A post-mortem of my own
Juan Cristobal says: – Scattered thoughts on yesterday’s election: 1. Four words: hard work pays off.The victories by Ledezma, Rosales, Capriles, and especially Carlos Ocariz underline something the...
Tarek, Henry and The Cat
Quico says: Here’s some more Excel fun. Last night, chavistas scored 710,336 more votes for governor than non-chavistas. Fully two-thirds of that lead came from just three states:...
Geeking out with Excel
Quico says: Here’s another way to slice yesterday’s results: how did Chavista candidates do in comparison with the “Sí” vote from a year ago ago? Click to enlarge....
The Popular Vote: Chavismo Wins (Corrected)
Quico says: Working off of CNE’s first bulletin, it looks like chavismo just took more votes nationwide than we did yesterday: I’ve corrected this chart to include Central...
Disjointed Morning-After Thoughts
Quico says: I detest more-than-one-topic-per-post posts, but I’m too frazzled and sleep deprived to do better: 1. Los tres cochinitosMeet the new leaders of the opposition. These three....
First Official Bulletín: Caracas es Caracas y el resto es monte, culebra y chavistas (with noted exceptions)
Quico says: The first official results are in. The opposition lost all the toss-ups except the one that mattered: the Metropolitan Mayor’s Office in Caracas. When all is...
First Results
Quico says: We can now confirm three opposition wins: Pablo Perez has been elected Governor of Zulia Henrique Salas Feo has been elected Governor of Carabobo Morel Rodriguez...
Chigüire Forever!
Chigüire says: Any minute now we could get a bulletin with the final results from the December 2, 2007 referendum.
Chutzpah Chronicles
Quico says: Muller Rojas denounces that the opposition is offering cash to people waiting in line to vote to go home! Update: Teodoro says Muller Rojas sounded like...
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