Berkeley students."
If it wasn't for the efforts of the student folk, Berkeley would totally have voted for Prop 73. Yup yup.
The proposition was met with a small fan base in Alameda County, where it gathered just 31 percent of the vote.
Having a third of a city as your fan base is not small. Even having a tenth of a city (which is where I think we end up after accounting for registration and turnout) as your fan base is not small. Just ask any performer.
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