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Who will be the next US President?
Bush
50%
 50%  [ 3 ]
Kerry
50%
 50%  [ 3 ]
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:31 am    Post subject: election day Reply with quote

(if I can Dan)
I'd like to know who will be the winner between Bush and Kerry according to forum users
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 8:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll allow the poll to remain, but this thread will be closed and/or removed the moment any political commentary is added to it.

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 12:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks Dan
I'm only curious about poll results ...
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 1:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The professional polls have this election at a dead heat right now. I read an article this week that brought up the possibility of a 269-269 tie in electoral votes. If that happened then the House of Representatives would select the President and the Senate would select the Vice-President. Right now the House is Republican controlled and the Senate is Democratic controlled. That would probably produce George Bush for Pres and John Edwards for Vice-Pres. Surprised
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 10:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am not a Kerry supporter but neither will I be voting for Bush. I hope that doesn't qualify as political commentary. I think Kerry will garner very close to 300 electoral votes. It wouldn't surprise me if he got 60% of them.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 11:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Confused

I think that counts more as non-commentary...

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 11:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Laughing That's one way to look at it. Though my kind of comment usually irritates all the hardcore people on both sides of the court. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 7:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Micah Ward wrote:
The professional polls have this election at a dead heat right now. I read an article this week that brought up the possibility of a 269-269 tie in electoral votes. If that happened then the House of Representatives would select the President and the Senate would select the Vice-President. Right now the House is Republican controlled and the Senate is Democratic controlled. That would probably produce George Bush for Pres and John Edwards for Vice-Pres. Surprised


___I believe that this has happened before. However, I do believe that it was in the 19th century; and not because the electoral votes were tied. If I remember correctly, President was elected and Vice--President was elected by the people during early 1800's. Later, the system was changed.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 11:58 am    Post subject: Question on that Tie Reply with quote

If it was a tie and they had to elect each would they be required to elect the candidates that were put forward? I understand they would go with Bush, but would the Senate have to go with the VP candidate or could they go with Kerry or someone else if they wanted?

Totally hypothetical but just curious
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 1:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You got me there. I don't know. If they can choose anyone maybe I'll apply. Surprised Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 1:28 pm    Post subject: only here Reply with quote

___Since de facto, in the Unite States, we have binary party system -- I repeat de facto -- we do not need run--offs. However, in other countries, the run--offs are very often used. The run--off is used when none of the (many) candidates did not achieve 50% "plus one" of all the votes.
___For a similar situation to occur in here, at least one so--called independent candidate would have to win the election in at least one state: the college of electors' votes.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 3:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Many local elections have to have runoffs; mayoral and city commissioner elections, etc. Many are non-partisan so there will be a primary. If there is a clear majority, then that person is elected.

Obviously I was way off on my predictions! Good thing I'm not a pollster! Embarassed Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 6:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dan wrote:
I'll allow the poll to remain, but this thread will be closed and/or removed the moment any political commentary is added to it.

Dan


That kept me out .. LOL ... Now that the election is over, is political commentary still banned ??? Could make for a nice "off season" thread ... Smile
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 7:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd really rather keep politics (and religion) out of the mix altogether. Doesn't have any place here, in my opinion, and nothing positive is ever gained by discussing it. Usually just the opposite...

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Actually I have had some very good conversations recently with some folks who have the opposite point of view... as long as the discourse is conducted with civility and people are open to other ideas its interesting.

Although I do agree with you Dan that too many times this degenerates into too much of a sticky situation and people wind up getting put on the defensive... Don't know how much the rest of you check the letsrun board but it has just been horrible... there are a lot of angry people over there and not just because of the election.
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