And yet we continue to elect judges

The votes are in: approximately 40% of Washington voters are ignorant bigoted racists.

"They should just just at your iPhone," I offered

Correction, please? Guessing you were after "look", but it's hard to say.

@ 4. Whoops, sorry. Fixed that.

Nitpick: Hispanic is not a race. There are white Hispanics, black Hispanics, mixed race Hispanics, and even Asian Hispanics.

@6, Where is the word Hispanic mentioned in the post?

Policy reasons my foot. Idiots don't think about policy; they're influenced by fear, and a Hispanic name correlates with dangerously liberal which scares the hell out of people who can't take uncertainty. Another factor which is definitely racist: there are more farm workers in the red regions of the state and the idea of a Hispanic judge doesn't compute.

While I agree that there probably is a significant portion of the electorate that voted for the white guy, the lack of understanding of most lay-voters of what, exactly, judges do, and the requirements of the office, lead to lazy research.

"Christine Gregoire appointed him, so he must be bad!" I imagine didn't help him out. I would be curious to see what Justice Stephens numbers were (although she did get plucked from Division III, so her E. WA numbers would automatically be better, what with the name ID).

Not to pooh pooh on the theory, just to throw out the extra layer of awesome.

@6, You're right that the word Hispanic is not mentioned, but the word Anglo is mentioned, and it's pretty clear to me that the implication of the post is that anti-Hispanic prejudice, based on a Spanish surname, distorted the results of this race (no pun intended). It happens to be an implication I agree with. I'm disgusted by the results.

The point I was making about Hispanic not being a race was a small one, but a pet peeve of mine. I think a lot of people across the political spectrum conflate Hispanic ethnicity with race, when they are not the same thing. Of course, anti-Hispanic prejudice doesn't preclude racism. Many voters very likely concluded, based on Spanish surname, that the judge was of mixed race Mexican heritage, and they don't like mixed race Mexicans.

Why not do some real journalism for a change rather than just sandbagging Danielson. Go find some people who voted for the man and ASK THEM WHY. Sheesh.

@7 LOL. It's not racism, it's just that "Latinos are perceived by those on the right as being left-leaning." Ohh! Is that all. Much ado about nothing.