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Samination
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 Posted - 2012/11/07 : 03:17:00
Y'all be my bitches..
Jokes asides, why do they bother voting if it's the electorial vote that counts. or did I missunderstand something?
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latininxtc
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Posted - 2012/11/07 : 03:59:17
It's a winner-take-all type of style. Usually a candidate who wins the electoral college also wins the popular vote, but there have been two exceptions. One of them sadly being the race between Al Gore and George Bush. And we all know how that went.
But right now a few minutes until 10PM Central US time, President Obama is currently behind in the popular vote by about 1-2 million votes, but he is projected to win the electoral vote. Oh how the Republicans will be devastated if that happened lol
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Josephson_Junction
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Posted - 2012/11/07 : 04:03:02
Electoral votes are representative of the majority of the voters for each state e.g. if the majority of voters in a state vote Democratic, then all of that state's electors (in the electoral college) must put forth a vote for the Democratic nominee (this is also why certain states have an extremely large impact compared to others, why one state can single-handedly sway an election towards the other direction, etc.) . So to answer your question, it is worth bothering to vote. EDIT: latininxtc beat me to it.
I personally voted for the Green Party (Jill Stein) after school today. I'm just going to boil my reasoning for that down to "the current situation is crap."
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TheOneNOnly
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Posted - 2012/11/07 : 05:08:39
The electoral college system is complete shit, but it's supported by the two party system people continue to allow.
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Originally posted by Josephson_Junction:
I personally voted for the Green Party (Jill Stein) after school today. I'm just going to boil my reasoning for that down to "the current situation is crap."
I thought I was going to be the only one on this site that did vote Green.
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whispering
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Posted - 2012/11/07 : 06:26:47
I read an article on CNN that the people in Hawaii often go to vote when the winner is announced.
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Dante
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Posted - 2012/11/07 : 07:45:24
Thankfully, the better candidate won (imo).
PS: Good on you guys voting green, not because I vote green myself, but because that two party system is a little ridiculous.
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Smoogie
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Posted - 2012/11/07 : 10:40:06
Being British I couldnt give a damm...
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The Dopeman
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Posted - 2012/11/07 : 13:37:29
it's all a load of shit if you ask me watched a little bit on sky news last night almost fell asleep
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Samination
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Posted - 2012/11/07 : 14:17:17
Josephson: even if a candidate got 100% of the voter's votes, the electorial college could still dont give a damn and vote the other candidate(s). Like it happened with Al Gore vs GWB Jr, what good does votes do if the electorial college decides the winner. It should be a compination of both. Or is it really?
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latininxtc
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Posted - 2012/11/07 : 14:19:17
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it's all a load of shit if you ask me watched a little bit on sky news last night almost fell asleep
Well of course you think it's shit you're not from the US so the decision doesn't affect you directly anyways. Hell I don't even keep up with your politics I thought tony blair was still your PM
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Lilley
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Posted - 2012/11/07 : 15:31:10
quote:
Originally posted by latininxtc:
quote:
Originally posted by The Dopeman:
it's all a load of shit if you ask me watched a little bit on sky news last night almost fell asleep
Well of course you think it's shit you're not from the US so the decision doesn't affect you directly anyways. Hell I don't even keep up with your politics I thought tony blair was still your PM
he's not?
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Posted - 2012/11/07 : 15:52:45
he is..isn't he?
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Hard2Get
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Posted - 2012/11/07 : 16:08:42
I have no idea lol. I thought that Cameron bloke was the Prime Minister now. **** knows, i hate politics.
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The Dopeman
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Posted - 2012/11/07 : 17:06:41
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I have no idea lol. I thought that Cameron bloke was the Prime Minister now. **** knows, i hate politics.
you forgot about his lib dem sidekick lol you know the one who sits quietly in the background wishing people would take him seriously lmao
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Hard2Get
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Posted - 2012/11/07 : 17:08:04
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Originally posted by The Dopeman:
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Originally posted by Hard2Get:
I have no idea lol. I thought that Cameron bloke was the Prime Minister now. **** knows, i hate politics.
you forgot about his lib dem sidekick lol you know the one who sits quietly in the background wishing people would take him seriously lmao
You lost me at 'lib dem'.
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whispering
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Posted - 2012/11/07 : 18:29:42
quote:
Originally posted by latininxtc:
quote:
Originally posted by The Dopeman:
it's all a load of shit if you ask me watched a little bit on sky news last night almost fell asleep
Well of course you think it's shit you're not from the US so the decision doesn't affect you directly anyways. Hell I don't even keep up with your politics I thought tony blair was still your PM
I keep up with US politics, by watching Colbert Report :p
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