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Originally Posted by jay santos
Whether you think the church's position was right or wrong, you have to admit the church is damn smart. It's not going to throw resources at a lost cause. I admit my faith on that was wavering, but the church proved itself again.
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This had nothing to do with whether the Yes vote was or wasn't a lost cause. Up until 2 weeks ago, most thought Prop 8 would fail.
The efforts of the LDS community was what put Prop 8 over the top. It was an absoultely overwhelming effort - well financed, well coordinated and well carried-out.
The No on Prop 8 campaign was less than impressive, from what I observed. It was everything that the yes campaign wasn't. It was vitually non-existent anywhere north of Sacramento (admittedly a very very small percent of the overall population). They did nothing effective to win the swing vote, imo, whereas that was the focus of the Yes campaign.