Republican Debate?

[cupman]

I don't know.. my test said Herman Cain 4%. Seems pretty much spot on.

 

[AquaEyes]

I think the predictions and polls are losing accuracy. Many polls are conducted over the telephone, and cell phone numbers are not on the call-lists. The percentage of younger voters with land-line phones has been decreasing with the popularity and low cost of cell phones. I haven't been "in the phone book" for ten years now, and I am not alone. The effect is that the respondents are skewed toward the older voters, and each year, this skew causes the sample to drift further and further away from being truly representative of the population.

And besides, isn't arguing based on polls like arguing which sports team is going to win based on previous games? Yeah, if a team is doing well, they'll probably continue to do well, but they've been "doing well" against other teams -- and so has the team they will be playing against come the game finals. On election day, we'll find out. Meantime, I think it's better to discuss the policies, rather than who has more followers.

 

[debilorrah]

No one ever calls me for those polls. EVER. How accurate can they really be?

 

[chickened]

I don't know how accurate votes are counted either, nobody will admit they voted for Obama.

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[Illia]

Umm, I certainly would. I didn't vote for him because I was 2 months too young to, but I certainly showed my support, and that's because a lot of what he claimed to be all for or against, I agreed with. But he did the exact opposite of what he said he'd do. So, I'm certainly going to admit.

I'll admit I voted for a guy who apparently didn't become president.

 

[AquaEyes]

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I know I did. And I know many others did. I suppose the "hoping for change" idea that has been posted here applied after 8 years of Bush. Perhaps the "change" hoped for is best found for many in a third-party candidate, though so many feel their votes are "wasted" on them. I disagree. Whichever candidate wins the election will see the numbers of voters who went with the opponent(s), offering a picture of what the country is feeling at election time. If that candidate wishes to gain their votes for re-election, consideration must be paid to their issues.

The problem with having just two parties is that issues are presented as having only two choices -- party A takes one choice, and party B takes the other. It limits the range of ways to solve a problem. We need to think outside the box. Unfortunately, Americans seem to like their boxes.

 

[chickened]

I was told that the election campaign used texting alot to younger voters, did you get texts to vote for him?
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[Illia]

I don't have a cellphone, so, no.

 

[chickened]

I have seen it all now you do not text, I would hire you on that qualification alone.

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[cupman]

you like Perry, chickened? Ohh come on now, you know Oregon will never be a red state with all them beatniks over in Portland.