Los Angeles County has finalized its vote totals for the election, showing a very slight edge for Prop 8, bannning gay marriage--1,623,741 (50.036%) Yes to 1,621,389 (49.963%) No--and an overwhelming edge for Barack Obama--2,294,676 (69.227%) to 955,803 (28.835%) for McCain.
Comparing votes at the precinct level county-wide, we can visually identify two trends--one is a large diagonal clumping that indicates a more-or-less 1-1 relationship between Obama votes and No on 8, the other is a more-or-less constant level of opposition around 60% or so:
In the last two weeks voter registration and early voting has shown that voters are geared up and ready to take part in what has been called a "historical event" on November 4.
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