July presidential poll

If the us presidential election were held now, and you were eligible to vote, what is your vote:

  • Romney

    Votes: 3 10.0%

  • Obama

    Votes: 23 76.7%

  • Other

    Votes: 4 13.3%
  • Total voters
    30
  • Poll closed .
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strawman

strawman

Recent reports suggest that neither candidate's recent expensive efforts have altered polling much.

It'd be interesting to see if, and how, our own views change over the next few months. So, a simple question that I'll probably pose once a month.

Even if you can't vote in the November election, feel free to vote in these polls. If I understand correctly, most states will list the candidates alphabetically by last name, so I'm following that convention here, lest anyone read anything into how I'm ordering the choices.

If other gets a lot of votes, I'll add the Other candidates by name in the following polls.
 
Necronic

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Until I hear any kind of serious proposal from the Romney campaign other than "I promise that I'm not actually Obama", I'm not voting for him.
 
LordRendar

LordRendar

As a foreigner I wont delve to much into your politics,but Romney just seems so... bland.
And don't kid yourself that Obama was the only president with a "Kill List".
 
Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

In the case of Jill Stein somehow miraculously winning the Presidency (this has a less than 0.00% chance of happening btw), I actually don't think she would be all up in the foreign wars' business!
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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sixpackshaker said:
I view myself as a Democrat. Just in those other 4 elections, I was casting a protest vote. Since it is TX Clinton and etc. never stood a chance of winning, I thought I would be heard louder by going against the two parties.
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...so you didn't vote for the democrat because the democrat didn't stand a chance? Do I have that right?
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Yes, Clinton did not stand a chance a winning in Texas. Presidential votes don't count outside of the state. Hence Bush losing the popular vote but taking the electoral college.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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sixpackshaker said:
Yes, Clinton did not stand a chance a winning in Texas. Presidential votes don't count outside of the state. Hence Bush losing the popular vote but taking the electoral college.
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I understand all that stuff. I'm just not clear how voting for Clinton anyway would be a less effective "protest vote" than voting not for Clinton.

I mean, you do know Clinton only lost Texas 37-40 in 92. Right?
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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Never mind. I tried to give you every chance at an out, but there's just no way around it - you're a moron. Sorry.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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sixpackshaker said:
Bite me dick head. My one vote does not close the 210,000 vote gap. If you can't see that, you are the moron.
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Clinton lost by 3 percentage points. That's the margin of error in most polls. If ever a democrat had a chance to win contemporary texas, it was Clinton's first election when Perot (another Texan) was siphoning off votes like crazy. It was so close as to be a nailbiter. What you did is the very definition of cutting of your nose to spite your face. You. Are. An. Idiot. No surprise who you're voting for.
 
GasBandit

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sixpackshaker said:
Did you vote for Andre Marrou that year?
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I didn't vote in 92 at all. I wasn't old enough.

(I know, I know, shock and dismay).

But that is beside the point. The candidate you wanted to win stood a chance. A good chance. The final difference was 3%. Now, if you'd said "I had no idea at the time it would be so close, I didn't think Perot would be such a factor," I would have said, ok, that's understandable. But instead you doubled down on "TEXAS HATE DEMOCRAT ONE VOTE CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHAARGARBL."
 
GasBandit

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sixpackshaker said:
I did not say one vote can't make a difference, I said it did not make up 200,000 votes. You are the one that Whaargarbl-ed.
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Well it's a good thing you knew before you voted that your vote couldn't make the difference. I mean really, when you apply that logic, why ever vote for anything at all? Even if it's only a 1%, or 0.1% or 0.01%difference, your vote won't cover that gap.
 
Necronic

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Yeah, I mean, with that kind of attitude Kelly Clarkson never would have been able to touch so many of us.
 
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