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Tue Nov-04-08 01:08 PM
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How many of you will vote for at least one Republican on your ballot? |
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Looking over things, there are two down ticket republicans in all that I may vote for. I don't want to get into a huge debate over it, as that time has passed.
The rest of the ticket will be pretty much straight Dem. Do most of you vote straight ticket, or do you give the pubs a shot sometimes?
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:08 PM
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1. I wouldn't vote for a Republican if you put a gun to my head n/t |
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:11 PM
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:14 PM
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14. Or if you paid me no matter how much. n/t |
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:09 PM
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2. I didn't vote for a republican today who ran unopposed. |
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Left the damn thing blank for that office. No way, no how, no repukes.
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:09 PM
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3. Never have, never will |
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No matter how much money I have
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:11 PM
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The judges' parties weren't listed, and I didn't do my homework. I voted for the female, only to find out she's a whackjob.
Fortunately, I early voted, and hopefully redeemed myself by mentioning the Dem Judge and handing out his fliers on my Obama canvasses.
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:12 PM
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6. I'd rather shit in Macy's window ! |
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:12 PM
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I made the effort to google everyone on the ballot w/o a party affiliation, to check out their endorsements.
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:13 PM
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8. Unless William Milliken is running for office, it ain't happening |
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:13 PM
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9. Not I, said the donkey! |
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:13 PM
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10. been voting for 37 years and still have a perfect record |
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:14 PM
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11. Only if the dem is Lieberman |
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:14 PM
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12. Never, ever...I picked Libertarian in the races that had no Dem running |
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Edited on Tue Nov-04-08 01:14 PM by rainbow4321
Pretty much what the local Dems here do, I guess, cuz the ones I talked to afterwards had done the same.
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:14 PM
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13. I've never voted for a REpublican in my life |
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even one who I knew very well in a local race. Told him it wasn't anything against him, but that I could never vote for a REpublican. He got mad. I told him, "get rid of the religious whackos from your party and I'll reconsider."
That was more than twenty years ago.
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:15 PM
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15. Never have; never will. |
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:15 PM
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16. I never vote straight ticket. |
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Sometimes the individual's craziness overrules the party affiliation.
That said, this year I voted for two Republicans and one Mountain Party (WV) candidate. The Republicans were both down ticket -- one a circuit judge and the other a state delegate. Voted Mountain Party for governor because Democratic incumbent Joe Manchin is a douchebag. (Manchin will win easily; that was simply a protest vote on my part.)
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:49 PM
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Two years ago, in the race for sheriff in my county (which is pretty solid Dem), the Dem was a hardcore AM radio wingnut, while the Republican was very apolitical, felt it had no place in the job, and ran as a Repub because they had an opening.
In 1990, in Minnesota, I vote for Paul Wellstone, a Dem, and Arne Carlson, a Repub, since I didn't like the Dem incumbent (Rudy Perpich). In another election, I vote for a college friend who was running for a local office as a Repub.
From time to time, I do cast votes for some independent and third party candidates. I honestly don't like my choices limited. I did do straight ticket today, since most of the ballot was unopposed Democrats.
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:06 PM
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After impeachment I decided I would only vote for Republicans who disavowed that bullshit. |
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But it's been long enough, and we had one crazy this year, so I did vote for one Republican today. And for one Green ... against Rahm Emmanuel.
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:15 PM
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17. Yes I did vote for one Republican, someone I kn ow personally. |
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Oddly the Dem is a set-up who is really a right wing Repub who is trying to unseat the repub who tends to be moderate to left.
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:16 PM
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But I have to say I am impressed by the number of republicans who told me they're voting for dems for the first time in their life.
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:16 PM
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County Tax Assessor/Collector.
Decent guy and he runs an efficient office.
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:04 PM
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I voted a Repub for surveyor and another for a judge position. I also voted for a Libertarian for County commissioner.
Straight party tickets hold little appeal for me, but that's probably why I'm an independent. :)
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:12 PM
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53. Count me in as well. Peter Boulware, former Baltimore Raven... |
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and Florida State Seminole. Voted at the Leon County Courthouse (Tallahassee, FL) Saw him speak in person, very impressive. Got my vote for State Rep.
Forgot to vote No on 2, which pisses me off. I didn't know what it was last Tuesday when I voted.
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:16 PM
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20. This is the first election in which I didn't vote for a single Republican. n/t |
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:16 PM
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21. We have a problem here in my county in that a lot of R's have registered |
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as Dems this cycle in order to get in office. It is tricky to sort the good guys from the bad guys.
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:16 PM
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22. there are no republicans that deserve my vote, period, end of story. They're welcome |
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:17 PM
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If there isn't a Democrat to vote for in a given race, I write-in a name. Republicans need to be sent out to pasture, IMO.
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:18 PM
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:18 PM
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25. Never! Even in the down ticket races where the pubbie |
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is unopposed, I'll usually write in my wife's name!
