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11-07-2002, 12:34 AM | #1 |
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Only 30% (THIRTY FUCKING PERCENT) of the US voted in the recent elections
WHAT THE FUCK
not that I can complain, I didn't vote. THIRTY PERCENT. THIRTY PERCENT. THIRTY FUCKING PERCENT. |
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11-07-2002, 12:44 AM | #2 |
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And they were all white male property owners. Bastards.
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11-07-2002, 12:44 AM | #3 |
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i thought it was more like 39%
in fact that's a rise from last midterm elections which were more like 37% and actually in states with very tight races one in particular i forget whcih one, voter turnout was like 75% or something. although that is fucking huge. maybe 75% of registered voters voted i forget. i posted the article like this morning |
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11-07-2002, 01:19 AM | #4 | |
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11-07-2002, 01:34 AM | #5 |
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if you don't vote... the terrorists win.
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11-07-2002, 01:38 AM | #6 | |
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11-07-2002, 01:40 AM | #7 |
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pfft, i bet 30% is higher than the number of canadians who voted yesterday!
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11-07-2002, 01:41 AM | #8 | |
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11-07-2002, 02:20 AM | #9 |
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I voted for all Green Party Canadates.
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11-07-2002, 02:22 AM | #10 | |
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11-07-2002, 03:13 AM | #11 | |
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11-07-2002, 04:50 AM | #12 | |
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11-07-2002, 05:42 AM | #13 |
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I wonder if part of it isn't just an indefference and/or cynicism to the effect of voting. The whole Bush sage in Florida, like, "what's it matter, do we really control it?" That sort of stuff..
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11-07-2002, 09:01 AM | #14 |
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hmm, in sweden 79% voted in the election for our own version of the congress.
This has probably much to do with the fact that we have a proportional votingsystem, thus there are more alternatives (especially left field ones) that can get power than in USA. Not as many votes are thrown away. And we don't have to register to vote like you do. Oh yeah, and the economical differences between rich and poor are much smaller here (and our poorest people have it a lot better than yours), so they feel more lika a part of society and therefore votes. |
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11-07-2002, 09:04 AM | #15 | |
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I swear I want to live there some day.. well, in the very least visit it. While I want to live in London, it rains far too much for me to be able to tolerate it longer than a few weeks. Anyways, Sweden... how's the Royal family taken there? It's not like the English, is it? Where they're sort of considered a joke? heh |
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11-07-2002, 12:50 PM | #17 | |
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11-07-2002, 03:22 PM | #18 | |
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11-07-2002, 10:35 PM | #19 |
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yeah, but do you really want every american over the age of 18 voting? even though we have a low voter turnout, it's almost for the better, because only the people who really care enough to be a part of government will vote, therefore the voters will most likely be more informed and make a better choice.
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11-07-2002, 11:11 PM | #20 |
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maybe it means something.
phrases you hear all the time: "I don't like any of them so I'm not voting for them." "Don't complain to me, I didn't vote." "I won't feel guilty when the country goes to hell because I didn't vote." maybe people are sick of the two-tiered system and the issue just isn't being addressed by the government-controlled media. maybe it's apathy and/or americans justify not voting in any number of retarded ways and I'm full of horse shit. |
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11-07-2002, 11:16 PM | #21 | |
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complain to me -- i didn't vote i will feel guilty when the country goes to hell because i didn't vote |
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11-08-2002, 12:38 AM | #22 | |
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I think that a lot of informed and inteligent leftfield voters just didn't bother becuase their choice doesn't make a difference. |
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11-08-2002, 12:41 AM | #23 | |
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11-08-2002, 12:41 AM | #24 |
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I voted.
That bitch Granholm won the governorship in MI, though ...too bad practically everyone under her is a Republican...she's gonna have a helluva time running anything...heh. |
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11-08-2002, 01:00 AM | #25 | |
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11-08-2002, 01:07 AM | #26 |
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oh but because. reason it's single-member plurality though and not proportional:
since it's federalists your representatives have to like keep in touch with their constituency -- the people who elected them. of course that also brings about 'pork barrel legislation' but...i dunno if pork barrel legislation is really a bad thing. the senate -- each state gets their 2 senators they can choose to send -- this i guess ensures that no states feel like, like let'say colorado is like largely republican but since they have a smaller number of voters if it were proportional and they were competing against....i dunno, new york or something, which less say has more democratic votes than republicans. well the 'new york-type states' would be able to have the legislature in their power more or less even though you have highly-concentrated areas of opposition type people who are upset. is that good? ummm so i guess overall the issue is localities -- like proportional representation would take away the ties between congressmen and their districts and take away the say that small-population homogenous states have in their government. i think. of course you could like. really split it up and make it part-proportional and part single-party like what germany did i don't fuckin gknow i have a headache. :::::::::[ or like what japan did and have a number of representatives assigned to a district and the top three vote-getters win but that failed and they changed it ugh if orget. go look it up if you care. i guess it's interesting but i'm stupid and i have a headache and i'm sad and i have to do my homework and it's 11 30 |
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11-08-2002, 01:08 AM | #27 |
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nevermind don't read that i'm stupid. fuck. i have to do my homework
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11-08-2002, 01:10 AM | #28 | |
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11-08-2002, 01:21 AM | #29 |
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just long-term shit. read about russia, read for history, read for econ, read about turkey....the earliest some of this has to be done is monday and the latest is like the 20th. and fuck i think i have an econ exam on friday. i dunno. yeah it's 12 am i suck
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11-08-2002, 01:23 AM | #30 | |
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What about Russia are you reading about? |
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