Monday, June 30, 2008
Controversy
I know that I've heard people say they default to women and minorities when voting in down ballot primaries. Now our speaker John Lipscombe tells us that in Travis county women and minorities have an estimated five point advantage. I have very mixed feelings about this and would love to hear some justifications. Baisically; comments anyone?
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You should ask him more about that! I want to know exactly what he meant.
Liveblogging for the win.
"But let’s not forget that 150 years ago many states changed to election of judges to avoid politics, to keep the governor from appointing only his buddies or his largest campaign contributor as a judge. Many have argued that an elective system favors women and minorities who are not “insiders” and would never be appointed to the bench. When these outsiders are competent and talented, they can win elections. Deborah Agosti, former Chief Justice of Nevada, favors election of judges, saying she could never have become a judge, much less Chief Justice, in an appointive system. In Texas, women candidates for judge generally have a three point advantage against a male opponent. The voters seem to trust women more; they think we might be part of the solution instead of part of the problem.
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:nfWkKbKWxOAJ:www.iawj.org/what/Session3BSmith.doc+electing+women+and+minorities+judges+in+texas&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=firefox-a
I had the same thought when he said that....but bear in mind that travis county is pretty liberal, and liberal's historically have been the party of the minority.
to clarify: that was a quote.
here's the entire url:
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:nfWkKbKWxOAJ:www.iawj.org/what/Session3BSmith.doc+electing+women+and+minorities+judges+in+texas&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=firefox-a
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