hussein membrane says

Eddie, 

Way to go, cut and paste someone else's article. You could get a job at the Register with Bryan DuBious or with Fox News. 

The Missouri vote had 26% turnout, of which it was far and away Republican. 

What an achievement! The people have spoken, indeed.

Kelly says

"Nobody voted"

   Sure they did. They just didn't vote the way you wanted them to.

KMN says

Hey Daniel...might want to watch what you and Mom post on FB since NEITHER ONE OF YOU VOTED.  You made a lot of noise for someone who didn't make it to the polls yourself.

EddieOs says

When Voting Means “Nothing”  http://thisiscommonsense.com/?p=5949
Paul Jacob

Last week, nearly a million Missourians tramped off to the polls to choose candidates in the primary as well as decide ballot issues. One issue, Proposition C, the Healthcare Freedom Act, made history, if not the news.

Missouri became the first state to vote on a specific repudiation of a key element of the healthcare legislation, namely the federal government’s mandate forcing individuals to purchase medical insurance. Prop C passed with a whopping 71 percent of the vote. It wasn’t close — even though opponents of the measure, Missouri’s Hospital Association, outspent supporters by better than three to one.

At The Missouri Record blog, Patrick Tuohey argues that “the vote in Missouri will have powerful repercussions.” Obviously, when Missourians voted they wanted their votes to count, to matter, to mean something. But according to White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, the Missouri vote meant “nothing.”

Funny, you probably didn’t hear about Gibbs’s dismissive comments. You might not have even heard about the Missouri healthcare vote. For some reason, the three dinosaur television networks, ABC, CBS and NBC, didn’t even mention the vote on the following evening’s broadcast.

The Missouri vote suggests the Democrats’ healthcare legislation is none too popular. But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offered, “It’s very obvious that people have a lack of understanding of our health care reform bill.”

While the people are speaking up loudly and clearly, the response of government officials in Washington is to cover up their ears.

Kimo says

I often wonder who the "pros" are that dumb down using a goofy screen name.

Written like a pro, hidden link.

Leaves kimo wondering???????

hussein membrane says

Actually Daniel, with 46% turnout, almost everyone who votes voted!

 By studying past election results on MSD levies we see a constant level of opposition votes about 1200 in Erie County (we can't easily analyze the Townsend 'no' vote[which is said to be very high in percentage but only around 200 votes] because the Sandusky Board of Election's negligent, incompetent job of posting election results), for a total of around 1300 consistent 'no's'. It doesn't  seem to matter if it is a presidential year, an off year, or a special election, as was this past one.

What radically changes is the 'yes' votes. It swings from from around 800 to up to around 1300 in the successful effort. This is good news for MSD. It means that everybody who is going to vote 'no' already does, but they don't have enough votes to overcome a 'yes' vote. Also, it means they do not have to change any minds and seems to indicate that disinterested voters (no property, no kids) will vote 'yes'. 

MSD should emphasis that if the November levy passes there won't be any new attempts for quite awhile as a way to overcome voter fatigue. Also, with a conversion levy they should point out that in a bad economy property taxes paid to the schools will actually fall. That is why school districts aren't generally trying them right now. Emphasis those points and increase turn out by 4% and the new levy will pass. 

Here is an explanation, Danny Boy.