tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post3566946887214327204..comments2024-03-28T00:50:16.901-05:00Comments on Life at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center: The 2016 Election: Guesses, Hopes, and PredictionsMurray Newmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00662196272138109874noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-50461422336986974752016-10-11T10:02:16.824-05:002016-10-11T10:02:16.824-05:00In November 2012, I published a blog post that the...In November 2012, I published a blog post that there were about 50,000-60,000 undervotes in judicial races. That means 50,000-60,000 voters didn't cast votes in a particular judicial race.<br />I looked at it as a good thing because people weren't voting in judicial races where they didn't know the candidates. I'm at the courthouse almost every day but when I look at civil or family district judges, I generally just see a list of names. So, I'm one of those undervotes in most of those elections.<br />I think, but I have no data for this, that more Republicans than Democrats split their tickets. So, this means that Democrats are more likely to win in a sweep election like 2008.<br />But I agree, there are a bunch of good judges -- both Dems and GOPsters -- up for reelection this year. I can only hope that the good ones win.<br />When evaluating judicial races, I generally look at the incumbent and ask myself it that person has done a good enough job to keep his or her job. It's only if I decide that an incumbent isn't going a good job that I look at the challenger. Then, I have to decide which candidate would do the least worst job.<br />TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10422756686976294550noreply@blogger.com