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View Poll Results: Who will you vote for?
John McCain, Republican 6 20.00%
Barack Obama, Democrat 15 50.00%
Bob Barr, Libertarian 5 16.67%
Ralph Nader, independent 3 10.00%
Chuck Baldwin, Constitution 1 3.33%
Cynthia McKinney, Green 0 0%
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Old 10-08-2008, 07:42 PM   #1
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Default presidential poll try again

If the following candidates appeared on your ballot, which would you vote for?

John McCain, Republican
Barack Obama, Democrat
Bob Barr, Libertarian
Ralph Nader, independent
Chuck Baldwin, Constitution
Cynthia McKinney, Green
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Old 10-08-2008, 07:43 PM   #2
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Some one show BlueK how to do a poll.
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Old 10-08-2008, 07:44 PM   #3
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Some one show BlueK how to do a poll.
I finally figured it out. :-)
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Old 10-08-2008, 07:46 PM   #4
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I'm leaving the presidential box blank.
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Third party candidates are a big problem (not so much this election). We should modify the process like some countries do where all but two are eliminated before the final election.
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Third party candidates are a big problem (not so much this election). We should modify the process like some countries do where all but two are eliminated before the final election.
why are they a problem? I didn't think they got enough votes to be a problem. But if in the unlikely event a third party candidate got enough electoral votes to keep anyone from getting a majority, there is already a provision in the Constitution to deal with that. I would say let the scenario just play out. The country wouldn't fall apart.

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With only a month to go it's going to be darn near impossible for McCain to make up that much ground.
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Ha. They have NC leaning Obama. Now that's funny.
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With only a month to go it's going to be darn near impossible for McCain to make up that much ground.
The trend should be the most worrisome part for McCain. This graph's from yesterday. I read that his deficit is two points greater today.

If only McCain could have announced his VP selection on November 1st, he might have had a chance. As it is, McCain's rate of decline would make Tom Petty proud.

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why are they a problem? I didn't think they got enough votes to be a problem. But if in the unlikely event a third party candidate got enough electoral votes to keep anyone from getting a majority, there is already a provision in the Constitution to deal with that. I would say let the scenario just play out. The country wouldn't fall apart.
They're a problem in that they can sway a state's electoral votes to the wrong person.

Politician A 46%
Politician B 44%
Policitian C (more closely aligned to B than A) 10%

They're a nuisance. If they can't break the top two, they have no business being there.
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