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janc
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The Essential Grex Presidential Poll
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Oct 19 04:40 UTC 2000 |
It's poll taking season, and it's time to poll our country's least
representative selection of voters, Grexers.
Which of the candidates do you prefer for president?
This poll is run on the most liberal rules possible. Your vote will be
counted even if you aren't eligable to vote, even if you aren't an
American. You may change your vote. You may split your vote (25% Bush,
75% Nader). Please do not try these things at an actual polling place.
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pfv
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response 1 of 155:
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Oct 19 04:41 UTC 2000 |
"None Of The Above Is Acceptable"
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janc
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response 2 of 155:
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Oct 19 04:45 UTC 2000 |
I vote GORE.
I'd rather vote for Nader in a lot of ways. But mainly I want to cast
the most effective possible vote against Baby Bush. If the race weren't
so close, and Michigan weren't a swing state, I might go for the
symbolic protest, but not as it is.
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janc
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response 3 of 155:
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Oct 19 04:47 UTC 2000 |
So the results so far:
1 - Gore
0 - Bush
0 - Nader
1 - Non-voter
Looks like a landslide for Gore! Alert the media! Is this enough to be
statistically significant?
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senna
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response 4 of 155:
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Oct 19 05:05 UTC 2000 |
I'd like to write in Kurt Warner.
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mdw
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response 5 of 155:
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Oct 19 05:36 UTC 2000 |
Nader.
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scg
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response 6 of 155:
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Oct 19 07:15 UTC 2000 |
Gore. I think he's a smart guy. I'm not sure how much I agree with him.
This may be more of a vote against Bush.
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raven
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response 7 of 155:
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Oct 19 08:03 UTC 2000 |
Nader
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raven
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response 8 of 155:
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Oct 19 08:04 UTC 2000 |
But I would vote for MDW if he could get on ballot in all 50 states.
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ric
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response 9 of 155:
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Oct 19 08:58 UTC 2000 |
Gore.
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scott
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response 10 of 155:
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Oct 19 11:26 UTC 2000 |
Nader. I can't stomach either Gore or Bush.
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jerryr
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response 11 of 155:
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Oct 19 11:48 UTC 2000 |
gore
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skyef
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response 12 of 155:
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Oct 19 11:55 UTC 2000 |
I don't like any of them.
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bru
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response 13 of 155:
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Oct 19 12:47 UTC 2000 |
Bush
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md
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response 14 of 155:
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Oct 19 13:16 UTC 2000 |
Nader.
(I would've voted for Gore if Nader hadn't been running.)
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mary
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response 15 of 155:
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Oct 19 13:32 UTC 2000 |
Nader.
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beeswing
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response 16 of 155:
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Oct 19 14:03 UTC 2000 |
I don't know... probably Nader.
I agree with the Republican view of economics and labor unions (i'm a
product of capitalist parents; my dad eventually sued the local
teamsters) but disagree with their stances on abortion and most other
issues. And it's vice versa for the Democrats. And I don't like either
Bush or Gore, and can't bring myself to vote for either.
But then I was thinking not to vote Nader because it's "throwing away"
my vote. But if a candidate gets a certain amount of votes, doesn't
that require their political party be recognized?
As for my state, Tennessee, it's gonna be Gore. West TN is highly
Republican, but a lot of Middle and East is staunchly democrat. And
he's a favorite son, so he's a shoo-in.
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bruin
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response 17 of 155:
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Oct 19 14:11 UTC 2000 |
Gore (and I don't mean Leslie!)
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sno
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response 18 of 155:
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Oct 19 14:19 UTC 2000 |
In this media, surveys have no meaning. I would fully expect a
completely unrepresentative response tally in this item. You might
as well go into a social services office or a NRA office. Each would
give a different result, and with as much meaning.
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brighn
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response 19 of 155:
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Oct 19 14:51 UTC 2000 |
Gore.
And I'll reiterate again, I don't see how anyone who claims to be reasoned
and well-thought-out could vote for Nader. I *can* see how someone who claims
to be reasoned and well-thought-out could vote for someone other than Gore
or Bush. Unfortunately, of the top five, I don't think any of them are truly
appropriate for the job, but four of them are, oh, about equal. Number five
should be taken to a public square somewhere and jeered repeatedly (that's
Buchanen).
#18> Has anyone voted for Bush in this item at all yet?
#0> Since this doesn't count anyway, I'll vote 25% Gore, 25% Nader, 50%
Browne. Just so my man Harry shows up on the list.
#18> Nevermind. bru did. Fancy that.
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brighn
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response 20 of 155:
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Oct 19 14:54 UTC 2000 |
I guess Hagelin's in the pack, too, so I should have said that the top six
are all inappropriate, but five of them are roughly equal.
(Disclaimer: My comments about individuals being reasoned and well-thought-out
should be taken in the context of someone who's jumping around topics like
a Mexican Jumping Bean in heat. ;} )
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pfv
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response 21 of 155:
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Oct 19 15:12 UTC 2000 |
re 19:
That's because you, and millions of others, can't count: if
millions vote for the "improbable", the "improbable" is supposed
to win..
Then too, we have the marvelous "electoral college" <gag>
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krj
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response 22 of 155:
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Oct 19 15:27 UTC 2000 |
Gore.
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aruba
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response 23 of 155:
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Oct 19 15:34 UTC 2000 |
Nader, unless I have a last minute buckling of the knees while I'm in the
voting booth.
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flem
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response 24 of 155:
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Oct 19 15:55 UTC 2000 |
Gore. While I'm not fond of the main political parties or their near monopoly
on political power, 1) I despise Bush enough that I'm willing to go fairly
far out of my way to try to keep him from doing whatever it is that governers
do to this country, and 2) turns out I actually agree with most of what Gore
says. I don't much like his personality, I think he does an awful lot of
really obnoxious pandering to the current media image of a politician, and
I'm not really fond of all of his positions, but on around 90% of the actual
issues, I think he understands the issue and has come to more or less the same
conclusion I would in the circumstances.
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