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Thursday, November 10, 2005

Numbers Update: NO on I-912 lead grows

If you had any worries that Initiative 912 might make a comeback, you can rest easy. The new numbers for today are in - and our lead has increased.

Yes on I-912: 628,941 votes - 46.598%
NO on I-912: 720,776 53.402%

We'll see if we can climb above the 54% mark as more votes are counted.

Pierce and Whitman counties, which weren't initially in our column, but joined the NO camp late on Election Night, stayed there today. In fact, the NO percentage in those counties also grew.

Brett Bader is droning on and on about how the campaign failed because they lost King County by huge proportions and how they really lost by losing Snohomish.

But you know what, Brett? Snohomish and King aren't the only counties voting down I-912. What about Thurston, Kitsap, Jefferson, Island, and Walla Walla? What about Pierce and Clark? You've won all of those counties in the majority of the anti-tax battles. You lost them this time.

Look at the numbers. If you won Snohomish County, but lost the other counties you're losing right now, we bet you'd still be losing, although the vote would be very close. Snohomish didn't seal your defeat. What sealed your defeat was your stunning failure to win counties like Pierce and Clark. That was huge.

Common sense won out on Tuesday. Washington voters protected this significant investment in our future. We're definitely smiling about that.

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