Keith Stark

Polls, Polls and more Polls

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I have been incessantly reloading fivethirtyeight.com and realclearpolitics.com to see the news polls that have been posted. I’m trying to reduce my anxiety as we head into the final 6 days of the presidential election.

I haven’t actually voted yet. Rochelle and I are going to fill out our ballots tomorrow and drop them off at a polling place. I have to do some more research on some of the propositions to make up my mind.

Here is my current ballot:

City/Local

  1. LACC Board of Trustees – Seat 1 – Andra Hoffman (why? incumbent)
  2. LACC Board of Trustees – Seat 3 – David Vela (why? incumbent)
  3. LACC Board of Trustees – Seat 5 – Scott Vonkin (why? incumbent)
  4. LACC Board of Trustees – Seat 7 – Mike Fong (why? icumbent)
  5. State Senator – 27th District – Henry Stern (Democrat)
  6. State Assembly – 45th District – Jesse Gabriel (Democrat)
  7. US Representative – 30th District – Brad Sherman (Democrat)
  8. LAUSD – Measure RR – No ($360/year increase in property taxes)

County

  • District Attorney – George Gascon (why? endorsements and reform needed)
  • Judge – No 72 – Steve Morgan (why? endorsements)
  • Judge – No 80 – David Berger (why? endorsements, jewish, good name)
  • Judge – No 162 – Scott Andrew Yang (why? don’t know, liked his website better)
  • County Measure J – Yes (why? LA Times endorsement and need for addressing racism)

State

  • Proposition 14 (Stem Cell Research) – Yes (why? CA should lead if the feds can’t)
  • Proposition 15 (Property Tax) – ??? (why? this is a tough one. Prop 13 needs to be changed, but not sure this is the right way)
  • Proposition 16 (Repeal Prop 209) – Yes (why? I never liked prop 209)
  • Proposition 17 (Voting Rights Restoration) – Yes (why? vote, vote, vote!)
  • Proposition 18 (17 year old primary voting) – Yes (why? vote, vote, vote!)
  • Proposition 19 (Property Tax Transfers) – No (why? more harm than good)
  • Proposition 20 (Criminal Sentencing) – No (why? endorsements)
  • Proposition 21 (Rent Control) – No (why? not a fan of rent control. Prop 15?)
  • Proposition 22 (Uber/Lyft) – No (why? proposition as a labor dispute)
  • Proposition 23 (Dialysis Clinic) – No (why? proposition as a labor dispute)
  • Proposition 24 (Consumer Personal Information) – No (why? ugh, proposition)
  • Proposition 25 (Cash Bail) – Yes (why? I don’t like cash bail)

National

  • President/Vice President – Joe Biden/Kamala Harris (why? NOT TRUMP)

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