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Undervote? What undervote?

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* Lots of folks thought there would a huge under-vote in the governor’s race. It was just so nasty, so mean, so devoid of heart and spirit. People would just skip over it.

But, guess what? With 99.5 percent of the votes counted, more people voted in the governor’s race than in any other statewide contest…

US Senate - 3,439,117

Governor - 3,464,622

AG - 3,442,333

SOS - 3,454,120

Comptroller - 3,423,838

Treasurer - 3,370,406

Thoughts?

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 10:59 am

Comments

1. Vote for governor in 2010–3,729,990

   There’s a big story. All the big bucks. All the TV commercials, and all the vaunted GOTV operations on both sides and we’re a quarter million votes below 2010. I know this year’s number will go up some, but it still will probably be 200k less than 4 years ago.

   Comment by train111 Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 11:03 am

2. I wonder what is going to happen with the Chicago voters who showed up but the polling places were un-manned due to the fake robo-calls? Not everyone has the type of schedule that would enable them to show up a second time.

   Comment by Belle Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 11:07 am

3. More people voted for SOS than US Senator….huh?

   Comment by Bogey Golfer Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 11:10 am

4. As bad as the choices were, I can’t imagine making the effort to go vote and then not voting for the top spot.

   That being said, I did consider under-voting for Treasurer, on the basis that I didn’t like either candidate and I also don’t think the office matters much.

   I under-voted on the constitutional and advisory matters. None of them were significant enough to be on the ballot. A “no” indicate that the ballot questions had some merit.

   One last note — for all the talk of people loving JBT, her margin was shockingly narrow against a very weak opponent. In four years, it may be time for her to look for a new line of work.

   Comment by Gooner Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 11:12 am

5. Not a voting expert or behavioral scientist but my experience is that people moving through a buffet line scoop something from every steam tray.

   Ballot is the same deal.

   Comment by LizPhairTax Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 11:15 am

6. More a General Election “under-vote”, than one specifically for governor.

   And Grimm just wasn’t the steam valve expected.

   Comment by walker Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 11:15 am

7. Under-voting is the refuge for those of us who don’t want to become political road kill in public during nasty, negative elections.

   The Australian ballot is a life-saver, isn’t it?

   Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 11:22 am

8. Every camp has some people who just come out to vote for them. Not many but enough to cause people to skip votes in other races. Frerichs is probably a beneficiary of some conservative Obie voters and Rauner fanatics that didn’t bother to go down and vote for Cross.

   Comment by Been There Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 11:33 am

9. I think people voted for the Lib candidate as a “None of the Above” vote!

   Comment by He Makes Ryan Look Like a Saint Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 11:34 am

10. Here’s a real question — Why isn’t Rauner out thanking voters this morning?

    Comment by Soccermom Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 11:41 am

11. Such sour grapes….. Ya all had 12 years to make Illinois proud and failed miserablely.

    Comment by Beetlejuice Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 11:46 am

12. Wow, that SOS number is kind of shocking. I know we always joke about how much people like Jesse White - but, dang, people REALLY like Jesse White. That people made a choice to vote in that race when they didn’t need to says so much.

    Comment by haverford Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 11:49 am

13. Who can be against Jesse White? He seems to be above it all. Plus, if you do speak ill of him, he will have his team of highly trained Ninja Assassins do serious harm to you.

    Comment by Wumpus Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 11:55 am

14. SoccerMom—Rauner probably doesn’t feel like the voters did anything. In his mind, his money won the election.

    Comment by Belle Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 11:56 am

15. Maybe Quinn should of learned to tumble.

    Comment by Beetlejuice Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 11:57 am

16. ++Here’s a real question — Why isn’t Rauner out thanking voters this morning?++
    Just as soon as PQ concedes.

    Comment by Bogey Golfer Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 12:07 pm

17. “Who can be against Jesse White? He seems to be above it all.”

    He seems down in the typical Cook County muck, to me. See:

    http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20060826/ISSUE05/100026364/family-business

    Comment by Chris Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 12:12 pm

18. “++Here’s a real question — Why isn’t Rauner out thanking voters this morning?++
    Just as soon as PQ concedes.”

    Yeah, I wouldn’t be out thanking anyone for my election while my opponent is still asserting that I may not have won. Seems like the wiser move, truly.

    Comment by Chris Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 12:14 pm

19. I think walker is one to something. I talked to a couple of friends in southern Illinois who told me they planned on undervoting the governor, but when the weather became bad they just decided to undervote the entire election and stay home.

    Comment by G'Kar Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 12:14 pm

20. I was watching the returns early last night at one victory party, expecting to see an undervote. It surprised the heck out of me that it never showed up. Lots of people told me they were skipping the Gov. race. Guess they changed their minds and cast a vote against one side or the other.

    Comment by RNUG Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 12:31 pm

21. === I think people voted for the Lib candidate as a “None of the Above” vote! ===

    Yep, Grimm was the under-vote.

    Comment by Just Observing Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 12:48 pm

22. Yeah, Rauner doesn’t care about the voters - he knows he bought the election. Yeah why wasn’t he out there?

    When Quinn concedes. Yep.

    Stop the hate.

    Comment by dupage dan Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 1:00 pm

23. I think an undervote at the top of the ticket is called staying home, right? Sure there were a ton of those

    Comment by Tired Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 1:36 pm

24. Is there a figure out there for the total number of ballots cast?

    Comment by Sick of it Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 2:11 pm

25. Only 6018 votes more than last 2010 election for governor.
    Thought there would have been more.

    Comment by Rufus Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 2:41 pm

26. Oops, didn’t include 3rd party for 2010, so there are less voters this time….

    Comment by Rufus Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 2:43 pm

27. When the results are final I’ll be interested in the total number of voters vs. the number of votes for Governor in 2010 and 2014.

    Comment by MyTwoCents Wednesday, Nov 5, 14 @ 5:30 pm

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