Vote for President

[snoopyloopysk8a]

so if cf was in charge of electing next president, who would it be? no campaigning plzkthx, just vote. if you want a write-in, then choose other and tell who they is. this list is taken straight from my mail-in ballot (san bernardino county, ca) in the exact order it was printed. list is in president:vice president (party) format.

edit: if a mod could edit the poll to end in two weeks...?

 

[Harpuia]

Wasn't the Constitution Party candidate Baldwin/Castle?

 

[JustMeSee]

I voted Obama, but I think McCain will win.

 

[Daisy321]

I voted McCain/PALIN and I think they will!

 

[jayem]

Other. Mike Bloomberg would be my first choice.

 

[Trevorocity]

I voted Obama/Biden but I think McCain/Palin will win by a nose hair electorally even though Obama will win by a landslide popularly. Riots, church burnings, suicide bombings, gay-bashings, and civil war to follow.

 

[Billnew]

Wasn't the Constitution Party candidate Baldwin/Castle?

Might not have made the ballot in Ca.

Truthfully, I don't know who will win.
Its going to be another close one.
I tend to believe Obama might win popular vote, but how the electorals play out, I don't know.

Vote for the candidate you want, don't vote or not vote because they say it's guaranteed.

 

[Trevorocity]

Interesting. So far neither of the major candidates has earned a majority of the vote. I don't think that's likely to happen in the case of the actual election. However its one of the reasons I think we should go to run-off elections.

Typically one candidate will receive a simple majority of votes. However a third party candidate can skew the numbers. We call them 'spoilers'. In the case where Candidate A receives 40% of the votes and Candidates B and C receive 35% and 25% respectively, Candidate A is declared the winner. I find that curious because 60% of the voters did not want candidate A to be President.

In such a case (while rare) I think the top two candidates should then be run as the only two candidates and we should vote again.

 

[snoopyloopysk8a]

Interesting. So far neither of the major candidates has earned a majority of the vote. I don't think that's likely to happen in the case of the actual election. However its one of the reasons I think we should go to run-off elections.

Typically one candidate will receive a simple majority of votes. However a third party candidate can skew the numbers. We call them 'spoilers'. In the case where Candidate A receives 40% of the votes and Candidates B and C receive 35% and 25% respectively, Candidate A is declared the winner. I find that curious because 60% of the voters did not want candidate A to be President.

In such a case (while rare) I think the top two candidates should then be run as the only two candidates and we should vote again.

yeah, except that then subjects us to yet ANOTHER round of attack and differentiation ads. but other than that, it does make a good idea. but depends on how long after the election that you planned the run-off for.