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speaker.gif Low, low turnout

The traditional wisdom is the the progressives lose in low-turnout races -- and turnout here looks terrible. John Arntz, the elections director, says it looks like 26 percent turnout, only around 100,000 votes. And yet, on the key progressive measures, we're doing really well.

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My theory:

It was the high profile the bicyclists took on A and H. They are what David Binder calls the "blue haired old ladies of San francisco," the ones most likely to vote, rain or shine.

-jon

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