The maps below show how I-1100 (liquor privatization, top) and I-1098 (Democrats' income tax proposal, below) fared by legislative district. Green=won, red=lost, the darker the color, the more extreme the win/loss.
The Democrats' income tax proposal lost big everywhere, except for the 5 Seattle districts. I-1053, Eyman's 2/3 majority for tax increases, was its exact mirror image (map). I-1107, the candy/soda tax repeal, was similar to I-1053, but also lost in Olympia and some Seattle suburbs (map)
I-1082 (BIAW's worker's comp privatization) (map) and I-1105 (distributor's spoiler liquor privatization) (map) lost in every district.
I-1100 showed the most regional diversity, winning 12 districts in greater Puget Sound. A capable campaign in all media markets probably could have won. An improved policy proposal promoted by an effective statewide campaign should have a clear shot.
I-1100
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I-1098
People need to be educated on liquor. It's not dangerous; it's part of our history. For hundreds of years, it was how farmers perserved the portion of the crop they couldn't bring to market. They also need an education on the initiative. We need to show that privatizing liquor will actually reduce problems. Nobody wants winos running through their stores. The state can't refuse customers the way private stores can. Private stores aren't interested in selling bottom shelf stuff with minimal markup if it means dealing with trouble customers.
The result of liquor privatization will produce the same result it has in every other state where it's tried. Better selection of better products. I think we also need to emphasize how much money is lost to out of state sales because the bureaucratic liquor store clerks can't service the simplest requests nor can the stores compete on price.
Posted by: anthonw on March 25, 2011 08:39 AMI took the district-level election returns from the Secretary of State
http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/osos/en/PreviousElections/2010/general/Data/Pages/default.aspx
District maps in KML from the Legislature's GIS server
http://maps.leg.wa.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services/LegDistricts/MapServer/generatekml
I wrote a script to create the final KML from the source based on voting results and loaded it into Google Earth.
Posted by: Stefan Sharkansky on March 25, 2011 03:24 PMBut that means being silent on all social issues including abortion, homosexuality, marijuana and so on.
Posted by: John Bailo on March 25, 2011 03:49 PMResponsibility to Protect
Posted by: CnR on March 25, 2011 07:44 PMHmm. According to Wikipedia it means:
a norm or set of principles based on the idea that sovereignty is not a privilege, but a responsibility. RtoP focuses on preventing and halting four crimes: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsibility_to_protect
You tell us, ma'am. What does this mean in the context of the maps I posted?
Posted by: Stefan Sharkansky on March 25, 2011 09:16 PMBut, I doubt you would write anything like that because I highly doubt that would ever happen.
I know the Democrats hate America. But now I am wondering about the Republicans if they can't stand up on an issue so serious.
I am not pro-war. I am pro-America. Which means I support wars that are in America's interests. We don't get our oil from Libya. The people we are helping are the same group of people who brought down the towers on 9-11. The leader of the Libyan rebel forces fought against the US in Afghanistan until he was captured in 2002. He also admitted that his fighters have Al-Qaeda links.
Congress hasn't even been consulted!
But yeah, go worry about your Kahlua.
Posted by: CnR on March 25, 2011 10:14 PM