Please register to vote!

[Slapshotnerd]

Those of you who know me know that I am very politically active. I told myself since i was in middle school that the first time I would vote would be in a Presidential Election. I was only 17 back in 2000, so this is my inaugural year of voting. I cast my first vote back in March during the Presidential primary, and proudly wore my "I voted" sticker on campus at ULV. Unfortunately, I saw very few of my peers voting.

Here is a quick glance at the tendencies of the states in the union:
http://www.indyvoter.org/img/pic/map.gif

For those who may not remember, Bush won the election in 2000 based on 537 votes in Florida. There are approximately 1500 students on my campus at school, and I would guess that there are at least 537 of them who are not registered to vote. In fact, only 36% of eligible citizens between the ages of 18-25 voted in 2000. That means that at ULV, there are probably only 540 REGISTERED voters!

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr once said “Those who love peace must learn to organize as well as those who love war.” I personally am not happy with the war in Iraq right now, and am working hard to make this statement ring true. I ask my fellow myspace friends to help me out with this as well. If you are not registered, PLEASE REGISTER! The process can take a few weeks to happen, and there are only 4 months left! If you are registered, please try to find 3-5 more eligible citizens in society to register. Whether these people are family, friends, or just random people at the grocery store, get the people out to the polls this year. We are very lucky to enjoy a democracy, I consider it a duty to our country to excercise our right to vote.

I won't impose my own political views on anyone, those of you who know me well enough know how I feel. I firmly believe that if enough people ESPECIALLY my peers come out to vote, the change that I support will happen. Therefore, all I am asking is to register to vote.

[Dr. Disque]

how come no states are labelled "vulnerable democrat"?

seems like a skewed map to me

[Slapshotnerd]

how come no states are labelled "vulnerable democrat"?

seems like a skewed map to me

- Republican states tend to vote hardline republican.
- Vulnerable republican states are becoming more liberal, but still vote republican for the most part.
- Democrat states are very liberal and vote that way.
- A "vulnerable democrat" state is much more of a swing state. These states don't like the republican party, but aren't as set on the liberal ways of all democrats.

If anything, the map suggests that there are more swing states than anything else, and people in those states DO have the power to enact change in their state and should be even more motivated to register to vote and make an impact.

[contero]

I like the use of the word vulnerable.

yes, please register to vote and vote for a third party. i'd rather have a choice between 3 or 4 jackasses than 2.

[Gabe]

[/IMG] Fuck you, i'm not voting. Everyone says "if you don't vote you can't bitch." Horseshit. Our system was not designed to be eeny-meany-miny-moe between two utterly dislikable horses dicks. My voice is my lack of vote. Fuck this two party system, and fuck you. Keep voting on party lines and saying you have a choice you ignorant fuck.

Dave

Screaming don't vote, lets set a record for lowest turnout ever.

So why don't you vote third party?




Last election by county...

http://www.fraudfactor.com/images/humor/ffpres2000bycounty.jpg

[Gabe]

Don't ask me why Alaska isn't on there.

[Slapshotnerd]

By voting for someone who voted for the war in congress?
who said Kerry was my candidate?

[Gabe]

Why does the first map have "Vulnerable republican" and "Swing" but not "Vulnerable democrat"?

[Kriz]

Fuck you, i'm not voting. Everyone says "if you don't vote you can't bitch." Horseshit. Our system was not designed to be eeny-meany-miny-moe between two utterly dislikable horses dicks. My voice is my lack of vote. Fuck this two party system, and fuck you. Keep voting on party lines and saying you have a choice you ignorant fuck.

Dave
Ditto.

Screaming don't vote, lets set a record for lowest turnout ever.
Count me in.

[Mr Rogers]

I'm in.

[Gabe]

You can always move to Canada or France!

[PNG]

Heh. Looks like it's time for me to once again revive my, "If you're a moron, don't vote" thread.

Personally, I think that if you're too lazy or unmotivated to figure out how to register in time for the election, then you're probably too lazy or unmotivated to make an informed decision, and we're better off if you just stay home on election day. Drives to "get out the vote" are almost always a bad idea. I don't want my well-informed, carefully chosen vote cancelled out by some jackass who only showed up because MTV told him to.

[Mr. Bater]

Fuck you, i'm not voting. Everyone says "if you don't vote you can't bitch." Horseshit. Our system was not designed to be eeny-meany-miny-moe between two utterly dislikable horses dicks. My voice is my lack of vote. Fuck this two party system, and fuck you. Keep voting on party lines and saying you have a choice you ignorant fuck.

Dave

Screaming don't vote, lets set a record for lowest turnout ever.

