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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jun 5, 2014 10:17:28 GMT -5
I think I'll vote for a third party candidate. "Go ahead, throw your vote away! Hahahaha!" Edit: Seems I'm very late to the party. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2014 11:10:47 GMT -5
The last time I voted, back in 2000, was for Nader. The election before that was for Monica Moorehead, the Workers World Candidate. I probably slipped up in '92 & voted for Clinton. In 1980 I voted for Carter. Those are the only times I've ever voted -- four times too many, I guess, but every now & then I weaken.
Here in Alabama, of course, I've never bothered to register, & I suspect that won't ever change. Doing so would be like a vegan who's getting married registering for wedding gifts at, hell, I dunno, a butcher shop.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 5, 2014 11:18:47 GMT -5
I, on the other hand, have never missed an election since turning 18 in '76. Not judging anybody, it's just the way I was raised.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2014 11:19:47 GMT -5
Running ... OK, rolling ... dog of capitalist imperialism & boot-licking lackey of the ruling classes.
(It also probably helps that you're in an area of the country where not every candidate deserves to be tossed into a bonfire ...)
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jun 5, 2014 12:06:01 GMT -5
I've never voted and never registered. Though my wife wants to register so I can vote out our governor when the election comes up. My wife doesn't care for what the gal is doing with the schools.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 5, 2014 12:21:38 GMT -5
Running ... OK, rolling ... dog of capitalist imperialism & boot-licking lackey of the ruling classes. (It also probably helps that you're in an area of the country where not every candidate deserves to be tossed into a bonfire ...) Washington State has a long history of progressivism, if not downright radicalism. You'd like it here. Google "Seattle Soviet" and you'll see what I mean. When I was a preteen and going through my political awakening, our governor was Dan Evans, a Rockefeller Republican of unimpeachable integrity who would be considered a flaming liberal by contemporary standards. He set the bar high. Alas, we lost a lot of ground over the last decade thanks to our Democrat-in-name-only previous governor, a woman I worked for when she was Attorney General and used to admire, who couldn't sell us out fast enough to her corporate campaign donors. Cei-U! Not that I'm bitter or anything! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2014 14:35:50 GMT -5
When I was a preteen and going through my political awakening, our governor was Dan Evans, a Rockefeller Republican of unimpeachable integrity who would be considered a flaming liberal by contemporary standards. And when I was a preteen, our governor in Arkansas was a literal Rockefeller Republican -- Winthrop. Compared to most of the Democratic alternatives during the dark days of the '60s in his South, he could've passed for a Bolshevik. |
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 5, 2014 15:03:17 GMT -5
I've also never missed an election, but I've voted for the winning Presidential candidate only three times - Carter in '76, and Obama twice.
I also remember when "liberal Republican" wasn't an oxymoron. In my old home state we had Sen. Clifford Case, and in nearby states were his colleagues Jacob Javits and Lowell Weicker. Case was defeated in the 1978 Republican primary by a right-wing activist who then lost badly to the Democrat in the general election. Pretty similar to what's happening now with the Tea Party challenging Republican incumbents.
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Post by Crimebuster on Jun 5, 2014 15:17:00 GMT -5
I have never missed an election either. While I try to keep an open mind, I have voted straight Democrat in every election, local and national, since 1992. Of course, I live in Massachusetts, so usually there is no real Republican option, though I have come close to voting for independent candidates a couple times. I might have even voted for the Green Party in a state election once, not sure.
The closest I have ever come to voting for a non-Democrat for president was in 1996 and 2008. I was very undecided in the summer of 2008, mainly because I mistakenly thought we would be getting the 2000 John McCain. He sold out so hard to the right, though, that the ridiculous choice of Palin as his running mate ended up being just the cherry on the sundae. And in 1996, I was a much bigger fan of Bob Dole as a person than Bill Clinton, but the craziness of Newt's congress meant I had to vote for Clinton for policy reasons. That was a tough one. I really liked Dole. The Republican party sure doesn't make them like Dole any more.
Dan, you just need to come to Massachhusetts! A book store on every corner and a Democrat in every office.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2014 15:50:22 GMT -5
Dan, you just need to come to Massachhusetts! A book store on every corner and a Democrat in every office. And presumably snow in every yard, come winter. |
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Post by Crimebuster on Jun 5, 2014 15:55:52 GMT -5
Dan, you just need to come to Massachhusetts! A book store on every corner and a Democrat in every office. And presumably snow in every yard, come winter. Well, that is also technically true. That's what we need all those books for. To burn for warmth. I mean... to read while we're huddled around the stove in our dark lairs for six months of the year. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2014 18:06:56 GMT -5
I've also never missed an election, but I've voted for the winning Presidential candidate only three times - Carter in '76, and Obama twice. I also remember when "liberal Republican" wasn't an oxymoron. In my old home state we had Sen. Clifford Case, and in nearby states were his colleagues Jacob Javits and Lowell Weicker. Case was defeated in the 1978 Republican primary by a right-wing activist who then lost badly to the Democrat in the general election. Pretty similar to what's happening now with the Tea Party challenging Republican incumbents. I've missed one presidential election since '76, and I've picked the winner once. Only vote I really regret? Not writing in Howard the Duck in '76. |
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 5, 2014 20:01:33 GMT -5
I've voted in every election since 1988. I gave my first campaign contribution in 1980 at the age of ten. I generally vote a straight party ticket, but I've voted third party on several occasions, including for President in five out the last six contests. I have never picked the same person for President in the primary and then again in the general election. I do have a bit to go to match my grandmother's record though. She voted in every general, primary and special election from November 1932 to November 2000.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 5, 2014 20:08:56 GMT -5
I generally vote against the incumbent in every election.If they were not corrupted their first term,its bound to happen in their second
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