People in moldy Victorians vote alike
Any newcomer to the Point suspects at a glance that we vote liberal. And many Pointers themselves like to think the community is a little bit different. So each time an election's vote tallies come out, it's interesting to see how our votes correlate with nearby counties and thereby express our "different" values.
One thing is for sure: Pointers and residents of Brickyard Cove are different breeds.
Here are highlights of the October 7 results.
On whether Gray Davis should have been recalled, our vote was most similar to San Francisco's. We voted 76 percent against it, compared with SF's 79 percent. Brickyard Cove voted 65 percent against the recall.
Brickyard Cove's vote for a replacement governor was also different. Arnold got 30 percent while in the Point he got a more fitting 18 percent, which compared well with SF's 17 percent.
In fact, the only measure in which the Point broke with SF was in voter turnout. In the Point, 75 percent voted while just 59 percent did in SF. The only San Francisco districts to break 70 percent were Noe Valley, Upper Market/Eureka and Diamond Heights.
Could it be that paint in some of Brickyard's condos hasn't cured? Or is Victorian mold getting into our brains?
By the way, I'd like to thank George in the Contra Costa County Elections Department. (Workers there don't give last names.)
| State | County | Point | Brickyard Cove | Marin Co. | San Francisco | Alameda Co. | ||||||
| Recall | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 53% | 42% | 232 | 23% | 117 | 34% | 35050 | 32% | 52177 | 19% | 126713 | 30% |
| No | 43% | 55% | 770 | 76% | 226 | 65% | 72806 | 67% | 212763 | 79% | 295556 | 70% |
| Governor | ||||||||||||
| Schwarzenenegger | 45% | 35% | 182 | 18% | 103 | 30% | 31321 | 29% | 44665 | 17% | 98461 | 23% |
| Bustamante | 29% | 35% | 547 | 54% | 151 | 43% | 46784 | 43% | 149237 | 55% | 205643 | 49% |
| Huffington | 1% | 1% | 10 | 1% | 7 | 2% | 9955 | 9% | 2780 | 1% | 3214 | 1% |
| McClintock | 12% | 13% | 81 | 8% | 25 | 7% | 1204 | 1% | 13694 | 5% | 39776 | 9% |
| Camejo | 3% | 3% | 90 | 9% | 22 | 6% | 5539 | 5% | 14950 | 6% | 19289 | 5% |
| Prop 53 Infrastructure YES | 32% | 36% | 327 | 32% | 134 | 38% | 33173 | 30% | 75020 | 28% | 131890 | 31% |
| Prop 53Infrastructure NO | 56% | 53% | 570 | 56% | 189 | 54% | 64118 | 59% | 149061 | 55% | 255074 | 60% |
| Prop 54 Class by race... YES | 33% | 32% | 242 | 24% | 100 | 29% | 31948 | 29% | 48359 | 18% | 99280 | 24% |
| Prop 54 Class by race... NO | 59% | 61% | 696 | 68% | 236 | 68% | 69966 | 64% | 195989 | 73% | 310276 | 73% |
| turnout | 60% | 65% | 1351 | 75% | 431 | 81% | 143262 | 76% | 454929 | 59% | 642,416 | 66% |