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The 1982 California gubernatorial election occurred on November 2, 1982. The Republican nominee, Attorney General George Deukmejian, narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley. Incumbent Governor Jerry Brown did not seek reelection to a third term (although he was elected again in 2010).
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Courken George Deukmejian Jr. was an American politician who was the 35th Governor of California from 1983 to 1991 and Attorney General of California from 1979 to 1983. Deukmejian was the first and so far the only governor of Armenian descent of a U.S. state.
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In the Democratic primary, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley easily defeated State Senator John Garamendi. On the Republican side, it was a two-man race between Lieutenant Governor Mike Curb and Attorney General George Deukmejian. Deukmejian won the primary with nearly 55% of the vote.
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Early indications were that it would be a close race but as the campaign went on, Bradley slowly increased his lead in the polls. Despite this, the outcome was still in doubt as election night wore on. A large late surge of absentee ballots (many from conservative Orange County and Deukmejian's home area of Long Beach) helped tip the balance in his favor. The incorrect polling numbers led to the theory — later dubbed "the Bradley effect" — that a statistically significant number of voters had given inaccurate responses when questioned by pollsters.
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The Bradley effect is a theory concerning observed discrepancies between voter opinion polls and election outcomes in some United States government elections where a white candidate and a non-white candidate run against each other. The theory proposes that some voters who intend to vote for the white candidate would nonetheless tell pollsters that they are undecided or likely to vote for the non-white candidate. It was named after Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, an African-American who lost the 1982 California governor's race despite being ahead in voter polls going into the elections.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | George Deukmejian | 3,881,014 | 49.28 | |||
Democratic | Tom Bradley | 3,787,669 | 48.09 | |||
Libertarian | Dan P. Dougherty | 81,076 | 1.03 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Elizabeth Martinez | 70,327 | 0.89 | |||
American Independent | Jim Griffin | 56,249 | 0.71 | |||
Total votes | 7,876,515 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | 50.45 | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
County | Deukmejian | Votes | Bradley | Votes | Others | Votes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Modoc | 68.83% | 2,599 | 26.35% | 995 | 4.82% | 182 |
Glenn | 67.49% | 5,492 | 29.47% | 2,398 | 3.05% | 248 |
Inyo | 63.87% | 5,008 | 33.15% | 2,599 | 2.98% | 234 |
Sutter | 63.33% | 10,753 | 33.33% | 5,660 | 3.34% | 567 |
Colusa | 62.95% | 3,036 | 33.61% | 1,621 | 3.44% | 166 |
Calaveras | 61.63% | 6,277 | 34.37% | 3,501 | 4.00% | 407 |
