Comments on: Where Gay Marriage Really Lost http://www.pinetreepolitics.com/2009/11/07/where-gay-marriage-really-lost/ Political Intrigue From The State of Maine Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:39:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dana Coffin http://www.pinetreepolitics.com/2009/11/07/where-gay-marriage-really-lost/comment-page-1/#comment-834 Dana Coffin Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:13:14 +0000 http://www.pinetreepolitics.com/?p=1001#comment-834 Awesome maps. Thank you for doing this work. I was getting mailings and telephone calls constantly from No on 1. I guess Yes and No were both represented on the radio. I would just say that I think the No on 1 campaign outclassed the Yes campaign in organization (and I believe money), but it's just a much harder sell to get gay marriage than it is to get anti-discrimination laws of the 2005 variety. I understand their disappointment, but I think No on 1 should be really proud that they even got 47%. Unthinkable even a few years ago to have gotten that close to a majority. Awesome maps. Thank you for doing this work.

I was getting mailings and telephone calls constantly from No on 1. I guess Yes and No were both represented on the radio. I would just say that I think the No on 1 campaign outclassed the Yes campaign in organization (and I believe money), but it’s just a much harder sell to get gay marriage than it is to get anti-discrimination laws of the 2005 variety.

I understand their disappointment, but I think No on 1 should be really proud that they even got 47%. Unthinkable even a few years ago to have gotten that close to a majority.

]]> By: Dan Billings http://www.pinetreepolitics.com/2009/11/07/where-gay-marriage-really-lost/comment-page-1/#comment-833 Dan Billings Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:06:44 +0000 http://www.pinetreepolitics.com/?p=1001#comment-833 Your analysis ignore the huge change in turnout from 2005 to 2009. In 2005, only 405,200 people voted. This year, over 567,500 people voted, according to the Bangor Daily News. The No side actually got over 44,000 more votes this year than it did in 2005. While there are certainly some people who changed sides between the two votes, the 2009 result could also be explained by the Yes side doing a better job motivating and turning out their voters this year than they did in 2005. Your analysis ignore the huge change in turnout from 2005 to 2009. In 2005, only 405,200 people voted. This year, over 567,500 people voted, according to the Bangor Daily News. The No side actually got over 44,000 more votes this year than it did in 2005. While there are certainly some people who changed sides between the two votes, the 2009 result could also be explained by the Yes side doing a better job motivating and turning out their voters this year than they did in 2005.

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