Who did you vote for in the U.S. Presidential Election?

[Buccaneer]

From cnn

Voters expect higher taxes, polls show

Oh goodie.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

They should. Actually, they should start at the grassroots level, like state houses and work their way up - instead of trying to make a splash at the top.

Well I'll be ... you finally said something about the Libs/3rd parties that I can agree with.

[ISiddiqui]

Bucc: It's like she's never met you.

[Buccaneer]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Bucc: It's like she's never met you.

Heh. She gets defensive easily. Just like certain people around here.

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

They should. Actually, they should start at the grassroots level, like state houses and work their way up - instead of trying to make a splash at the top. Actually, with many states having to submit balanced budgets or to ask voters for tax increases, there are a lot of libertarian-style mindsets/governments in action. Something has to chip away at the traditional two-party machines and their laws to reduce fairness and choices.

I would think they would gain a lot more power if they can get at least a sizable minority in the house and Senate.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

They should. Actually, they should start at the grassroots level, like state houses and work their way up - instead of trying to make a splash at the top. Actually, with many states having to submit balanced budgets or to ask voters for tax increases, there are a lot of libertarian-style mindsets/governments in action. Something has to chip away at the traditional two-party machines and their laws to reduce fairness and choices.

You are seeing it here. I had several Libs on the ballot for local/state.

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

You are seeing it here. I had several Libs on the ballot for local/state.

Nice.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

You are seeing it here. I had several Libs on the ballot for local/state.

I only had two libertarians to choose from on my ballot. President (whom I voted for) and US. Senate (whom I did not vote for because he was the worst joke of a candidate hands down of any that was on the ballot today).

[Buccaneer]

I don't get it. Rove calls 338-200 a "landslide" and Clinton96's 379-159 was a "rout". What the hell do you call those 500+ victories like Reagan84?

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by Alan T

I only had two libertarians to choose from on my ballot. President (whom I voted for) and US. Senate (whom I did not vote for because he was the worst joke of a candidate hands down of any that was on the ballot today).

I had Pres, Senate, Public Service Comm, a couple of district things, and a school board cadidate.

[Neon_Chaos]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

I don't get it. Rove calls 338-200 a "landslide" and Clinton96's 379-159 was a "rout". What the hell do you call those 500+ victories like Reagan84?

A bitchslap?

[Cringer]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

You are seeing it here. I had several Libs on the ballot for local/state.

We had Libs for every major race, like I said. That is better then in 2004 where I think there were maybe three. I am pretty happy about it.

What I left out was that my wife, without even talking about it with her really before, went my way on all of the races and went with all Libs where possible except President. Kind of funny since I know she would have voted Nader if he were on the Texas ballot. I told her she should have wrote him in, but she said she couldn't do it and had to vote for Obama because she wanted to do what she could to keep Palin from being VP.

[lighthousekeeper]

well just back from the polls and voted for the first time in my life, despite the fact that im 33. i was shocked how i was able to just go up and vote without providing any form of ID. seems too easy.

[digamma]

I got to my polling place at 5:30 Pacific, thinking I needed to leave work early to weather the line. No line. Was done in less than 5 minutes. This was somewhat surprising because I live in a fairly diverse area of LA in terms of sexual preference. I expected Prop 8 to have the polling place swarming. Oh well...time for pizza and beer.

[JonInMiddleGA]

re: Lib Party & Georgia -- I wonder, maybe Bucc or somebody will know for sure.
Isn't the 28% mark being posted by the (L) in the Georgia PSC race the highwater mark for them in the state?

For the curious, the D's didn't field a candidate so it was either the R incumbent, the L challenger, or skip it.

[lordscarlet]

We had one Lib, for "Senator". We had several Statehood Green candidates.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Wait... I thought Democrats were supposed to vote on Wednesday...


ABC News: Students Receive Misleading Information on Election Day

[molson]

I went with Bob Barr. Can't stand Obama, couldn't bring myself to vote a Republican for the highest office with how fucked up that party is. So Barr made sense.

[ISiddiqui]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

I don't get it. Rove calls 338-200 a "landslide" and Clinton96's 379-159 was a "rout". What the hell do you call those 500+ victories like Reagan84?

I thought that 350+ was considered a landslide.

[st.cronin]

I voted around 4pm yesterday, there was no line. Voted McCain for Pres; abstained from the Senate vote; and voted Carol Miller (Independent) for Congress. Voted GOP for state government offices, voted no for the tax increase proposals, and yes for the various bond issuances. There were also a bunch of constitutional amendments on the ballot, mostly procedural stuff like when the school board meets and how the Lt. Gov gets appointed in certain situations... I voted for the ones that seemed sensible, voted against the ones that seemed tricky or hard to understand.

I heard on the radio last night that Hispanic voters in New Mexico polled @ 68% for Obama, which I find shocking - that right there is where McCain lost, at least in this state (imo).

[MylesKnight]

Nader got 2 on FOFC?? Sweet.