There are many sad aspects to the disastrous campaign to pass Proposal 1.
For one, people and organizations spent millions to support or defeat it. And the results were so so lopsided that it tells you just how bad the road-repair proposal it was.
The measure went down in flames, rejected by 80 percent of voters, Chad Livengood of The Detroit News reports.
It did worse than any other ballot measure in Michigan since the current Constitution was adopted more than a half-century ago.
The prior low mark was set in 1980, when 78.8 percent of the electorate beat back a measure called Proposal A that would have shifted taxes to ensure equal school funding among all school districts in the state. It was up against two property tax relief measures that attracted more votes even though they also were struck down.
The lopsided loss inspires wisecracking tweets, compiled at Crain's Detroit Business by Kristin Bull. "Proposal 1 lost before my 'I voted' sticker even adhered to my clothes," says one.
Another from Bloomfield Hills:
Trying to think of worse election defeats than #MIProp1. Mondale in 1984 comes to mind.
— Brandon Helderop (@B_Helderop) May 6, 2015
