Voters in Washington state passed one initiative and rejected another on Tuesday, delivering two big victories to supporters of tougher gun laws.
Roughly 60 percent of voters backed Initiative Measure 594, which will close the so-called “gun show loophole” with an expansion of criminal background checks.
A rival measure that was backed by pro-gun groups was defeated by a wide margin. Only 45 percent of voters gave their support to Initiative Measure 591, which would have barred the state from requiring background checks beyond the national standard. A little more than 55 percent voted against I-591.
More importantly, Washington raised their minimum wage last night.
In fact, EVERY state that had it on the ballot, RAISED the minimum wage last night. Even Alaska, and North Dakota.
When will the American electorate realize that the Democrats support the policies they want and that the Republicans don’t?
…which still means 5% voted in favor of both. I guess we have some count of how many terminally stupid people there are in Washington.
Maybe the WA voters were stoned? AK voters - definitely.
/snark
Well they realize that, but…you know…the president is black.
And I heard from the tea party that he’s a treasonous kendonesian usurping anti-american niCLANG.