This reminder of how elections play out in Democrat-controlled California is excerpted fFrom Andy Caldwell’s article for californiaglobe.com:
Mayor Karen Bass is the first mayor in 21 years that didn’t win outright in June. Spencer Pratt was the first Republican in a very long time that was consistently polling high enough to force a run off.
But a funny thing happened after the polls closed. A Los Angeles councilwoman by the name of Nithya V. Raman, soared to second place in a very startling fashion.
Raman is a Democratic Socialist, often characterized as the West Coast Mamdani. However, the Democratic Socialists didn’t endorse her in this race. Raman also waited until the last minute, just hours before the deadline, to enter the race and that was after she had already endorsed Bass! Moreover, she didn’t win the most votes for mayor from her own constituents in her own city council district. And finally, if that isn’t enough, Raman basically conceded defeat on election night before her supporters.
Well, of course, we no longer have election night in California; we have election month. And, within days of the polls closing, votes came pouring in for Raman in, quite frankly, an unbelievable torrent.
On election night June 2, Mayor Bass had received 37% of the vote, or about 139,000 votes. Pratt had 30% of the vote, at 117,000. Raman? She had 21%, at 79,000 votes.
A few days and updates later, June 7th to be exact, the mayor’s votes had increased to 250,000, a 79% increase. Pratt’s totals went to 193,000, a 70% increase. Raman? She went from 79,000 votes to 196,000 a 148% increase, meaning percentage wise, she garnered about as many votes as Bass and Pratt put together.
By June 8th, Bass was at 276,000. Pratt had 207,000. And Raman had 229,000. All in all, from when the polls closed on June 8th, Raman received a 190% increase in votes. How did she get so popular all of a sudden?
If you believe that is an honest election count, I have a bridge, a unicorn and Bernie Madoff’s stock recommendations for you to put your money into.
End of blog.
