The Shrine

Hilary and McCain just won Florida. Super Tuesday will be super exciting. I'm still banking on Obama and Romney in the end.

Florida is irrelevant to the Democratic primary since they have no delegates. And it's pretty much safe to say that McCain will be the Republican nominee at this point.

Clinton will be throwing in the towel here soon. McCain or Paul look to be the winners over the religious ridiculousness of the Mitt and Mike show.

If it's Clinton and Romney, I'm not voting for anybody. Then again, Romney scares me more than Clinton. A Mormon president.... *shudder*

Please, please, please, let it be Obama and McCain. For once, let the candidates not be totally batshit insane! I don't want to vote for the lesser of two evils any more.

I don't really care who wins what, just so long as they implement good environmental policies, end these ridiculous wars, and cut military expenditures and work with Russia and China to do likewise.

PS. Hillary Clinton is the only one of those names I have even heard of before.

I'd vote for Clinton, it would be interesting to see things mixed up for a change. Its not like she could do worse than Bush and the wole country wont explode... lets experiment with a woman.

Super tuesday is tomorrow! can I hear a boomshakalaka?

Flip wrote:I'd vote for Clinton, it would be interesting to see things mixed up for a change. Its not like she could do worse than Bush and the wole country wont explode... lets experiment with a woman.

good to know you're an idiot.

why andyone would vote for that political hack is beyond me. If she gets the nom I'm not voting. as I'd rather vote for a republican over her.....and I won't vote for a republican

Man, I'm glad we have compulsory voting (well, compulsory voting attendance, anyway) in Australia. And a system in which no vote is thrown away. And a literal voting paper trail.

Your electoral system is broken, citizens of the USA .

no votes thrown away? isn't is a first past the post system (single member plurality)? or is it proportional representation? or possibly a mixed system?

bovine wrote:no votes thrown away? isn't is a first past the post system (single member plurality)? or is it proportional representation? or possibly a mixed system?

Nah, it's single-member, but we use <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal ... eferential voting</a>. No also-ran will ever cost a real contender the election here.

Yes, our voting system is both insane and broken. I've been bitching about our single-voting system and electoral college for years.

Also, this spread out primary shit is also fucking stupid.

single member pluralities are good for governments designed for a two party system. And It promotes majority governments in countries with multiple (more than two) parties, like Canada. Electoral colleges are certainly another matter, but may help to break up the population into zones of interest (like urban vs. rural), but that may cause further class, race, and economic cleavages. Every system has its advantages and disadvantages, you just have to properly weigh them. The US will most likely never change electoral systems since it is ingrained in the constitution.