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It should be interesting...
to watch the coverage of the midterm elections. Still unsure of the gubernatorial race here but it appears as though Fallin will have a strong finish and therefore may take the seat. I still find it a bit daunting looking at the national polling, the media seems to think that the Republicans will take back the house.
Anyone watching the coverage tonight? Has anyone voted yet? My answer is yes to both questions.
Re: It should be interesting...
I live in a little liberal bubble. I seriously don't know (and by "know", I'm including people I follow on twitter and FB friends) a single person who has stated they are voting for Fallin, so the 99.8% surprises me. I guess it shouldn't though.
I wonder if its an age thing? Everyone I know is voting for Fallin.
I am not voting until 6:45 this evening so..I am still researching.
Maybe. I think it's an area thing in Stillwater - Jari's pretty popular, so most of my friends are voting for her. And, her hometown is 20 minutes from my hometown, so that's all I've been hearing. Sure that's probably not the sentiment everywhere though.
I do think that like-minded individuals tend to be friends and vote the same. However, many of my friends are staunch republicans and some are moderates. We all agree that this particular election may not be as heartily republican won as pundits have stated.
I know mainly Jari Askins supporters but in stating that, I know republicans that are voting for her. Which is not a huge surprise to me as Askins is a moderate and appeals to their social side.
I will say that my town seems to lean towards Fallin. I can't say I really had super strong feelings one way or the other. In talking to neighbors and whatnot is seems like Fallin is the pick for my area.
There was a parade a few weeks ago in Yukon and Fallin actually walked in the parade and got many cheers. When Askins car came down the road it was not such a big deal but she wasn't there so that probably had something to do with that.
For the stats geeks among us, there's a pretty interesting series on the blog about how he can make sure certain predictions (and why we can't trust our guts when it comes to things like elections.) I've actually been thinking about assigning it to students.
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/the-uncanny-accuracy-of-polling-averages-part-i-why-you-cant-trust-your-gut/
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/the-uncanny-accuracy-of-polling-averages-part-2-what-the-numbers-say/
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/the-uncanny-accuracy-of-polling-averages-part-3-this-time-its-different/
Age could be on factor. I work mainly with middle-aged males, and they were all voting for Fallin. Of course, they're all pretty conservative, particularly fiscally.