If the election were held today

Discussion in 'Free Speech Alley' started by SabanFan, Jul 29, 2004.

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Who gets your vote:

  1. Kerry

    9 vote(s)
    17.3%
  2. Bush

    42 vote(s)
    80.8%
  3. Other

    1 vote(s)
    1.9%
  1. LSUGradin99

    LSUGradin99 I Bleedeth Purple 'N Gold

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    Are you saying that you are not concerned about the terrorist threat and are not smart?
     
  2. SabanFan

    SabanFan The voice of reason

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    Not exactly.
     
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    Of course I am concerned about such issues. Of course you are as well.
     
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    martin Banned Forever

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    those numbers indicate that those particular years those states were not counted correctly or completely. none of those apply after 1974. you could use your eyes and read that without needing to ask me.
     
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    SabanFan The voice of reason

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    You are too nice to argue with. :)
     
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    Or I could simply ask you and have you explain it to me. It worked out just fine. As for my comment about the majority of citizens not voting. Presidential election yeras are obviously an exception. I am very accustomed to not seeing very many people at the polls when voting.
     
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    Give me time and a chance...... time and a chance......
     
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    true. that is an option. makes a little more work for me, but i can deal with it. i sometimes like to help people understand things.

    true. but we are talking about president, not school board elections.

    you might argue that roughly every other election for president the majority do not vote. however in this case i think we will see just over 50% because of the polarizing effect of the war.
     
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    Nah, it is pretty obvious that people consistently show up to vote more during presidential election years than in others. I'd imagine not many people would argue that in general though voting age citizens simply do not vote as much as they should and at times the turnout is quite embarassing.
     
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    you may have mistunderstood me, i mean every other, meaning alternating presidential elections. like every 8 years you get a majority, and the others you get a minority. thats what the chart shows, maybe it is a cycle of indifference where every other election people care and then take the next election off and dont care.

    so according to the cycle the chart shows, we might expect less than a majority, because in 2000 there was a majority. howeverk, like i said i think that is unlikely because everyone seems to have politics on their minds now, more than say, 1996.
     

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