Saturday, February 21, 2009

Today's voting: summary with updates

(Feb. 22 last update: all Saturday 2/21 votes are now known.)

The actual votes are on the tracking spreadsheet as usual, so here I'll just summarize predictions from yesterday, versus the actual vote outcome.

Final results for Saturday Feb. 21 voting:
Yes votes: 9
No votes: 6
No-to-yes flips: 4 out of a target 5
Nasty surprises: 0
Amazingly positive surprises: 0


Arkansas
Category: FLIP
Result: Successful, flipped to "yes" vote.

Eastern Oregon
Category: HOLD
Result: Successful, held at "yes" vote

Giddings-Lovejoy
Category: HOLD
Result: Successful, held at "yes" vote

Greater Atlanta
Category: FLIP
Result: Successful, flipped to "yes" vote

Homestead
Category: FLIP
Result: Unsuccessful, fell 3 votes short

John Knox
Category: HOLD
Result: Successful, held at "yes" vote

Lake Erie
Category: LONG SHOT
Result: unsuccessful, didn't flip (that's why it was "long shot")

Mid-Kentucky
Category: HOLD
Result: Successful, held at "yes" vote

New Hope
Category: FLIP
Result: Successful, flipped to "yes" vote

North Alabama
Category: SAM (history of strong anti-equality votes)
Result: Miracle unsuccessful, but comes in at a solid 39% YES support.

Ohio Valley
Category: FLIP
Result: Successful, flipped to "yes" vote

Sacramento
Category: LONG SHOT
Result: unsuccessful, didn't flip, but shifted 8% pro-equality

Santa Fe (not listed in Feb. 20 pre-weekend listing - I didn't know they were going to vote)
Category: HOLD
Result: Successful, held at "yes" vote

The James
Category: LONG SHOT
Result: Unsuccessful, didn't flip (but again, it was a long shot...)

Tropical Florida
Category: SAM (history of strong anti-equality votes)
Result: Miracle unsuccessful, and strong anti-equality shift (there's one in every crowd...)