Since this is an election year, I was curious as to how many of us are register voters..I am registered to vote..
hugs,
Farrah
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Since this is an election year, I was curious as to how many of us are register voters..I am registered to vote..
hugs,
Farrah
I too, am a registered voter. Now, who I'm voting for is wayyyyy up in the air. LOL
Everyone make your voice heard! Register & Rock the vote baby!
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I just voted in the MASS Primary.
Registered.
Have been registered since I was 18, I'm unaffiliated with any party, so I'll only vote in a primary if there's a local ballot issue at stake. Kansas thankfully got rid of theirs.
Yup, registered... and I always vote, ever since I turned 18
Honestly i can't go into politics because i do NOT vote.
Pamela
I'm registered too, but not affiliated with a party so I didn't vote in today's primary.
Still undeceided.
I am non-partisan..but you can vote for any party. I was able to view all of the Party booklets at the poll today and made my decisions from there.
Yes, I am registered to vote. I dunno about this term's candidates. I m mostly non partisan, but i do my research on each contender before I vote.
I always vote.
JDS
im a registed voter... republican.. (gasp) But i have somewhat mixed views.
Hey Pamela,Quote:
Originally Posted by Pamela link=board=1;threadid=7077;start=msg80110#msg80110 date=1078287282
Dick Cheney never voted either until recently. And he's the evil VP.
Percy
You darn right I'm registered to vote! And I utilize that right every chance I get.
I'm registered to vote, and have voted in each election since I was 18, too...
Registered Repulican, we do not need a democrat in office.
yes i am
I'm registered and have voted in every election since I was 18. If you aren't registered or don't vote, please do...your vote will count...but only if you use it.
Registered........and voted since I was 18.
Too many folks have paid the ultimate price for a peon like me to not vote.
I wouldn't take this assumption for granted. Have you seen some of the newly redrawn congressional districts ? Also, what about residents of states like NY and CA where over 50% of the residents receive a government check, such that the majority of voters have a vested interest in voting democratic so that their government jobs and welfare benefits will continue uninterrupted ?Quote:
your vote will count...but only if you use it.
I will need to change my address this year but will vote.
The conservatives (Republicans) have to get voted out of office.
The Reagan and Bush eras have done much harm to our business through their traditional values bullshit.
Republicans are against abortion and are for good old fashioned religion.
Even though the Democrats aren't perfect, they are pro choice, and any dancer who votes but who doesn't vote democratic is adding more fuel to the fire for more ordinances beiing passed against adult entertainment.
Let's get those F***ing Republicans OUT of office!!
Does our vote really count? If I can remember correctly, Al Gore won the popular vote in the last presidential election.
Ah.. definitely a question for Melonie. lol.. I've always thought that it is actually the "Electoral" votes that count, and ultimately determine the outcome. Am I understanding that right?Quote:
Originally Posted by erotictonic link=board=1;threadid=7077;start=msg80606#msg80606 date=1078369904
I'm registered, but there was a weird problem with my voter registration card because I had 2 addresses and they would not let me vote in the recent local and state elections...bastards!! Need to clear that up ASAP....
Yes, absolutely correct. when you and I vote for president we are actually casting votes for "electors". Each state is assigned a certain number of "electors" based on the state's relative population. It is the "electors" who then cast THEIR votes for presidential candidates. Actually, the "electors" ALWAYS vote for the candidate that the voters elected them to vote for, but they are not legally bound to and COULD vote differently if given enough reason.Quote:
Ah.. definitely a question for Melonie. lol.. I've always thought that it is actually the "Electoral" votes that count, and ultimately determine the outcome. Am I understanding that right?
From my understanding, having an Electoral College stems from the same 'states rights' theory that gave us a Senate where every state is equally represented regardless of population, versus a house of representatives where each state is represented in proportion to its population. The principle is that every state's "voice" should count not just the ones with huge populations totally dominating the smaller states, which was a condition of the original 13 colonies forming the USA in the first place. IMHO there was a great deal of wisdom in choosing this approach !
With the electoral college system, the "losing" votes of registered voters in individual states don't count. This means that in the 2000 election Al Gore won California with a large majority of votes from registered voters. However, George Bush won lots of states with smaller populations with smaller majorities of registered voters. Therefore if you add up the winning registered voters' votes for Gore in California plus the losing votes for Gore in the smaller states, it did indeed come out to be more registered voter votes than Bush received. Nonetheless, Bush won more "electors" and is thus president while Gore is lecturing.
If we were to abolish the Electoral College system in favor of "true democracy" we would also have to abolish the Senate, where it's currently possible for the low population states like RI and VT and WY to "out-vote" the states of CA and NY even though the combined population of RI + VT + WY is less than that of greater NYC or greater LA.
The Electoral College and the Senate are "checks and balances" against the extreme concentration of power in a very few places, because those very few powerful places might possibly develop some 'wacky' ideas which would not be good for the rest of the country ! The founding fathers were indeed very wise men ! But the one thing that the founding fathers failed to anticipate was the evolution of individual city newspapers into a nationwide system of electronic broadcasting, with the centers of that electronic broadcasting being located in those very few powerful places. Unlike 200 years ago, where people who lived 1000's of miles apart were very unlikely to hear of/read about the 'wacky' ideas emerging far away, today those 'wacky' ideas can be selected as the lead story by a very few powerful people in those very few powerful places, and electronically broadcast to people in every part of the country with a loud enough message to sometimes drown out locally developed ideas to the contrary. The Electoral College and the Senate guarantee that those ideas to the contrary will still be heard, even though the very few powerful places can now shout their own ideas across the country with a much louder voice !