I cant believe I agree with a dirty yank.
:eek3:

[Civic_Sleeper]

Heh. Looks like it's time for me to once again revive my, "If you're a moron, don't vote" thread.

Personally, I think that if you're too lazy or unmotivated to figure out how to register in time for the election, then you're probably too lazy or unmotivated to make an informed decision, and we're better off if you just stay home on election day. Drives to "get out the vote" are almost always a bad idea. I don't want my well-informed, carefully chosen vote cancelled out by some jackass who only showed up because MTV told him to.

Even though I will change my views on voting this year and vote for canidate that I think should be in office...I still think the voting system sucks and has to be changed...not because of dumbasses who can't read a punch card (even though there is a more efficent way of doing it), but because of electorial colleges...I've always took a stand against them, but because some of the actions, policies and behaviors of our current president, I will vote for someone who I'd like to see run the US (and not it's not Kerry although his decision to run with Edwards is swaying my opinion some).

C_S

[Gabe]

Because then my vote will be counted as "stolen from" candidate a or b. They think that they're entitled to those votes, no, fuck them, the only way to do it is register and not vote.

Ah yeah good call I guess. I hadn't been thinking about that when I asked.

[Slapshotnerd]

It's not your fault that a third party candidate got your vote because you felt they were bet for the job. Kerry should be the one trying to sway these "swing" votes his way. I think the choice of Edwards as his running mate may bring a few of these votes over, but I still don't support Kerry in any way other than an alternative to Bush (which is not a good enough reason for him to get my vote).

I will be voting for the candidate who I feel best represents my views. Even if 64% of my peers aren't even registered to vote, and the candidates don't feel the need to cater to my needs, my future is very much determined by who is President for the next 4 years and I refuse to vote for someone who doesn't want to look out for my future.

[Gabe]

Though if you register for a party, you can vote in their primaries which affects who becomes their candidate, and you don't even have to vote in the actual presidential election, that way you can support other candidates without actually voting for one of those two candidates that you don't like that end up winning the primaries anyway.

[Dr. Disque]

if a 3rd party candidate that wasn't goofy like Ross Perot had 50-100 mil $ to spend on his campaign, I think he'd give the old parties a run for their money. When you think about it, people are really easy to sway and a charismatic guy could easily be put into office with the right amount of money.

[Dystopia]

a soulution to the 3rd party issue is the IRV system

[Gabe]

Yeah well it's not hard for the higher ups to basically chose who wins primaries when more independently minded people such as yourself don't suggest their opinions. Shit I woulda voted for McCain if I had cared about politics back then in 2000 and were 18+.

[Dystopia]

I would have voted macain would have won if he was Republican canidate

[Project_Lude]

No the thing that really pisses me off about our system is everyone has the right to vote. Yeah yeah, every one born equal, shit like that. But there are some serious morons in our country. We should have literacy tests reinstated. We should have a certain IQ that you have to obtain to be able to vote in our country. For example: I was watching the Jimmy Kimmel show the other night. He had a guy go to the showing of Fahrenheit 9/11 and ask people what they thought of the movie after the show. The part where I lose all faith in humanity? One lady that was interviewed said "Well, before I went into the movie I was going to vote for Bush...but after I saw that, I am definetely not." It is a fucking movie, based on one mans opinions, and a horrible source at that. This man got a fucking award for Bowling for Columbine taken away because he left out crucial parts of interviews that didn't go with his opinions. And the brilliant part of Fahrenheit? That is exactly what Michael Moore wanted. He wanted people to think like him to get more votes from Bush. I hate vulnerable people that get swayed by propaganda. /rant

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There's a saying that a candidate goes to the right or left for the primaries, and to the center for a general election. That's largely true; in order to win the nomination, you have to get the fringe of the party to vote for you, but to get the office you have to claim the swing voters. McCain was/is doomed in a primary scenario because he's indistinguishable from a Democrat in several key areas, so he's unelectable when only Republicans are in on the decision. His only hope is if the idea of an open primary system (where anybody can vote for anybody, regardless of their party registration) catches on. But if it does, there will be all sorts of shenannigans, like cross-party voters trying to get the fringe candidate nominated so they'll get clobbered in the general election.

I'm betting that the Bad Guys will try something to disrupt the presidential election this year like they did in Spain. Of course, that poses the $64k question: Who would Al-Qaida want in the White House come Inauguration Day?

[Gabe]

Voting at least should be english only. lol

I also think the terrorists might try to pull something before our elections but there are two things about that which are also relevant - one being that our government definately knows that and our government has definately become more ready to defend against terrorism, but also I don't think Americans as a whole are like the Spanish in that when someone attacks us (main example: 9/11) we tend to become briefly more conservative and want to fight. It's just something thats inherent in most of America.