Hilary and McCain just won Florida. Super Tuesday will be super exciting. I'm still banking on Obama and Romney in the end.
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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.
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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.
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.
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Robert: But I DON'T.
Rosalina: You sure that's right?
Robert: I was going to HAVE told you they'd come?
Rosalina: No.
Robert: The subjunctive?
Rosalina: That's not the subjunctive.
Robert: I don't think the syntax has been invented yet.
Rosalina: It would have had to have had been.
Robert: Had to have...had...been? That can't be right.
Robert: But I DON'T.
Rosalina: You sure that's right?
Robert: I was going to HAVE told you they'd come?
Rosalina: No.
Robert: The subjunctive?
Rosalina: That's not the subjunctive.
Robert: I don't think the syntax has been invented yet.
Rosalina: It would have had to have had been.
Robert: Had to have...had...been? That can't be right.
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.
PS. Hillary Clinton is the only one of those names I have even heard of before.
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good to know you're an idiot.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.
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
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Your electoral system is broken, citizens of the USA
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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.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?
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.
Also, this spread out primary shit is also fucking stupid.
Rosalina: But you didn't.
Robert: But I DON'T.
Rosalina: You sure that's right?
Robert: I was going to HAVE told you they'd come?
Rosalina: No.
Robert: The subjunctive?
Rosalina: That's not the subjunctive.
Robert: I don't think the syntax has been invented yet.
Rosalina: It would have had to have had been.
Robert: Had to have...had...been? That can't be right.
Robert: But I DON'T.
Rosalina: You sure that's right?
Robert: I was going to HAVE told you they'd come?
Rosalina: No.
Robert: The subjunctive?
Rosalina: That's not the subjunctive.
Robert: I don't think the syntax has been invented yet.
Rosalina: It would have had to have had been.
Robert: Had to have...had...been? That can't be right.
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.