Polls open for Election today and was wondering how many folks here actually vote?
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Polls open for Election today and was wondering how many folks here actually vote?
I haven't been paying attention. I have bigger fish to fry right now.
To the "No" people, aside from 88: Why the hell not?
Burn in hell.Quote:
Originally posted by Gongos
go republicans!
Really don't know, don't especially care for either of the senatorial canidates for Dallas. I guess I have a mild preference for Cornyn over Kirk, but still not sure if it's enough of one to take the time out to cast a vote.
And this is why I love these boards...and California...Quote:
Originally posted by goatse.cx
Burn in hell.
[/sarcasm]
Yes. Voting for all the Democrats, of course.
I'm not this year. I was going to, but then the huge wave of advertising came in. I mean, there are 5 minutes of straight political mudslinging inbetween each show, it's just sickening. I wouldn't mind too much if the commercials would actually be about the candidates and valid issues and stances, but they're not. And then you have the little signs placed everywhere around town, millions of them wedged into the ground at each stoplight. People called my house trying to sway my vote. They CAME TO MY HOUSE.
It was all too much for me, I decided to boycott our political system this year. I vote that we burn down the system and start from scratch.
thats what i would say.. but since were a country of pussys, thats more worried about friends, and newest nscny song to care about the country around them is going to shit rags.. we have a fucking retarded fucker as president, trying to start a war to get the attenton from the ecnonmy, then we have a senate and house of pussys that do nothing but fight and filabuster for years.... and you hope by changeing the local person in charge.. these so called leaders would wake up say.. Oh shit I must have done someting wrong.Quote:
Originally posted by andyrose
It was all too much for me, I decided to boycott our political system this year. I vote that we burn down the system and start from scratch.
My friends and I are talking about defecting to Norway. Anyone else care to join?
Nope.
I don't vote.
I never miss an election.
Riisuke in 2020!
As a sign of rebellion, I refuse to even vote in this poll.
I love the smell of angst in the morning.
-Kevin
Nope. Cant vote, since I'm not a citizen yet.
But I'm glad that all the campaigning is over. I fucking tired of all the mudslinging that was going on. Everytime you listen to radio, or watch tv, those frikin adds would come up, where they would just call each other names, and list eash others sins and bad deeds !
After that, you dont want to vote for any of them, even if you can.
Must...resist...urge to vote...on party lines...*ghasp*
I have never voted based on party lines before, but one of them has pissed me off so frickin' much this past few months...:(
You vote doesn't really matter anyway... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by K3V
As a sign of rebellion, I refuse to even vote in this poll.
I love the smell of angst in the morning.
-Kevin
And yeah I bet Norway is a much better place to live.
And Despair you better be here legaly and such, if not get the hell out!
Already did!
Anybody not voting is a moron.
If you don't vote, its your fault whatever happens.
Bad people get elected by good people who don't vote.
Unlocked. The inflammatory post has been removed, and discussion on voting should commence.
Well, Ok, But how about removing the post that caused me to respond the way I did?
As for Clash_Master, Think, before you post. Next time you might say something, even more stupid.
Ahem... well personally I will not be voting today. I have not read enough to be informed on the various candidates stances, and I believe that one should only make educated votes (if only the rest of the world could think that way).
I believe voting is a very good thing... then why am I not voting... I don't want to vote just for the sake of voting. I admit I don't keep up on politics so for me to vote it would just be random picks and I feel if you don't know why you are voting for a particular candidate then there is really no reason to vote because that isn't what it is all about.Quote:
Originally posted by Lhadatt
To the "No" people, aside from 88: Why the hell not?
And bad people get elected by good people who make uninformed votes.Quote:
Originally posted by Master
Anybody not voting is a moron.
If you don't vote, its your fault whatever happens.
Bad people get elected by good people who don't vote.
"Oh, his name sounds nice." :p
But what if I dont like, or trust any of the candidates on the ballot? Why should I vote, and try to choose a lesser evil among them, just for the sake of voting?
