{"id":12948,"date":"2016-04-20T09:48:50","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T13:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12948"},"modified":"2016-04-20T18:11:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T22:11:13","slug":"nothing-ever-goes-as-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12948","title":{"rendered":"Nothing ever goes as planned"},"content":{"rendered":"

It looks as if the deal Senate Republicans<\/a> had with Governor Cuomo<\/a> to stay out of the SD-9 election<\/a> did not produce the planned results<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… With votes still being counted, Republicans late Tuesday cautioned that paper ballots also still need to be counted in the contest. At midnight, with 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Kaminsky<\/a> had 49.96 percent to McGrath\u2019s<\/a> 48.82 percent, a difference of just 780 votes out of 68,000 total cast, according to the Nassau County elections board<\/a> …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The antis<\/a> will claim a victory here even though I have not seen any evidence they blacked up their endorsement<\/a> with GOTV action.\u00a0 McGrath was not reaching out for the gun vote either.<\/p>\n

A couple of interesting points:<\/p>\n

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  1. It appears that Republicans had a slight turnout advantage<\/a> in the district.<\/li>\n
  2. A lot of people on Long Island switched parties<\/a> since last fall.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    UPDATE: Republican turnout was very high<\/a> and they still managed to blow it.<\/p>\n