Orange | 61.44% | 422,878 | 36.70% | 252,572 | 1.87% | 12,848 |
Amador | 61.19% | 6,251 | 35.66% | 3,643 | 3.14% | 321 |
San Joaquin | 60.06% | 65,583 | 36.63% | 40,002 | 3.30% | 3,607 |
Mono | 59.58% | 1,977 | 37.64% | 1,249 | 2.77% | 92 |
El Dorado | 59.37% | 20,591 | 37.48% | 12,999 | 3.14% | 1,090 |
Tehama | 58.55% | 9,628 | 37.30% | 6,134 | 4.15% | 683 |
Siskiyou | 58.40% | 9,457 | 37.11% | 6,009 | 4.50% | 728 |
Butte | 58.13% | 36,074 | 38.25% | 23,734 | 3.62% | 2,245 |
Shasta | 57.61% | 26,902 | 38.66% | 18,053 | 3.73% | 1,743 |
Tuolumne | 56.84% | 8,716 | 39.82% | 6,107 | 3.34% | 512 |
Nevada | 56.80% | 14,753 | 39.51% | 10,262 | 3.69% | 959 |
Tulare | 56.69% | 38,901 | 41.29% | 28,330 | 2.02% | 1,386 |
Lassen | 56.64% | 4,472 | 38.03% | 3,003 | 5.33% | 421 |
Mariposa | 56.39% | 3,255 | 40.26% | 2,324 | 3.34% | 193 |
Stanislaus | 55.94% | 43,639 | 41.38% | 32,276 | 2.68% | 2,093 |
Placer | 55.47% | 28,082 | 41.15% | 20,832 | 3.38% | 1,710 |
Kern | 55.30% | 70,095 | 42.44% | 53,799 | 2.26% | 2,859 |
Ventura | 55.22% | 99,130 | 42.39% | 76,094 | 2.40% | 4,300 |
Kings | 54.64% | 9,938 | 42.43% | 7,718 | 2.93% | 533 |
Madera | 54.57% | 10,334 | 41.66% | 7,889 | 3.77% | 714 |
Napa | 54.20% | 21,812 | 42.34% | 17,042 | 3.46% | 1,393 |
Trinity | 53.95% | 3,100 | 40.92% | 2,351 | 5.13% | 295 |
Yuba | 53.77% | 6,959 | 41.73% | 5,400 | 4.50% | 582 |
Plumas | 53.53% | 4,237 | 42.39% | 3,355 | 4.08% | 323 |
San Bernardino | 53.29% | 144,096 | 44.08% | 119,185 | 2.63% | 7,117 |
Riverside | 53.27% | 119,680 | 44.68% | 100,370 | 2.05% | 4,597 |
Lake | 53.24% | 8,867 | 42.89% | 7,143 | 3.87% | 644 |
San Luis Obispo | 52.94% | 33,457 | 44.96% | 28,417 | 2.10% | 1,327 |
San Diego | 52.76% | 330,037 | 44.62% | 279,113 | 2.62% | 16,366 |
Alpine | 52.66% | 218 | 44.69% | 185 | 2.66% | 11 |
Merced | 52.62% | 17,477 | 44.10% | 14,649 | 3.28% | 1,090 |
Fresno | 52.59% | 80,171 | 45.01% | 68,623 | 2.40% | 3,659 |
Sacramento | 52.35% | 171,176 | 44.70% | 146,167 | 2.95% | 9,639 |
Imperial | 51.40% | 10,272 | 45.70% | 9,133 | 2.91% | 581 |
Del Norte | 51.32% | 3,355 | 44.88% | 2,934 | 3.81% | 249 |
Solano | 50.31% | 36,968 | 46.26% | 33,997 | 3.43% | 2,522 |
Contra Costa | 49.83% | 126,460 | 47.17% | 119,712 | 3.00% | 7,616 |
Santa Barbara | 48.33% | 55,682 | 49.62% | 57,164 | 2.05% | 2,357 |
Sierra | 48.33% | 914 | 47.96% | 907 | 3.70% | 70 |
Monterey | 47.78% | 37,493 | 48.81% | 38,301 | 3.42% | 2,681 |
Mendocino | 46.82% | 12,398 | 48.29% | 12,786 | 4.89% | 1,294 |
San Benito | 46.67% | 3,608 | 48.92% | 3,782 | 4.41% | 341 |
San Mateo | 46.36% | 99,527 | 50.48% | 108,374 | 3.15% | 6,768 |
Los Angeles | 45.67% | 1,024,946 | 52.27% | 1,173,149 | 2.06% | 46,141 |
Humboldt | 45.38% | 21,609 | 50.38% | 23,991 | 4.25% | 2,023 |
Sonoma | 45.10% | 55,968 | 51.20% | 63,542 | 3.70% | 4,597 |
Santa Clara | 43.96% | 180,232 | 52.87% | 216,781 | 3.17% | 13,004 |
Yolo | 42.99% | 19,227 | 54.00% | 24,150 | 3.01% | 1,345 |
Marin | 42.83% | 42,260 | 53.24% | 52,534 | 3.93% | 3,874 |
Santa Cruz | 38.09% | 29,545 | 57.09% | 44,282 | 4.82% | 3,738 |
Alameda | 37.62% | 145,964 | 58.91% | 228,578 | 3.47% | 13,480 |
San Francisco | 30.43% | 69,478 | 66.47% | 151,769 | 3.10% | 7,087 |
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