The election is a few days away, so let's have a little fun predicting the results. For each proposition, pick "over" or "under" the number I offer. We'll post results sometime late Tuesday or sometime Wednesday.
Submit your predictions before the first printouts!
(sorry, neighbor-island peeps. if you would like to post some over/under lines for your own county charters, please do!)
- Voter turnout.
Registered voters who cast ballots in the 2006 General Election: 42%.
- Governor.
Of votes cast for either Linda Lingle or Randall Iwase, percent cast for Lingle: 67%.
- U.S. Senate.
Of total votes (not counting blank votes), percent cast for Dan Akaka: 75%.
- U.S. House of Representatives, 2nd District.
Of votes cast for either Mazie Hirono or Bob Hogue, percent cast for Hirono: 58%.
- U.S. House of Representatives, 1st District.
Of votes cast for either Neil Abercrombie or Richard Hough, percent cast for Hough: 20%.
- State House of Representatives.
Number of Republican seats when the dust settles: 10 (currently, there are 10 Republican and 41 Democrats with 2 Republicans running unopposed).
- State House of Representatives.
Of 41 incumbents on the general ballot, number who will lose their seats: 5 (note that some incumbents lost in the primary election; this number is for the incumbents still in the running).
- State Board of Education.
Of votes cast for either John Penebacker or Kris DeRego, percent cast for DeRego: 13%.
- State Constitution.
Of 5 proposed amendments, number that will pass: 2.5.
- State Constitution.
Of 5 proposed amendments, number that will agree with Perry and Price's recommendations (they have advised listeners to vote yes, yes, no, no, no): 3.5.
- County of Honolulu Charter.
Of 11 proposed amendments, number that will pass: 5.
Submit your predictions before the first printouts!
(sorry, neighbor-island peeps. if you would like to post some over/under lines for your own county charters, please do!)
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