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Only 9% of America Chose Trump and Clinton as the Nominees

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  • DegeneratefkDegeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    Thus doesn't surprise me as most eligible voters don't bother
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  • jerparker20jerparker20 Posts: 2,501
    Degeneratefk said:

    Thus doesn't surprise me as most eligible voters don't bother

    Doesn't surprise me either and I live in Minnesota, a state with one of the highest voter turnouts in the nation.
  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    And I bet 90% that bitch and moan about the nominee did not vote.
  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    Will be interesting for sure to see how 9% of America voted for Trump and the other 91% couldn't stop him.
  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,895
    Shaming people for not voting during the primary elections is bogus.

    When it was time for WA state's primary election. The only Republican still running was Trump. And the only 2 Dems running were Clinton and Sanders.

    I wasn't going to waste a stamp on an election that was already decided, so I didn't vote.

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  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    mookeywrench said:

    Shaming people for not voting during the primary elections is bogus.

    When it was time for WA state's primary election. The only Republican still running was Trump. And the only 2 Dems running were Clinton and Sanders.

    I wasn't going to waste a stamp on an election that was already decided, so I didn't vote.

    Are you going to do anything on election day?
  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,895
    I'm going to vote for the most qualified person.
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    mookeywrench said:

    I'm going to vote for the most qualified person.

    So are you a write in or a Hillary supporter?
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,034
    mookeywrench said:

    Shaming people for not voting during the primary elections is bogus.

    When it was time for WA state's primary election. The only Republican still running was Trump. And the only 2 Dems running were Clinton and Sanders.

    I wasn't going to waste a stamp on an election that was already decided, so I didn't vote.

    Is that all that was on your ballot up in WA? No state issues, nothing else?
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,895
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    mookeywrench said:

    I'm going to vote for the most qualified person.

    So are you a write in or a Hillary supporter?
    I'm a vote in privacy supporter.
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,895
    brianlux said:

    mookeywrench said:

    Shaming people for not voting during the primary elections is bogus.

    When it was time for WA state's primary election. The only Republican still running was Trump. And the only 2 Dems running were Clinton and Sanders.

    I wasn't going to waste a stamp on an election that was already decided, so I didn't vote.

    Is that all that was on your ballot up in WA? No state issues, nothing else?
    Nothing else on the primary ballot.

    A ballot with other state issues arrived this past week.
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,034
    mookeywrench said:

    brianlux said:

    mookeywrench said:

    Shaming people for not voting during the primary elections is bogus.

    When it was time for WA state's primary election. The only Republican still running was Trump. And the only 2 Dems running were Clinton and Sanders.

    I wasn't going to waste a stamp on an election that was already decided, so I didn't vote.

    Is that all that was on your ballot up in WA? No state issues, nothing else?
    Nothing else on the primary ballot.

    A ballot with other state issues arrived this past week.
    Interesting. I live in WA from around '90 to '94 and don't remember ballots being that way. Must be all that paper they like to use up there!
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Only 9% ... and you vote for your party leaders. So how'd did these two knuckleheads get the nod. I still think a trump presidency would be a hoot...
    I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin

    "Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
  • SmellymanSmellyman Posts: 4,524
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeMGqTwWA6U
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,538
    lukin2006 said:

    Only 9% ... and you vote for your party leaders. So how'd did these two knuckleheads get the nod. I still think a trump presidency would be a hoot...

    Well if you want hoot then you have to vote for the clown ..
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,034
    Smellyman said:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeMGqTwWA6U

    Haha! I love George. And what he says is hard to argue against. I vote anyway because I can and because I like to throw my 2 cents out there even if it probably doesn't mean a hill of beans.
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    josevolution said:

    lukin2006 said:

    Only 9% ... and you vote for your party leaders. So how'd did these two knuckleheads get the nod. I still think a trump presidency would be a hoot...

    Well if you want hoot then you have to vote for the clown ..
    Thankfully I got lucky and was born north of the border in the great white north ... as bad as politics are here ... these 2 knuckleheads likely never rise to party leadership in Canada...that's why I think it'd be a hoot.
    I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin

    "Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
  • unsungunsung Posts: 9,487
    PJPOWER said:

    And I bet 90% that bitch and moan about the nominee did not vote.

    Voting is for people that fall for thinking they can change things.
  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    ^^^this
    I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin

    "Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,086
    unsung said:

    PJPOWER said:

    And I bet 90% that bitch and moan about the nominee did not vote.

    Voting is for people that fall for thinking they can change things.
    Says the guy with the Ron Paul 2012 pic.
  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,086
    edited August 2016
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Will be interesting for sure to see how 9% of America voted for Trump and the other 91% couldn't stop him.

    Nice use of past and present tense in the same sentence. Future tense too?
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  • unsungunsung Posts: 9,487
    Go Beavers said:

    unsung said:

    PJPOWER said:

    And I bet 90% that bitch and moan about the nominee did not vote.

    Voting is for people that fall for thinking they can change things.
    Says the guy with the Ron Paul 2012 pic.
    And says the guy that doesn't fall for it anymore.
  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,086
    Fall for what?
  • unsungunsung Posts: 9,487
    Try and keep up.
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,034
    unsung said:

    PJPOWER said:

    And I bet 90% that bitch and moan about the nominee did not vote.

    Voting is for people that fall for thinking they can change things.
    I never have high expectations for what my vote will do, never. But I do see it as a nudge in the right direction and voting is such a simple thing to do, especially because I vote absentee and in the mail it goes with whatever else I'm mailing. It seems hugely cynical to me when others try to tell me I'm wasting my time and money when it's so little time, so little money to give a little nudge and at the least, have to opportunity to put in my two cents worth. And of course, there are many, many other things we can do to make a difference in our world.

    Or are we all screwed anyway and we should just go pound sand and to hell with it all? How cynical do we want to get here?

    Nahhhh!
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,845
    unsung said:

    PJPOWER said:

    And I bet 90% that bitch and moan about the nominee did not vote.

    Voting is for people that fall for thinking they can change things.
    Well, in our last two federal elections I (and many others) voted for the Green Party candidate in our riding. She won both times and became the first Green Party member federally elected. In her time in office she has been widely recognized as a productive and hardworking MP who is generally respected. She is bringing a whole range of issues to greater public attention, as well as raising the profile of the Green Party. And that's not insignificant, in my view.
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