Joe Campos
Joe Campos won last week’s non-scientific poll on this site asking who will win the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor.
Of 2,474 votes – which I think is the most ever cast in a non-scientific poll on this site – Campos had 1,038, or 42 percent; Brian Colón had 807, or 33 percent; Jerry Ortiz y Pino had 305, or 12 percent; Lawrence Rael had 244, or 10 percent; and Linda Lopez had 80, or 3 percent.
It’s worth noting that I saw e-mails and/or Facebook messages from Campos, Colón and Rael asking supporters to vote in the poll. Campos’ e-mail stated this:
“Remember that this poll is non-scientific so you can vote as many times you want as long as you vote from different computers.”
To which I replied with two not-so-happy messages on Twitter and Facebook (here and here). Organizing supporters is one thing, but I don’t particularly like when campaigns try to manipulate this site’s non-scientific polls.
For what it’s worth, Campos’ campaign manager then sent me an e-mail saying his campaign intended with that message only to tell couples that they “could not each vote from the same computer.” He also conceded that the message was “poorly conveyed.”
Campos’ campaign later put up a message on Facebook urging supporters to vote only once in the poll.