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Who Will You Be Voting For This November
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To anyone who chooses to abstain from voting, why even bother living here? Go move to a country where you don't have that privilege and see how much more you like it.
I met a kid, an exchange student, from Iran who spent months fighting for a visa to study at my school and I asked him about all that personally went on there with Mir Hussain and Ahmadinejad. He said troves of people came out to vote for Mir but he wasn't put into power and its political system is really as backwards as the media makes it seems. On top of that, Ahmadinejad doesn't have much of a say in policy, the supreme leader does so Ahmadinejad is more of just a figurehead. But despite all of this, he said the situation here is worse and not because our government is as corrupt as some people make it seem, but because people have the ability to vote and be politically active here, but they choose not to. You have the ability to go out and change who is in power in our country if you don't like them, but you choose to abstain and then complain about the people in power. Grow up, do your part and go vote.
In terms of who has my vote, Obama. I can't #*%! with a party that wants to do away with funding for me to go to school, or the EPA, or woman's rights, or universal healthcare, or evolution, or social security, or medicare. If you give people an opportunity to thrive, they will and I don't believe conservative policies give anyone who isn't already thriving an opportunity to better themselves.
I met a kid, an exchange student, from Iran who spent months fighting for a visa to study at my school and I asked him about all that personally went on there with Mir Hussain and Ahmadinejad. He said troves of people came out to vote for Mir but he wasn't put into power and its political system is really as backwards as the media makes it seems. On top of that, Ahmadinejad doesn't have much of a say in policy, the supreme leader does so Ahmadinejad is more of just a figurehead. But despite all of this, he said the situation here is worse and not because our government is as corrupt as some people make it seem, but because people have the ability to vote and be politically active here, but they choose not to. You have the ability to go out and change who is in power in our country if you don't like them, but you choose to abstain and then complain about the people in power. Grow up, do your part and go vote.
In terms of who has my vote, Obama. I can't #*%! with a party that wants to do away with funding for me to go to school, or the EPA, or woman's rights, or universal healthcare, or evolution, or social security, or medicare. If you give people an opportunity to thrive, they will and I don't believe conservative policies give anyone who isn't already thriving an opportunity to better themselves.
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^ This.
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Number of electoral votes is determined by # of senators + # of House of Reps .
Each state has 2 senators.. So every state is equal..
Texas has 36 representative, Wyoming 1.
That's why Texas has 38 electoral votes, Wyoming 3.
And House of Reps amount per state... Is determined by..... Population because they are not allowed to represent a population over a certain size..
It is determined by population, you just like to find a technicality of it.
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You are right. We do have a choice: Coke and Coke Zero.
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It's hilarious when people say stuff like that. I bet dude was one of those people who went and loaded up at the gun store when Obama came into office.
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JRS, c'mon dude.
Think about what would happen if all three executive branches were possibly run by the Republicans. I know you are open-minded, so I don't know why you'd vote for this guy. Rights and civil liberties... right out the window. I can imagine some V For Vendetta type stuff going on.
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I dont see how that benefited your argument. You just proved mine.
Because of those 2 extra electoral votes, a voter from Wyoming has more voting power than a voter from Texas. Do the math.
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This NTers know they don't got 250,000 in investments to be affected....
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Yet the avg yearly income in this country isn't even 40K.
Basically the vast majority of idiots voting for politicians who support these tax policies will NEVER see the benefits from them.
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Originally Posted by Peep Game
It's hilarious when people say stuff like that. I bet dude was one of those people who went and loaded up at the gun store when Obama came into office.
Worst part is people who be complaining about tax policies be making like 20k a year smh....
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So since the U.S. Senate is wildly unrepresentative, what is your course of action...
The U.S. Senate was created to keep states like Wyoming from being irrelevant in every way, and have a voice... The House of Representatives is "the people's house" because it is based broadly representation on population size.. And would be unconstitutional if it were not for the House of Reps being the check and balance... It goes to the House of Reps first so it is a more apt representation of the public.. And the Senate is then where it is up for debate where each vote is heard equally, because a state like Wyoming would have no say in the government if it only existed in the House of Reps, and not the Senate as well..
The Electoral College is the exact combination..
It is based on exact representation in the U.S. legislature... And the larger states have power because of their larger EC vote size.. It is called proportional representation.
Your argument would be correct, if their wasn't a weighted voting system, determined by the addition of the House of Reps. seats per states.
But since it is so vastly unconstitutional to the "one man-one vote principle" of the 14th Amendment, go sue and bring it to the Supreme Court like was done to the NYC Board of Estimates in the 1980s successfully..
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Regardless, as the election sits today (which will UNDOUBTEDLY change).. Romney is running the same race as McCain..
Same states are up for grabs as were in 2008 (with the addition of Arizona, carried by Republicans)..
If Romney wants to win... HE BETTER PRAY this map is not similar to this at the end of October going into November. Because he will lose big, because it is too many states to run in, too much ground to make up..
Republicans would need to win Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virgina & Florida to win this year if they give up Southwestern states like NM, NV, Colorado and possibly Arizona.. And if that is predicament for Republicans (which seems likely because the Hispanic vote will swing the vote in the SW), the election is going to Obama.
Same states are up for grabs as were in 2008 (with the addition of Arizona, carried by Republicans)..
If Romney wants to win... HE BETTER PRAY this map is not similar to this at the end of October going into November. Because he will lose big, because it is too many states to run in, too much ground to make up..
Republicans would need to win Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virgina & Florida to win this year if they give up Southwestern states like NM, NV, Colorado and possibly Arizona.. And if that is predicament for Republicans (which seems likely because the Hispanic vote will swing the vote in the SW), the election is going to Obama.
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Exactly. And I feel a bit sorry for anyone who thinks that 250k "aint @@*$".Originally Posted by malikdagoat
Yet the avg yearly income in this country isn't even 40K.
Basically the vast majority of idiots voting for politicians who support these tax policies will NEVER see the benefits from them.
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People died so we can live in a country that has this freedom. Personally, I think its naive to not vote, when they're people dying everyday for this right in other countries. But fine, you can choose not vote, just don't be one of the people who complains how the government does you wrong when you know you have an opportunity to influence it.
Senoj
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Seriously. Dude obviously needs to lay off the fox news. Taxes are the lowest they've been in many years. Americans, especially more wealthy ones have been spoiled these past 10 years. We've been in Iraq and Afghanistan and not one tax payer has felt the hurt in their wallet because we haven't had to pay for it. No one wants higher taxes but we all want our gov't to do something about the debt.
People are truly brainwashed by their party/media. Especially when they say things like 'Mitt Romney is an expert on the economy'.
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Uncle Barry has an appalling record on civil liberties. Chappelle was ahead of his time with that black Bush skit.
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C'MON NT, THIS IS A PERSONAL ISSUE, FALL BACK!!! So i'm %#!!#+* my wife in her !@@ right...
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The people lose no matter who wins this election.
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why would anyone vote for romney...i dont understand
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JRS bruh I'm surprised that you would even be concerned with politics considering all the stuff you post in the mind blown thread.
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New Mexico and Nevada elected Hispanic Republican Gov's in 2010 so it's not entirely a valid argument.
Rubio could very well be a key player
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Not voting, and most likely never will again in a U.S. Presidential election.
