The top two Democrats are splitting about 50% of the vote and the Republican is getting about 28%, so he wins?

What was wrong with having a Democratic primary and a GOP primary? Enough results would be in now that the November race would be set.

Plurality politics could open the door to more extremist nut job's being elected.

Californians? Can you explain how this system came about and why you prefer it?

The top two just qualify to run against each other in November

But I believe the issue was you could have two popular Democrats run in a primary that was essentially the general election but only Democrats voted for the winner. The Republican primary winner had no chance in November. This way the entire electorate gets to choose between the two popular Democrats in November.

I am so frustrated with California Voters
Do they have their head in the sand that much that they would vote for Hilton? A Fox News host and right wing lunatic! Can somebody please explain this logic to me?

This system doesn't make any sense to me. Plus, there were 61 people on the ballot, which I find completely ridiculous.

They should at least have ranked choice voting, to eliminate all those candidates who got a few thousand votes.

I'm betting it was the Republicans who came up with this ridiculous system.

they love some FoxNewsHilton!

pushed when he was governor along with republican Abel Maldonado. It was one of the most stupid things that California did.

I am hoping we can get rid of it, since this last election not only demonstrated the real possibllity that Democrats could have been locked out of the general election because Democrats running would split the vote between, and actually propel republicans into a state-wide office that the majority do not want.

We had over 60 candidates on the ballot running for governor, which not only made the race confusing to voters in finding their candidate on the ballot, but most of thos candidates running for governor know they don't have a chance, and are just doing it as a "joke", or to make an already chaotic situation more chaotic.

The other stupid piece we have for a state our size is a low threshold for a recall. That is how Gray Davis got recalled, and Schwarzenegger beccame governor, along with the stupid celebrities pushing the bullshit how "arnold" was actually a "good choice".

He left our state in tremendous debt, and hurt a lot of people. Jerry Brown suceeded Schwarzenegger, which not only helped the state and take us out of debt, but set us up in a good direction.

I've been confused for a while about how this thing works, so thanks for clarifying. The more I learn about it, the less I like it.

In addition to being chaotic, this setup sounds like a wacky distortion of what a primary election is supposed to be. Primaries are supposed to be where each party chooses its candidate for the general election. This system takes away their right to do that.

It makes sense to me that Schwarzenegger, a Republican, pushed this idea. It sounds like a sneaky way to split the Democratic vote and try to create the possibility of 2 Republican candidates ending up on fhe November ballot. I can't see any possible benefit for anyone other than Republicans, and that creates a situation that sounds just plain unfair to the voters.

I get the GOP being frustrated about their chances in such a heavily Democratic state, but that's just too damned bad. The mayoral race in Chicago is the same way; it's always a foregone conclusion that the Democratic nominee will win in November. That's just the way the ball bounces when most of the electorate votes a particular way. It does not warrant turning the primary into THIS.

I wish you all the luck in the world getting rid of this mess.

to see go for Hilton. Early returns were all inland red counties on the NBC map, maybe because of sparser numbers. There are still a lot of mail in ballots to be counted, which skew blue.

A candidate can promise cheap $3 gas,
something he can never deliver on,
and people will vote for him.

...no matter what, there will be one fairly popular Dem on the ballot with the Republican, whichever Dem gets in. The nightmare scenario where two Repubs ended up being at the top didn't materialize.

Yeah, my California ballot had 61 gubernatorial candidates on it. I counted. Not sure why the AP article said 60. I don't like the jungle system. Some real wierdos get on the ballot and split the vote and cause unnecessary spectacle.

That's probably why the AP said 60 candidates.

She still got 25k+ votes, and even Swalwell got 18k+ votes. Barack D. Obama Shaw has over 10k+ votes, and LivingForGod AndCountry DeMott got 1k+ votes.

Don't know if those voters just don't GAF, or whether it shows there are a lot of people who need mental health counseling.

https://dp.electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/governor

Fuck that guy, may he rot in hell.