bunkerbuster1
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Mon Dec-13-04 11:00 AM
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How did the troops in Iraq vote? |
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I've googled this, found nothing.
Why has this information been buried? Surely some kind of exit polling was done to determine how the active-duty troops in Iraq wanted for President in November, no?
I gotta think if they went for Bush, that the reThug machinery would be trumpeting this in all the usual steno-pool outlets.
Instead, we've heard nothing for over a month.
Anyone know? Anyone trying to find out?
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Mon Dec-13-04 11:01 AM
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1. My brother is deployed |
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I found out that he chose not to vote because he figured it wouldn't matter anyway. I chewed him out, but it was already done.
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Mon Dec-13-04 11:05 AM
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2. Are they allowed to discuss politics? |
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Even in the form of an exit poll? Just wondering if city, state and federal employees are supposed to remain loyal to whoever's in charge at the time?
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Mon Dec-13-04 11:08 AM
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In 2000 the Repubs were falling all over themselves to claim that Dumbya got the military vote.
2004- not a peep!
Guess we'll just have to do the math ourselves.
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Mon Dec-13-04 12:10 PM
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The troops almost certainly voted against Bush in huge numbers. They're not stupid. Bush 'worked hard' to lose their votes.
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Mon Dec-13-04 11:10 AM
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6. Government employees in DC & Md |
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Have long been considered a Democratic vote. Especially the older ones. Has to do with who was in office when they were hired.
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Mon Dec-13-04 11:08 AM
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3. I think that one is worth hounding the MSM on! It's a question that's |
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popping up here on a regular basis, and no one knows. It is likely that if the military vote went heavily Bush, it would be trumpeted loud and long by the WH. Ergo, silence. AND the silent complicity of the corporate media.
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Mon Dec-13-04 11:12 AM
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8. It seems like the most painfully obvious question in the world for the MSM |
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And yet nobody's investigating it, from what I can tell.
I've posted this question in another forum, got the same kind of shoulder shrugs. Nobody knows, nobody's investigating, nobody's polling, apparently.
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Mon Dec-13-04 11:08 AM
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5. Wanting to find out also, have 2 over there |
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and know how they voted = Not B***, but I'd be real interested to see how the military voted. Question has been asked by many, but no one has yet been able to find the statistical data.
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Mon Dec-13-04 11:11 AM
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7. I read in a post awhile back |
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that there was a push to get the overseas votes in early this year, and that many of them were counted in with absentee ballots. Not sure how accurate this is.
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Mon Dec-13-04 11:18 AM
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9. There was a thread posted some time last week that said |
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those numbers would not be made known until after Jan. 20, you know it takes a while to do all that counting. :argh:
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Mon Dec-13-04 11:21 AM
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10. Just called my local county election board |
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Absentee votes by Paper ballots (early voting here was done on machines) broke as follows:
Kerry 729 Bush 1037 Total 1785
This is Rutherford County Tennessee and I was told there is no breakdown for JUST the military vote and in fairness, this vote count could be skewed because of the recommendation that folks vote early and by paper ballot. That may be why the MSM is not reporting.
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Mon Dec-13-04 11:28 AM
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11. Word is from the few soldiers coming back |
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that it was fairly evenly split
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Mon Dec-13-04 12:08 PM
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is what I have heard, but I have no link, only what I keep reading on the internets. ( I forget which internet, but it was definitely one of them) I believe it was very close which is why we have not heard any story from either side.
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Mon Dec-13-04 12:39 PM
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14. Even a 55-45 split for Bush should be something for us to talk about... |
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...Everything I had ever heard before this election, and from my own experience from elections held while I was in the army, it always broke 70-30 repub at least.
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Mon Dec-13-04 07:34 PM
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15. I heard the same thing |
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...but can't find it on any of the internets, nor Lexis Nexis.
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