Will I have to sell My crystal ball with which I made my election predictions yesterday?
Let's look at todays election results.
From what I can tell now (10 pm), it looks like I was right on the ball in Kannapolis and Mt. Pleasant, I made 1 mistake in Midland and Concord and made a few mistakes in Harrisburg.
In Kannapolis I was correct in predicting all the incumbents would get re-elected easily. So we'll have Richard Anderson, Kenneth B. Geathers and Roger Haas on the City Council for another 4 years.
In Mt. Pleasant it seems that my predictions were right on the ball. I'm happy to report that Mike Metcalf, a Democrat, is the top vote getter there. He'll be on the town council with W. Del Eudy. Maura Eberhardt, a Republican incumbent, got sent home.
The Mayor, Troy Barnhardt, was running unopposed and is of course also re-elected.
In Concord I thought that everyone would get re-elected except Jim Ramseur, who I had predicted would get narrowly beaten by Alex Porter. Seems that the citizens of Concord don't like change much because all the incumbents got re-elected.
Even the Ramseur-Porter race wasn't close, Ramseur got 57% of the vote. If yard signs could vote Alex Porter would have won this one.
In Midland I correctly predicted that Mike Tallent would get elected, but I was wrong about the 2nd elected official. Don Fleener won over the incumbent Darrell Page by a mere 36 votes.
Finally, In Harrisburg I made most of my mistakes. I knew Rhonda Poppen and Bob Scaggs would get elected, but had predicted that Joe Hallatschek and Leigh Thomas Brown would also get elected. In fact it seems now that next to Scaggs and Poppen the citizens of Harrisburg will have Jeffrey Redfern and Bill Williams on their town council.
Final score: Out of 13 predictions I have 9 right and 4 wrong. Not too bad actually.
Turnout for this election was, as expected, unfortunately low at almost 12%.
You can read all of the results on our Board of Elections website.
I'll post more commentary on the election results soon. Good night.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Election 2007, the results in Cabarrus County.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Voting day 2007: My crystal ball
Just for fun I thought I'd see if I can predict election results. If My predictions are close I want any political campaign to know they can hire me as a consultant, for the right price :-)
Mind you, my predictions are in no way to be considered an endorsement for any candidate. That being said, here goes:
Concord
There are only 2 competitive races in Concord, one between Jim Ramseur and Alex Porter, the other one between David Phillips and Tom Small.
My prediction: David Phillips will easily get re-elected and Alex Porter will win by the narrowest margin.
Kannapolis
I predict all incumbents in Kannapolis (Anderson, Geathers and Haas) will get re-elected.
Mount Pleasant
The only competitive race here is for 2 seats on the Town council.
My prediction: Del Eudy will get re-elected and Mike Metcalf will kick out incumbent Maura Eberhardt.
Harrisburg
There are 8 candidates for 4 seats on the town council.
I predict the following 4 candidates will get elected:
Bob Scaggs, Rhonda Poppen, Joe Hallatschek and Leigh Brown.
Midland
There are 3 candidates for 2 positions on the town council.
I predict these 2 candidates will get elected: Darrell page and Mike Tallent.
We''ll see how I did late tomorrow night!
Go vote already!
Do you know there is an election tomorrow? This Tuesday we vote for our local Mayors and/our Councilmen.
Local politicians can have a big impact on your daily life, so it is very important to make your voice heard. Turn out for these elections is traditionally very low, so your one vote can make a huge difference!
Your local polling place will be open on November 6th from 6.30 am - 7.30 pm .
You can only vote if you live within the city/town limits of Concord, Kannapolis, Harrisburg, Mt Pleasant or Midland.
You can view sample ballots from your city/town on the Cabarrus County Board of Elections website.
If you don't know where you have to go vote, you can check your voter registration on the State Board of Elections website.
Know your municipal election candidates
No idea on who to vote for?
You can check out my "interactive Google map", which will tell you who all the candidates are in every town or city in Cabarrus County and it will also show you the candidates' party affiliation and his/her website if they have one.
Since all these elections are "non-partisan", you won't see any of these candidates' Party affiliation on your ballot on election day. So check out the Google map if you want to know who to vote for.
Use your right to express yourself!
