Voting
Not according to CNN:
No High School - Bush 49%, Kerry 50%, Nader 0%
H.S. Graduate - Bush 52%, Kerry 47%, Nader 0%
Some College - Bush 54%, Kerry 46%, Nader 0%
College Graduate - Bush 52%, Kerry 46%, Nader 1%
Postgrad Study - Bush 44%, Kerry 55%, Nader 1%
Besides, in most cases it's the pHds that will be too stupid to figure out a complex ballot, IMO.
No High School - Bush 49%, Kerry 50%, Nader 0%
H.S. Graduate - Bush 52%, Kerry 47%, Nader 0%
Some College - Bush 54%, Kerry 46%, Nader 0%
College Graduate - Bush 52%, Kerry 46%, Nader 1%
Postgrad Study - Bush 44%, Kerry 55%, Nader 1%
Besides, in most cases it's the pHds that will be too stupid to figure out a complex ballot, IMO.
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Re-read my post.TPRJones wrote:Not according to CNN:
No High School - Bush 49%, Kerry 50%, Nader 0%
H.S. Graduate - Bush 52%, Kerry 47%, Nader 0%
Some College - Bush 54%, Kerry 46%, Nader 0%
College Graduate - Bush 52%, Kerry 46%, Nader 1%
Postgrad Study - Bush 44%, Kerry 55%, Nader 1%
Besides, in most cases it's the pHds that will be too stupid to figure out a complex ballot, IMO.
It's not me, it's someone else.
Okay. And?
Still looks like the figures you posted disagree with CNNs figures to me. And it looks like uneducated peeps favored Kerry slightly, with regularly educated peeps favoring Bush and overeduated peeps favoring Kerry.
Am I missing something?
Still looks like the figures you posted disagree with CNNs figures to me. And it looks like uneducated peeps favored Kerry slightly, with regularly educated peeps favoring Bush and overeduated peeps favoring Kerry.
Am I missing something?
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So, I was thinking: how about in America II in order for a politician to win office he must win the votes of at least 50% of the eligible voters.
Not 50% of the voters, 50% of the eligible voters. Not voting counts as a vote to leave the office empty. In the case that more than 50% of eligible voters turn up but no one wins, the top two candidates get one shot at a run-off election. If there is still no winner, then the office goes empty until the next election cycle. (or maybe always have a run-off, but count "null vote" as a candidate that can win the election, so that most run-offs would have one guy trying to get over 50% of people to show up and vote for him as the only choice)
Maybe even go a step further, and say any position unfilled for two election cycles is declared unneccessary and written out of the government processes. I figure any job that at least half the people can't agree on who should do it, or even IF it should be done, maybe it's not all that important that position even exist.
EDIT - It would also help curtail all this "calling it early" crap, since it's much harder to track how many people are even going to show up when that's a factor in who might win.
Edited By TPRJones on 1154564583
Not 50% of the voters, 50% of the eligible voters. Not voting counts as a vote to leave the office empty. In the case that more than 50% of eligible voters turn up but no one wins, the top two candidates get one shot at a run-off election. If there is still no winner, then the office goes empty until the next election cycle. (or maybe always have a run-off, but count "null vote" as a candidate that can win the election, so that most run-offs would have one guy trying to get over 50% of people to show up and vote for him as the only choice)
Maybe even go a step further, and say any position unfilled for two election cycles is declared unneccessary and written out of the government processes. I figure any job that at least half the people can't agree on who should do it, or even IF it should be done, maybe it's not all that important that position even exist.
EDIT - It would also help curtail all this "calling it early" crap, since it's much harder to track how many people are even going to show up when that's a factor in who might win.
Edited By TPRJones on 1154564583
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Government destroyed by general apathy and distate for candidates.
I like it.
We would have lost the President a while ago.
I like it.
We would have lost the President a while ago.
It's not me, it's someone else.
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The executive branch already has a lot of things in place to continue running without the figurehead of president. What's even more interesting is the amount of apathy (IMHO) concerning congressional elections. We could just remove the legislative branch of government. As far as I'm concerned we all win. The judicial branch could rule all the stupid laws unconstitutional and we have a simpler set of laws.
Wadda mean? Other people can read this?!
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We don't need to vote. Some corporation will come up with a formula to tell how we would have voted anyway.
No muss, no fuss. The candidates are picked by the parties and then the numbers are run and Viola. We don't have to be hassled with making any decisions they will be made for us.
Aahh! Peaceful apathy.
No muss, no fuss. The candidates are picked by the parties and then the numbers are run and Viola. We don't have to be hassled with making any decisions they will be made for us.
Aahh! Peaceful apathy.