Activist Judge Nullifies 2.25% of Californian Voters Wishes
A common lament from conservatives is that today's ruling "nullifies the votes of more than 7 million California voters".
No it doesn't.
Prop 8 was a fairly close vote, with large numbers on both sides. 7,001,084 people voted in favor of Prop 8 and 6,401,482 voted against it. In the end, the votes of 7 million people nullified the votes of more than 6.4 million people, leaving a margin of 599,602 people (4.5%). If you wish, say that today's ruling "nullifies the votes of more than 599,000 of California voters" or "more than 4.5% of California voters". Or maybe just 300,000 votes (2.25%) since that's how many people could have changed the outcome by voting the other way. But don't pretend like we're doing anything but falling this way or that on an issue with broad support on both sides. If the vote turned out to be 7 million vs 7 million and one, the judge wouldn't be nullifying the votes of 7 million people, he would have been nullifying the vote of two guys.
No it doesn't.
Prop 8 was a fairly close vote, with large numbers on both sides. 7,001,084 people voted in favor of Prop 8 and 6,401,482 voted against it. In the end, the votes of 7 million people nullified the votes of more than 6.4 million people, leaving a margin of 599,602 people (4.5%). If you wish, say that today's ruling "nullifies the votes of more than 599,000 of California voters" or "more than 4.5% of California voters". Or maybe just 300,000 votes (2.25%) since that's how many people could have changed the outcome by voting the other way. But don't pretend like we're doing anything but falling this way or that on an issue with broad support on both sides. If the vote turned out to be 7 million vs 7 million and one, the judge wouldn't be nullifying the votes of 7 million people, he would have been nullifying the vote of two guys.