Arnold's Clear Victory



Quite a few Lefty pundits are dismissing Arnold's gubernatorial victory because he won less than 50% of the vote. Let's look at the numbers: Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2003 got 3,624,154 votes and 48.3%. Gray Davis won the 2002 election with only 3,141,349 and just 47.3%. In other words, Schwarzenegger would have beaten Davis last year with these numbers. That doesn't take into account the 134 opponents Arnold defeated on Tuesday. Mathematically speaking, Arnold had a larger margin of victory than Reagan had in his 1984 thrashing of Mondale.



Soo, not only did Arnold win, he has a mandate. Let's hope he doesn't squander it.