True, but sometimes it is better to pick the one you agree with more even if you don't like them both, that is of course with the knowledge of what thier issues are... I find most politicians lie anyway so you can only believe about half of what they say anyway ;)Quote:
Originally posted by Despair
But what if I dont like, or trust any of the candidates on the ballot? Why should I vote, and try to choose a lesser evil among them, just for the sake of voting?
No, because you realize that the lesser of two evils is better than the greater of two evils. This isn't rocket science.
So I guess that instead of everybody should vote, I should have said:
Everybody should try to make an informed vote, by educating themselves. Everybody has time to learn SOMETHING about the candidates.
That I'll agree on. Unfortunately, in my infinate laziness, I did not take the time to inform myself so I will not be voting, as I feel that no vote is much better then an uninformed vote.Quote:
Originally posted by Master
So I guess that instead of everybody should vote, I should have said:
Everybody should try to make an informed vote, by educating themselves. Everybody has time to learn SOMETHING about the candidates.
I completely agree.Quote:
Originally posted by bbobb
And bad people get elected by good people who make uninformed votes.
"Oh, his name sounds nice." :p
There really should be an essay or somesuch required desrcribing why one voted the way he did.
As for me, I'm plenty old enough, I just didn't do enough research myself, so I didn't bother registering.
Next year, though...
A Political Junkie is Me!!!
So, yeah, I was at the polls at 7am this morning. Haven't missed an election yet. :)
If I could vote, I would. I agree with Master on his lesser evil statement though. And if you really don't know anything about the candidates, then vote for the party that you feel most aligned with, but just get out there and vote. My history teacher used to tell my class that the voting percentage in America was like less than 30% and that's just pitiful. We've worked thousands of years for this right and no one takes advantage of it. But I guess those thousand years have brought other changes that hamper voting also, like, uh...video games. :D
Master has said what I was going to say to the No people, but I'll reiterate:
If your reason is "I don't know enough about them", then you should do some research. 30 minutes spent browsing your local newspaper's website or searching for a canidate guide for your area will give you all you need to know about the canidates. 30 farking minutes. There's no excuse not to.
Here's a quickie summary for those whose time is worth $759,000 an hour (which of course prevents them from doing any research, but for some reason are sitting here on this message board posting about inane dribble that really has no consequence on reality whatsoever):
- Republicans are typically conservative moderates to ultra-conservative. More of them are moderate than are not -- read: There are fewer Ashcrofts in the Republican party than you might think. If you align yourself with typical Judeo-Christian morals (not belief system) or you find yourself not wanting to shell out more dough in taxes and social programs, you want that welfare mother with 14 kids down the street to get a farkin job and you absolutely HATE the government telling you how your computer should run (reference the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, among other things), you're probably conservative.
- Democrats run from moderate liberal to ultra liberal. Most of them are moderate than are not, although there is a higher instance of ultra-liberals in the Dem. party than there are ultra-conservatives in the Repub. party. They typically do not follow traditional Judeo-Christian morals to the fullest extent, prefering to alter them in some fashion where it suits their ideology (this is all fine and good, I respect their choice to do so, even if I personally think they're wrong). If you have some problem with the traditional moral structure of the populace, you like giving the government money in the form of higher taxes, you want the government to expand the welfare benefits of that welfare mother with 14 kids down the street and you think the government knows best in trying to "protect" you from piracy and other nasty things computers do, you're probably a liberal.
- If you think that you might be a moderate (or "independent"), woe is you, for you must do more research to figure out which canidate supports your views. Independent party canidates are either people who got pissed off at the Repubs or Dems at some point and defected, or they're just people so extreme they don't fit in either major party. Indies are not a big group (candidate-speaking), so they don't have much representation in the voting process. Vote for Indie canidates if you like them, but just be aware that your views will not be represented in your community because your canidate won't win -- unless you live in Minnesota.
