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Sympthsical

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24. It wouldn't be impossible for Steyer to come back
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 08:59 PM
8 hrs ago

But, eh, I'm not sure how likely it is. He'd have to outperform Hilton in the remaining vote by about 11% to overtake him (I did some napkin math with the remaining 4 million votes).

So, again, not impossible. But there would have to be a giant chunk of overwhelmingly Democratic votes who also waited and voted for Steyer in the end. And while I and many others I know did exactly that, what we political junkies do and what your run of the mill voter do are frequently unaligned.

The average voter is really rather tedious and predictable.

But we'll see.

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Why isn't it good? Math is as expected and favors Dem nominee in Nov. blm 10 hrs ago #1
Just wish it would have been someone else...... a kennedy 10 hrs ago #6
Truly UpInArms 10 hrs ago #8
Right. Te only way this works for the Guardians of Pedophiles Bluetus 7 hrs ago #40
Exactly. It looks like the perfect scenario for Dems Bluetus 8 hrs ago #31
"We can do to California what Trump did to the White House!" struggle4progress 10 hrs ago #2
Seriously?? leftieNanner 10 hrs ago #3
Hope so.....and yah, there were at least 60. a kennedy 10 hrs ago #9
And the majority of them were Bettie 8 hrs ago #16
It says something about Newsom's viability. Frasier Balzov 10 hrs ago #4
Please explain. mr715 8 hrs ago #18
Why is a Republican leading in an at-large primary? Frasier Balzov 8 hrs ago #25
It is a jungle primary, and the democratic vote is split 8 ways mr715 8 hrs ago #27
That's quite an inferential leap. Nt spooky3 8 hrs ago #28
that's not how math works Renew Deal 8 hrs ago #29
No, republican is leading because democrats split the vote. LisaL 8 hrs ago #32
You know how popular my governor is? Lifeafter70 8 hrs ago #38
But reelected with a smaller margin than his first win. Frasier Balzov 7 hrs ago #39
Newsom's biggest weakness as a presidential candidate is simply being from California fujiyamasan 7 hrs ago #42
This is good news. senseandsensibility 10 hrs ago #5
So hope you're right. a kennedy 10 hrs ago #10
Only 55% of the votes have been counted. Later votes will skew Democratic. chia 10 hrs ago #7
Not to mention Porter, Mahan and other Democats karynnj 10 hrs ago #11
It wouldn't be impossible for Steyer to come back Sympthsical 8 hrs ago #24
I won't start paying attention until Friday. haele 9 hrs ago #12
FWIW, myself and a good chunk of people I know NoveltySocks 8 hrs ago #13
Yes.....don't want him to even think he'd have a chance. a kennedy 8 hrs ago #33
California is generally a 60/40 Dem/Rep state Sympthsical 8 hrs ago #14
*fingers crossed* a kennedy 8 hrs ago #19
Yes, we saw this in 2024 fujiyamasan 7 hrs ago #41
Seriously? LisaL 8 hrs ago #15
Yup, you're right, silly me, reading clickbait headlines eh?? a kennedy 8 hrs ago #22
Hilton being in the lead is meaningless LetMyPeopleVote 8 hrs ago #17
Damn right..... a kennedy 8 hrs ago #20
Exactly. LisaL 8 hrs ago #21
*thumbs up* a kennedy 8 hrs ago #23
I aee it a little differently MerryBlooms 8 hrs ago #26
Said numerous times, but I will say it again FHRRK1 8 hrs ago #30
For the first time in a long time I did not mail in my ballot but walked it to the voting center to be counted later kimbutgar 8 hrs ago #34
It is completely unconcerning. The 6 main Dems got 56%, the 2 main Repugs got 39%. RockRaven 8 hrs ago #35
Exactly. LisaL 8 hrs ago #36
Ignore the bullshit MSM. Our jungle primary distorts reality. There were over lostincalifornia 8 hrs ago #37
Irrelevant... regnaD kciN 6 hrs ago #43
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