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:21 PM
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26. Independent here, usually vote a mixed ticket. |
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This year the only Republican I voted for was our county representative, as she's done a fabulous job during her past two terms. Other than that, voted Democrat and Independent.
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:21 PM
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27. Nope, nada, zilch, zero, ain't gonna happen. |
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:22 PM
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28. Do not vote for Republicans |
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To MSU_Spartan: I live in East Lansing. There are no Republicans on the ballot worthy of your vote.
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:24 PM
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29. Well, I don't live in EL anymore ;) |
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:27 PM
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30. That's like asking "How many of you will vote for at least one CORRUPT ASSHOLE on your ballot?" |
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:34 PM
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31. Not in this lifetime. |
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:40 PM
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32. No Republicans this time around |
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We have one crazy Dem on the ballot so I voted Libertarian because I just couldn't bring myself to vote for the Republican either.
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:49 PM
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34. I live in San Francisco |
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I don't think we even have any republicans on the ballot
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:50 PM
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35. I'll put an icepick through my brain first. n/t |
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:51 PM
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36. I'd rather die than vote for a repuke, so NO, not I. nt |
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:52 PM
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37. When I was young and stupid I voted for Reagan. But no way in HELL |
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will I EVER vote for another one. I'm a very proud democrat.
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:59 PM
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40. Don't feel bad...I vote for FredHorn LegHorn for senator. |
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That's one vote I wish I could take back. But like you, I was young and stupid.
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:04 PM
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47. Ooh. That's gotta hurt almost as much as my Reagan vote. |
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:53 PM
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38. I'd vote Traficant again before I voted for any rePUKE!!! |
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It'll be a LONG time before I can ever even consider voting for one of those fucks.
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:58 PM
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39. I will never vote Rethug again |
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I might not always vote for the Dem but I will never vote republican. Their party values and ideas have basically been discredited as non-functioning in the real world. There simply is no point to voting for them. I want to build a society based on ideas that might work or have proven to work, not ideas long discredited as having no value or simply not functioning. It's that simple.
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Tue Nov-04-08 01:59 PM
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41. I don't remember ever voting for a Rep at any time in my life. |
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:01 PM
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The "Democratic" nominee for sheriff is actually a party-switching opportunist who is being pushed by a toxic right wing activist. Screw him.
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:02 PM
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43. Yeah, for Public Service Commissioner |
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There is no Democratic candidate and the libertarian is a whack job.
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:02 PM
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Our family knows her and she's good people. It was for registrar of probate and she was the only one running for it. She was doing a good job, so people let her keep it.
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:04 PM
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46. I did. For City Council. |
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He ran on the Republican ticket for state rep in 2006 so I know he's a Republican. I voted against him then because he ran on an anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage platform (although he believes that being gay is not a choice.) Even so, he is a really great city councilman and those issues aren't addressed at a city level. He stands up for the residents and is more flexible in his reading of city ordinances then the other members and usually gets his way. He's also my mechanic and I've known him since he was a kid. Really nice guy, just not very worldly.
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:04 PM
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48. There is only one local Republican judge here that I vote for but that is it. |
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:05 PM
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50. I don't vote straight ticket |
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but I typically only vote dem. There are always many uncontested repukes on my ballot so I have fun doing write-ins. Michelle Obama got my vote for District Attorney today.
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:06 PM
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51. ditto on the Have Never, Will Nevers |
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I'm prouder than EVER to say I have never voted with them.
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:07 PM
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52. I think I'm going to have to back Repubs for two county offices. |
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Edited on Tue Nov-04-08 02:19 PM by seawolf
Office 1: I don't like it, but the opposing candidate (not a Dem, she's a no-party-affiliation candidate) hasn't made so much as a single proposal for change. She's done nothing but spout a bunch of vague statements and offered nothing real. The Repub's actually made improvements while he held the office. (I know, I was surprised too.)
Office 2: For an environmental office, it's a choice between a Republican...or a slobbering Libertarian nutcase who claims global warming's a hoax. For once, the Repub's the lesser of two evils.
Straight Dem ticket for everything else, though, plus one write-in against a Repub. (Will not be backing the write-in candidate, however, since he appears to have been a puppet entered into the race at the last minute to keep Dems from voting in the Repub primary -- if there is no opposing-party or write-in candidate, then all eligible voters can vote in party primaries here. I intend to write in one of my former professors.)
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:12 PM
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54. On occasion, I've been known to. |
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Doesn't happen very often, however.
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Tue Nov-04-08 02:16 PM
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55. I did. There's usually one or two sane Republicans way downballot. Years |
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ago, when I first started voting, there were a lot more viable (read: not batshit crazy) Republican candidates than there are these days. It'll be interesting to see how the party reshapes itself in the aftermath of the imminent collapse, but as far as I'm concerned, they don't have to rush that recovering-from-the-collapse business. :evilgrin:
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