Primary contest!

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How about a game? Be the GMD user who guesses the Democratic gubernatorial primary percentage spread closest to the final result, and you’ll win your choice of a GMD beer stein or coffee mug from cafepress! To enter, simply put your comment in this thread containing your projected spread (e.g. “Candidate A = 24%, Candidate B = 23%, Candidate C = 18%… etc”).

You should also include your answer to the tiebreaker question (should it be necessary to break a tie): what will the primary turnout be?

Have your comment in the thread timestamped before the close of the polls today to be eligible – and everybody and anybody can enter (even GMD front pagers!)

Have fun and don’t forget to vote!

35 thoughts on “Primary contest!”

  1. you do also mean who comes 1st, 2nd, etc. — not just the percents — right?  I assume so, but it wasn’t quite clear from the example.

    I do like this contest, btw.  I imagine we’ll be all over the place, but it would be funny if there actually was a tie!

  2. I haven’t got a clue, so I’ll just make something up:

    Shumlin: 24%

    Markowitz: 23%

    Dunne: 23%

    Racine: 21%

    Bartlett: 9%

    For turnout?  If you mean Democratic turnout only, I’m going to guess 163,000.  If you mean combined, I’m going to guess 207,000.

    Okay, let’s see how tragically wrong I am.

  4. Markowitz: 24.5%

    Shumlin: 23.5%

    Racine: 22.5%

    Dunne: 22.5%

    Bartlett: 7%

    41,346 votes in the Democratic primary

    Total voter turnout 60,804.

  7. Shumlin – 25%  

    Racine – 24%

    Markowitz – 24%

    Dunne – 22%

    Bartlett – 4%

    And a turnout of 52,000 Dem voters.

  11. Racine         25%

    Dunne         24%

    Shumlin      24%

    Markowitz  23%

    Bartlett          4%

    ?

  12. Spider-Man 27%

    Iron Man   24.5%

    Captain Marvel 22.5

    Wonder Woman  20%

    Black Canary 6%

    Dem.Turnout 48,000

  17. Shumlin 26.9%

    Racine 25%

    Dunne 24.1%

    Markowitz 19%

    Bartlett 5%

    Total Democratic primary voters = 52,502

  18. I’m gonna go out on a limb and completely defy conventional wisdom, here:

    Racine 27

    Markowitz 25

    Dunne 22

    Shumlin 19

    Bartlett 7

    Turnout: 46,000 (WAY down from what I thought months back… too many undecideds who will stay home)

    Make no assumptions about who I did or didn’t vote for based on that… I’m a mysterious feller.

  19. Markowitz 30%

    Shumlin 24%

    Dunne 20%

    Racine 19%

    Bartlett 7%

    44,996 Votes in Dem Primary

    But good luck to all.

    Best,

    Ed

  20. Markowitz – 29%

    Dunne – 23%

    Shumlin – 23%

    Racine – 19%

    Bartlett – 6%

    Turnout of 47,500 Dem voters

  21. Dunne: 27%

    Markowitz: 24%

    Racine: 23%

    Shumlin: 21%

    Bartlett: 5%

    Dem turnout: 61,500

    Total turnout: 79,200

  22. Dunne: 25%

    Shumlin: 24%

    Markowitz: 23%

    Racine: 23%

    Bartlett: 5%

    Dem turnout: 59,500

    Total turnout: 82,000

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