There are exceptions to the above statements, but like I said, it's a quickie summary. Also, I used the Judeo-Christian moral system (not belief system, and if you don't think there's a difference, read up on it) as a reference because that's what most of America bases their behavior on, whether they know it or not (yeah I know it's not totally adhered to, cut me some slack you pinheads :p ). If you find anything in there that's insulting, tough -- it's not meant to be, so deal with it.
Since you no longer have any excuse not to, go out and vote. Now.
I voted. Thank goodness this election will be over soon. I've been getting very sick of all the Harkin vs. Ganske ads. Only Iowan senate candidates would be stupid enough to aggressively advertise themselves to Minnesotans. In comparison, I've heard relatively little of the Wellstone/Mondale vs. Coleman race other than national news. :confused:
The only sticky problem there is if your ballot looks anything like ours did down here, there are a crapload of Circuit Court judges up for election which don't have follow partisan lines. Of course, if you haven't been keeping up on things, you can just skip over those and follow an ideological formula for the others.
I already knew enough about the judges to vote in an educated manner, everyone else just worked out to be pretty much along party lines for me this time around. No, surprises there.
We also had PLENTY of Constitutional Amendments this time around. I pity anyone who didn't learn about those monsters before going into the polling booth.
I voted. I always vote. IMO, a failure to vote is the height of irresponsiblity (followed closely by the actual conduct of those that are voted into office). The irony...
eh - i was busy for most of all of today - and now there's no way i'm going out to vote since its rush hour - plus i haven't even registered - anyone know how to register? Yeah I know i'm a bad citizen....oh well....I don't really pay attention to things to much.
Station: I thought Texans were auto-registered when they got a driver's license... Am I right?
I was going to, but the only real contest was for Senate, and the guy I was going to vote for effectively drove the other guy out of the race, so I'm not going to bother. Besides, I don't want jury duty.
Really? Damn...I wish someone told me that...where'd you hear about it?Quote:
Originally posted by Lhadatt
Station: I thought Texans were auto-registered when they got a driver's license... Am I right?
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I believe voting is a very good thing... then why am I not voting... I don't want to vote just for the sake of voting. I admit I don't keep up on politics so for me to vote it would just be random picks and I feel if you don't know why you are voting for a particular candidate then there is really no reason to vote because that isn't what it is all about.
You aren't obligated to vote on everything in the ballot, Just what you know about. . . If you don't care for any of the candidates, don't vote for any of them.
as for me. . . I didn't have the location of my voting place. . . am checking the website. . . should either be voting a bit later, or at least registering for permanent absentee status after this. x_x
Well, it was big in the news a few years ago.. I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but I'm pretty sure they did it. I've never had to register to vote in Harris County. I do know for sure that jury duty's tied to driver's licenses, they know who I am. :( Fortunately, I'm still a student, so getting out of it is easy...
well, voted and over with.
I hope next election I know more than I did this year. I had good info on most things, but a lot of local elections flew under the radar.
Phone call automated messages need to be banned imediatly!!! If your gonna call me it better be in person.
I don't understand that at all. What if the voter has no idea which candidate supports the issue he/she cares about, and votes Democrats/Republicans only? I think that's about as worse as not voting at all.Quote:
Originally posted by Master
Anybody not voting is a moron.
If you don't vote, its your fault whatever happens.
Bad people get elected by good people who don't vote.
As for me not voting, I have an excuse. I'm a lazy bastard that hates keeping up with politics.
so Rick Perrry is the texas governor - ok..even though i didn't vote i'm kinda glad to see him retain office - because tony sanchez from what i've read about him has enough financial scandals too put enron to shame. thats my uneducated take on the texas governorship - so sue me.
Yes, voter registration is either tied to the driver's license or you register at the DMV when you get your "permanent" one at age 18, I don't remember which.Quote:
Originally posted by Lhadatt
Well, it was big in the news a few years ago.. I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but I'm pretty sure they did it. I've never had to register to vote in Harris County. I do know for sure that jury duty's tied to driver's licenses, they know who I am. :( Fortunately, I'm still a student, so getting out of it is easy...
You should be registered to vote if you're over 18, a Texas resident, and have a Texas DL.