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My town of 280 folks only has one polling station. The 2008 primary seemed to have more people than that in line to vote against Hilary.
Voted at 7:45 am. It was fairly busy, but the average age was probably 60. Where the feck are all the 20 and 30 somethings?
Voted a mixed ticket. Most of the folks around here are fairly conservative anyhow. Voted against most of the incumbents.
Voted a mixed ticket. Most of the folks around here are fairly conservative anyhow. Voted against most of the incumbents.
Hopefully at 7:45 they are sitting at their desk.
I'll not vote till 6 pm.
In the end, held my nose as hard as I could and voted to keep my Dem congresscritter. Much as I dislike his policies, no way am I going to allow his Tea-partying, terror-wagging opponent to represent me. Voted Repub for my state assemblyman, not because anyone knows anything about him, but at least he's not embroiled in an ethics investigation for misappropriation of political donations like the incumbent.
Voted Dem for County Sheriff, because he actually seemed like a very solid individual, for once. Anyone who fights to make sure the county can afford for every officer to get a bullet-proof vest, and to resurrect bike patrol programs in an area with lots of parks and alleyways is okay in my book.
Voted Dem for County Sheriff, because he actually seemed like a very solid individual, for once. Anyone who fights to make sure the county can afford for every officer to get a bullet-proof vest, and to resurrect bike patrol programs in an area with lots of parks and alleyways is okay in my book.
After years and years of wishing I could vote, I'm finally allowed to. I see these people on campus helping people register to vote. I go up to them and ask for help and talk for a bit. They ask me if I lean more republican or democrat and I say republican. They basically tell me they can't really help me. Then I notice they're from the young democrats club or whatever. I was so disgusted I just put voting out of my mind until it was too late.
That's just disgusting. That's worth a letter to the editor of your campus paper, right there.
I voted against my congressman because he thinks 9/11 was an inside job. So thats kind of a not gonna get my vote situation right there. I voted for the repub candidate for govorner because the independant guy has no chance in hell and the democrat candidate is only where he is due to his being sickeningly rich. He was selected despite the dems having some really awesome candidates in the primary but do they pick any of them? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... they pick the guy Time Magazine picked as one of their "Five Worst Senators". You might remember him, he was the nutjob who closed his senator offices due to "claims of an unsubstantiated terrorist attack". Thanks Minnesota. Thanks for making this one easy. I don't care for the repub candidate but no way in hell do I want that guy in control of my state.
spoiler: this is everyone in politics
spoiler: this is everyone in politics[/QUOTE]
National politics yes, State and local, not always. There are some honestly real people that can get elected to State level position (rep or senate) and they aren't rich, but they usually don't go anywhere beyond that level.
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Yeah... no.
Maybe on national levels but the two other guys in the running are not even in this guys weight class. This guy CRUSHED his democratic opposition despite being the worst candidate, no democrat I know wanted him to win, yet somehow he gets the primary vote. Ugh.
Yeah, that is shitty. Boo, I say. No matter what political leaning, everyone should be encouraged to vote.
But will she be showing up on one?
Damn, here I thought I went to the most liberal college in the U.S., and even the kids there encouraged you to vote, regardless of party.
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That's just disgusting. That's worth a letter to the editor of your campus paper, right there.[/QUOTE]
I don't get what the big deal is. They were democrats out to help democrats. They weren't just some random group. If you are republican and want help voting then go to the republican group.
I think the point is in the presentation. People were going door to door in UF giving a general invite to go to the polling station, trying to appear non-partisan but once they found out that perhaps you may not vote for Obama, they shunned you. If they came up to the door with a big fat Obama sticker and said they were looking for Obama supports to go vote, fine, but don' come up to the door, make an impassioned speech about the need to vote and then flip you a figurative bird when they discover you don't share their political leanings.
That's the Canadian way. And that's how you get Joe Clark!
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That's the Canadian way. And that's how you get Joe Clark![/QUOTE]
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That's just disgusting. That's worth a letter to the editor of your campus paper, right there.[/QUOTE]
I don't get what the big deal is. They were democrats out to help democrats. They weren't just some random group. If you are republican and want help voting then go to the republican group.[/QUOTE]
If you're publicly helping people fill out a voter registration form, then you help them fill out a form, regardless of what their party affiliation is. If they're not registering the way you want them to, then do your best to convince them to vote another way, or try and answer their concerns. Saying "you can't help them", besides being patently false, demonstrates a complete lack of moral character.
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red avatar, red state. I see how it is.
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I always assumed that the American conservative's hatred of communism was rooted in anger over losing their trademark color to a bunch of crazy lefties.
The Arizona election went just about as I expected on the national side of things. On the state side of things I'm pretty bummed out about Jan Brewer staying in office, but not exactly surprised. I'm more ticked about my district representative losing her seat in the House. She was a Congresswoman I truly believed had the best interests of her District at heart and is one of the few candidates I know of that doesn't have a wealthy background. Most of all I think I'm taking it personally because I've known her for years and am really close friends with her son.
It's a major bummer.
It's a major bummer.
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