OKC Mayor Race 2014

[mkjeeves]

Wow... So, who did you end up voting for Jeeves? Sarge?

Not Ed.

[soonerguru]

There are other issues worthy of discussion here. If you don't want to participate, fine, don't click on the thread.

[windowphobe]

I was amused to see -- assuming I read it right -- that the tiny sliver of OKC in Pottawatomie County split 2-2 between Cornett and Shadid.

[AP]

There are other issues worthy of discussion here. If you don't want to participate, fine, don't click on the thread.

Yes sir.

[soonerguru]

Yes sir.

Not trying to be snarky at all, by the way. Hope it didn't come across that way.

[Pete]

Just learned that Cornett defeated Shadid soundly in Ward 2 -- Ed's district.

Not by as wide a margin as the overall vote, but by double digits.


It appears Shadid is going to have his work cut out for him if he decides to run for re-election.

[Paseofreak]

Shortly after the Maps for Hoops vote I saw a precinct map with for and against info for each precinct. Anyone remember/know who might have prepared it? I would love to see a similar map for the 2014 mayors race.

[soonerguru]

Shadid is in trouble because of the anti-gay mailer.

[soonerguru]

Shortly after the Maps for Hoops vote I saw a precinct map with for and against info for each precinct. Anyone remember/know who might have prepared it? I would love to see a similar map for the 2014 mayors race.

Will have soon. Will share.

[Urban Pioneer]

Just learned that Cornett defeated Shadid soundly in Ward 2 -- Ed's district.

Not by as wide a margin as the overall vote, but by double digits.


It appears Shadid is going to have his work cut out for him if he decides to run for re-election.

Really thrilled to read that. If anyone who reads this wants to run, private message me please.

[Midtowner]

You know how I feel about Ward 1.

[Urban Pioneer]

Yep! I sure do. And you know how I feel about Greiner.

[Mel]

We need Maps for Chaps for a LGBT friendly area in OKC. Not around the Stockyards though.

[Urban Pioneer]

lolz

[soonerguru]

Ed will pick up pretty much all of the other candidates' votes. The mayor's topline is essentially unchanged, which could be statistical noise in a poll with a margin of error. In the end, Ed will get about 35% of the vote. The mayor should be around 60% or more.

But this won't happen unless you VOTE!!! Every one of you on this thread should vote! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! Polls are meaningless without your votes.

So I was a bit off. Ed underperformed my expectations, and the mayor performed slightly above my expectations. The mayor ended up with 2/3 of the vote at 66%, and the ponderous, quixotic councilman ended up a hair below 33%. Backlash from the cynical anti-gay flyer? Who knows? In the end, it is somewhat bizarre that Ed Shadid was only able to manage about 5-10 points better than what one would expect a dead man to get in a city election, and he dramatically underperformed Steve Hunt, who had no organization or money. Hunt got 42% in 2010.

This election was a total repudiation of Ed Shadid and his antagonistic, negative tin-foil hat brigade (It was NOT, however, a repudiation of progressive ideals, in my opinion.). The Red Dirt Report's description of a political "shooting star" is completely unsupported by reality or logic. Shadid is a candidate who peaked two years ago and is rocketing toward political oblivion. Knowing him as we do, he will double down and go for a "scorched earth" approach to try to take others down with him. If you have any doubt about this, just watch his "concession" speech. No dignity or class.

[Bellaboo]

There were Ed signs all over 10th and Sara Rd yesterday...... in the right of way.

Still there this morning - DR ED SHADID.............illegal in the right of way....multiple signs.

[mkjeeves]

Same in my neighborhood. 5 of the 7 remain. I'm guessing the adjacent homeowner with the 1/2 million dollar house pulled the other two. There's 4 more a few blocks up the road at 23rd and council and several along reno between council and rockwell. All Mick's.

[Dennis Heaton]

I am never, ever gonna vote in an OKC mayor election again! Only 1 and a 1/10th out of 10 registered voters voted for Mick...and he won. Do folks in OKC even care about their right to vote?????

[kevinpate]

Wait.
To protest against folks who choose not to vote, you are going to not vote?

What will the sign say? Don't be me .. go vote

[warreng88]

It reminds me of a great Mitch Hedberg quote, "I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it..."

[tomokc]

I am never, ever gonna vote in an OKC mayor election again! Only 1 and a 1/10th out of 10 registered voters voted for Mick...and he won. Do folks in OKC even care about their right to vote?????

Doesn't that make you the thing you claim to despise?

[Dennis Heaton]

Doesn't that make you the thing you claim to despise?

I can't argue that. I am just flabbergasted that sooooooooooo many folks don't give an effin crap about the city they live in.

[warreng88]

Again, you have to take into account people under the age of 17 who can't vote. What percentage do you think that is? Also, people like my brother who worked 7am-8pm downtown and is registered to vote around Memorial and Hefner Parkway. I know employers need to allow at least 30 minutes for people to vote, but sometimes it is the employees who are on deadlines who chose not to vote. Also, we have a lot of people from out of town (both of my immediate neighbors) who don't care and may not even be registered to vote in OKC because they never changed it. Again, this was the best turnout in all of his terms. That has to stand for something.

[kevinpate]

Folks too young, or otherwise ineligible, to vote aren't part of the total eligible registered voters count in the first instance.
Folk too busy, or too apathetic to bother, but registered and eligible to vote make up the 83% or so who did not choose to vote. I suspect that non-participation level is typically higher than 83%.
DRED did generate a higher vote count than Hunt, while still managing a lower percentage of votes cast than Hunt.

Causes one to wonder .. if you take on a popular incumbent without a clear message, other than the incumbent sucks in your opinion, and you get trounced, is it fair to say in the future the challenger was HUNTED by the voters?

[Dennis Heaton]

warren88...I am an out-of-towner/in-comer, and I haven't missed a single vote since moving here 15 years ago. kevinpate said it...87 out of 100 registered voters decided not to vote. Nuf said.