Briggs Initiative - Outcome

Outcome

The initiative was defeated on November 7, 1978 and lost even in Briggs’ own Orange County, a conservative stronghold.

Proposition 6
Choice Votes Percentage
No 3,969,120 58.4%
Yes 2,823,293 41.6%
Valid votes 6,792,413 95.3%
Invalid or blank votes 339,797 4.7%
Total votes 7,132,210 100.00%
Voter turnout 70.41%

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