qijackie
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Wed Apr-30-08 10:28 PM
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Are the posters on GD:P representative of the Democratic party voters? |
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I've been reading posts on this forum for the last couple of months - haven't posted much - and I keep wondering if you are representative or not? - seemed simplest to finally just ask.
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Wed Apr-30-08 10:29 PM
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1. Well, considering that some of them are probably not members of the Democratic party... |
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You can be anyone you want to be on the "Internets."
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Wed Apr-30-08 10:43 PM
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7. That's right....I'm sandahl bergman. |
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Wed Apr-30-08 10:44 PM
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8. I've never claimed to be a "Democrat" in over 6 years since I joined DU. |
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Edited on Wed Apr-30-08 10:46 PM by TahitiNut
It has NEVER been required or expected, no matter how many times people who can't seem to read the rules make such an assertion. I'm an independent liberal, not a partisan. :shrug:
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Wed Apr-30-08 10:58 PM
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that posters here and posters who visit the right-leaning sites probably only represent about 5-10 percent of voters on either side. People who belong to internet forums follow politics more closely than the average person, and tend to feel passionate about their candidate.
Can't say about the so-called trolls, my trolldar isn't working.
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Wed Apr-30-08 10:30 PM
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We are representative of ourselves. We strive to create harmony and balance in a world of chaos. WE ARE THE WORLD!
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Wed Apr-30-08 10:30 PM
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Edited on Wed Apr-30-08 10:30 PM by onenote
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Wed Apr-30-08 10:38 PM
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4. I'd say those of us who are really Democrats (not trolls) are more passionate in some respects. |
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Or maybe we just have more free time on our hands. :shrug:
As a rule, we're certainly more feisty. :evilgrin:
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qijackie
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Wed Apr-30-08 10:41 PM
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6. So are you guys saying that you think there are lots of |
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"imposters" posting here? But there are so many that I see that have big numbers of posts - would fake Dems bother to hang around that long?
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Wed Apr-30-08 10:49 PM
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14. That's what *I'M* saying, can't speak for anyone else. |
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I lurked here for years, and was encouraged to sign up and start participating by a long-time poster lots of people here know.
She was right when she told me that there's likely a few posters who've been here for years who keep up the facade so they can post on election nights stuff like "ha ha! I'm a freeper and have been all along!"
Can't speak to what motivates folks to do that, just pretty sure it goes on.
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Wed Apr-30-08 10:40 PM
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5. internal DU polls show that nearly 90% of members support Obama |
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While in scientific polls Obama and Clinton are either tied, or Obama has a single digit lead.
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Wed Apr-30-08 10:46 PM
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10. No. Otherwise, Barack would have won this long ago. |
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This forum is 85-90% his supporters.
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Wed Apr-30-08 10:47 PM
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11. No, average people do not spend the kind of time activists |
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do thinking about Politics. Most people are not as intense as Activists.
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Wed Apr-30-08 10:48 PM
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12. It's not even representative of a Seroquel test population. |
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Wed Apr-30-08 10:49 PM
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13. The posters on DU are representative of the progressive base of the democratic party |
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Thu May-01-08 02:29 AM
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I am comparatively new to DU, just under one year, so my information regarding the last presidential primary is second-hand. But I can tell you that what I see and hear on GD-P in particular this time around doesn't seem to extrapolate in tone or numbers to the outside world. Specifically, I encounter far more OVERT Clinton support elsewhere, especially among African Americans. This surprised me at first, but no longer; while it's a great place for good information, rumor, humor, innuendo, conspiracy theories and misinformation, it's not a microcosm or bellwether of anything else.
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