How Sierra Madre Voted

Click here for the complete breakdown of how Sierra Madre voted in Tuesday's election, but here are a few results that I thought people might be interested in...Sierra Madreans voted for President-elect Barack Obama over Senator John McCain by roughly a 3 to 2 margin, 3,053 to 2,185. Ralph Nader picked up 53 votes from our village, and Bob Barr, Alan Keyes and Cynthia McKinney also all got some support from Sierra Madre voters. Sierra Madreans went strongly against the state trend on Prop 8, voting 3,040 against taking the right to marry away from gays, vs. 2,256 Sierra Madreans voting to ban gay marriage. Alternative Energy Measure 7 was shot down by a nearly 3 to 1 margin in Sierra Madre, 3,772 to 1,283. Republican House Representative David Dreier edged out Democrat Russ Warner, 2,408 to 2,332. Libertarian Ted Brown may have been the difference, as he drew 291 Sierra Madre votes. Similarly, Libertarian Maureen Keedy drew 414 votes away from the leaders in the 59th Assembly seat race, where incumbent Anthony Adams was edged out (Sierra Madre votewise) 2,179 to 2,268 for D.E. Williamson. And while 74.5% of the general electorate voted to repair/improve PUSD schools, Sierra Madre wasn't quite so generous...voting 63% to 37% to approve Measure TT.

GET OUT AND VOTE TODAY!!

One of America's most precious (and perhaps underappreciated) freedoms is the right to vote. Be sure to get out and vote today. Even if your first opportunity is late, when results indicate a potential winner in the presidential race, there are still important local offices as well as county and state measures to vote on. If you're not sure of your polling place, you can use the link to the polling place locator found at the top of the home page at www.SierraMadreNews.Net. Just enter your address, it will tell you where to vote. Couldn't be much easier. Fair warning....the poll locator is located near a couple of my endorsements. Remember, VOTE!