US election 2012

Moothead2 said:
He really isn't :p.
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Like I said, ignoring the columns with question marks in them, because you can't accurately compare opinion if you don't have data for every candidate, the results work out like this:

Ryan: 21, 0, 2, Total: 23
Obamba: 16, 2, 3, Total: 21
Romney: 0, 0, 0, Total: 0


Like I said, Johnson and Obama have similar scores.
 
It does seem that people vote not for the party or candidate they support, but against the one that they hate.

Do you think a third middle ground party could ever emerge?
 
I would be very very concerned (even more than currently) about the state of the USA if they actually voted for a man like Mitt Romney to be their President.

Romney. PRESIDENT? I actually feel sick and worried thinking about this man being the leader of the most powerful country in the World.

It will be a few restless days hoping that there are still enough strands of intelligence in America to prevent a possible fatal catastrophy of world politics.

However, videos like this make me lose hope immediately:

 
Ugley_Matt said:
It does seem that people vote not for the party or candidate they support, but against the one that they hate.
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About 37% of votes for Romney are votes "against Obama", it seems:

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnnorc-poll-shows-37-of-romney-vote-is-votes-against-obama/

Do you think a third middle ground party could ever emerge?
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No... I really can't see it happening, short of some major fracture in one of the existing parties.

The support for each party is far too heavily rooted. Families are typically Republican / Democrat, and bring their children up in the same way. Political affiliation becomes part of a person's identity - irrespective of the actual policies proposed. Neutral / undecided voters are very much in the minority in the US.
 
After 2008, I will not be tuning in to the BBC's coverage (even though I like David Dimbleby mucho) as that was like watching wallpaper dry. ITV was quite good but I'm going to stick with C-SPAN this year.
 
Some seem to suggest it isn't as close as the media have lead us to believe as it's much more interesting this way.

ic1male said:
After 2008, I will not be tuning in to the BBC's coverage (even though I like David Dimbleby mucho) as that was like watching wallpaper dry. ITV was quite good but I'm going to stick with C-SPAN this year.
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Did you see his program about the ME/North Africa conflict(s) in WW2 last night? Quite a good watch.
 
I wonder how many people actually know any of the policies each party is putting forward rather than just voting on colour, blue/red.

I guess the same can be said of the UK as well though.
 
I think its pretty shocking that...

bbc said:
The voting ends a hard-fought race that began nearly two years ago and has cost more than $2bn (£1.3bn).
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Thats just a silly amount of money. Is there not restrictions on the totals they can spend?
 
xibinim said:
Some seem to suggest it isn't as close as the media have lead us to believe as it's much more interesting this way.
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All of the statistics dramatically favour an Obama win. The past two weeks or so have consistently seen this position strengthen, with his so-called "firewall" holding strong in key swing states (Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada, Iowa).

The popular vote is a much closer run thing and could go either way, though it seems that Obama can be expected to come in with around a 1% advantage here as well.

The main thing that could scupper Obama's chances in the popular vote is disruption in the Democrat-leaning eastern states that have been hit by hurricane Sandy. Damage to infrastructure is causing some problems for people trying to get to the polls.

At this stage I really can't see Romney winning the electoral college. He needs to pull 3-4% from the Obama vote in a number of swing states. It would be "a statistical anomaly" if this were to happen, suggesting that the hundreds of polls taken in the last couple of weeks were not representative of reality.
 
Evangelion said:
Romney is a non-Christian religious fundamentalist with a medieval worldview and a dubious attitude towards women. I think most male Pakistanis can relate to that. Romney's their kind of guy.
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At first I laughed, then a second later I realised that this is the unfortunate truth :(.
 
It doesn't really matter who wins does it, to quote south park.

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Docaroo said:
I would be very very concerned (even more than currently) about the state of the USA if they actually voted for a man like Mitt Romney to be their President.

Romney. PRESIDENT? I actually feel sick and worried thinking about this man being the leader of the most powerful country in the World.

It will be a few restless days hoping that there are still enough strands of intelligence in America to prevent a possible fatal catastrophy of world politics.

However, videos like this make me lose hope immediately:

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makes you think they should have an exam about politics. if you cant pass it then you cant vote. too many stupid people buy into any BS they are told and dont understand what they are even voting for!

'his father is a muslim, and atheist and a communist' about obama... :rolleyes:
 
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