[olug] OT: evil poll

[Bill Eberly]

>For those not voting for McCain or Obama, I'm curious about your reasoning.  Obviously your candidate will not win

True, they won't win. But I read a study earlier this week (and wished
I could find it), that said fairly substantial percentage of voters
(>20% if I remember right) vote for the 'wrong' candidate, in terms of
their political positions. If you could get all of those people to
vote, along with all the people who just don't vote at all because
they know their vote doesn't really matter, you could get a very
viable 3rd party candidate.

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 5:57 PM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ron Paul is a very good speaker with some very interesting ideas.  He
> isn't a Republican by any means however.  He is very Libertarian, and
> in some ways I find their views a bit extreme.
>
> I've always thought it would be a great tool to have a survey that
> suggested candidates based upon how well your views matched with
> theirs.  In the internet age, can't we provide something like this at
> the polls, especially when we have more candidates on various ballots
> than we usually know anything about?  I'd rather not vote a straight
> party ticket since no major party represents my beliefs.
>
> -- T. J.
>
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Sam Tetherow <tetherow at shwisp.net> wrote:
>> glassbooth.org?
>>
>> It matched me about 80% with  Bob Barr which didn't surprise me much.  I
>> am surprised at the lack of Obama support on the list though.  The tech
>> field usually tends so far to the left.
>>
>> For those not voting for McCain or Obama, I'm curious about your
>> reasoning.  Obviously your candidate will not win, do you still vote for
>> them because you are trying to send a message to those running for
>> office that there is support for their ideas or do you refuse to vote
>> for someone you don't support?
>>
>> For the record I'm voting McCain.
>>
>>    Sam Tetherow
>>    Sandhills Wireless
>>
>> Thomas D. Williamson wrote:
>>> When the primaries were still going on there was a web site that asked
>>> about forty questions on policies the various candidates held and then
>>> gave a list of candidates that came closest to matching the list. When
>>> I was done there was no candidate that match all my issues exactly of
>>> those who were candidates I think the list was something like this:
>>>
>>> Dennis Kucinich
>>> John Edwards
>>> Hilary Clinton
>>> Barack Obama
>>>
>>> I did hear an interview with Ron Paul, and although I did not agree
>>> with his policies, I felt on the principles he spoke of he would have
>>> been a more interesting candidate to follow.
>>>
>>> So for the actual election next week I will be voting for Obama.
>>>
>>> Tom Williamson
>>>
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