2008 Election - Breakdown

[VoldtaEngler]

Here's a neat little article/chart table on the current canidates, and what they will do if they are elected.

In case anybody is still confused on who to vote for (like me).

They break it down into Health Care, Taxes, Social Security, Subprime/Credit Crisis, Education and employment.

http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/pf/..._issues_a1.asp

[drewblood]

cool.

i use this too

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/

[VoldtaEngler]

You know I visit CNN every freaking day and i've NEVER seen that page before! lol
Very informative.

[Mr Karl]

silly me.....I thought that obama guy was a republican, well, now I know

[Exquisite]

silly me.....I thought that obama guy was a republican, well, now I know

ROFLMAO

[Mr Karl]

well, I don't know......his suits look like republican suits.....

[Lady Alias]

cool.

i use this too

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/

Heh, that's a daily link for me.

[Morning Glory]

well my states Senator is John Mcain, so what does that tell you?

remember every vote counts, so go out there and let your voice be heard!

...

upon researching the politcal process, I've discovered that we have an electoral college where each state casts a pre-set number of votes, so actually individual voter turn out is irrelevent.

sorry, I guess your vote doesn't really count then.

[Lady Alias]

upon researching the politcal process, I've discovered that we have an electoral college where each state casts a pre-set number of votes, so actually individual voter turn out is irrelevent.

sorry, I guess your vote doesn't really count then.

I'm not sure what you're trying to say.

You vote to elect a representative to vote *for* you. Therefore, if the majority of votes go to candidate X, all the delegates (or the % they won, depending on the state) are suppose to go to that candidate.
In theory, if only one person in a state cared to vote, the person he or she voted for wins that state. The greater the number of individual turnout, the more representative the delegates are of that state.

[theUnclean]

It's kind of a mute point at this time, but I liked the GlassBooth project.

[Mr Karl]

It's kind of a mute point at this time, but I liked the GlassBooth project.

mitt romney......never heard of him

[Amelia G]

People keep hitting this thread for some reason, so here is a link to all current posts tagged election. The comments on those have some excellent links to voting stats with a breakdown of all details on the 2008 election.

[batzilla]

Check out these awesome graphics which show the red/blue map in proportional detail:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2008/

[VoldtaEngler]

People keep hitting this thread for some reason, so here is a link to all current posts tagged election. The comments on those have some excellent links to voting stats with a breakdown of all details on the 2008 election.

I guess I made a good thread title?

I would have thought that there have been more than 5 posts tagged with election though...I swear I've seen more..

[Amelia G]

I guess I made a good thread title?

I would have thought that there have been more than 5 posts tagged with election though...I swear I've seen more..

Yes, yes, you did