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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1158203" data-attributes="member: 43436"><p><strong>Re: Friday's Vote Count</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not even close to being true.</p><p></p><p>2013: 11,575-10,238 (53% YES)</p><p>2007: 15,220-12,032 (56% YES passed by 65% overall)</p><p></p><p><u><strong>5,439 less votes than in 2007</strong></u></p><p></p><p>A couple regions (targeted by TDU) accounted for the large swing. But voter turnout has been poor -- e.g. 1,000 less votes each in 804 & Atlantic, and another 1,500 in New England -- and virtually all of these were NO votes in 2007.</p><p></p><p><strong>This contract will pass</strong>. It's clear that the PTers simply didn't increase their votes, and most of the locals with votes outstanding aren't impacted with the change among FTers to TEAMCARE. There's no reason to think the conservative South (+7000 YES in 2007) will change its votes this election. TDU will decrease YES margins in select areas of the West & Central States, but it'll likely pass in those regions as well and the final outcome will be closer to 60% YES.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1158203, member: 43436"] [b]Re: Friday's Vote Count[/b] Not even close to being true. 2013: 11,575-10,238 (53% YES) 2007: 15,220-12,032 (56% YES passed by 65% overall) [U][B]5,439 less votes than in 2007[/B][/U] A couple regions (targeted by TDU) accounted for the large swing. But voter turnout has been poor -- e.g. 1,000 less votes each in 804 & Atlantic, and another 1,500 in New England -- and virtually all of these were NO votes in 2007. [B]This contract will pass[/B]. It's clear that the PTers simply didn't increase their votes, and most of the locals with votes outstanding aren't impacted with the change among FTers to TEAMCARE. There's no reason to think the conservative South (+7000 YES in 2007) will change its votes this election. TDU will decrease YES margins in select areas of the West & Central States, but it'll likely pass in those regions as well and the final outcome will be closer to 60% YES. [/QUOTE]
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