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How will (or did) you ultimately decide? (Poll)
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:50 am
by mntetn
Did I do this right?
Re: How will (or did) you ultimately decide? (Poll)
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:52 am
by Hello, Mini!
You forgot "All of the Above".
Re: How will (or did) you ultimately decide? (Poll)
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:03 am
by nitrah55
You also left out "Size of ears" and "Crankyness."
Re: How will (or did) you ultimately decide? (Poll)
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:04 am
by MarleysGh0st
Hello, Mini! wrote:You forgot "All of the Above".
It is a bit unrealistic for us to pick only one reason.
The choices make me think of those SyndieBAM audition questions. Now I just want to crawl back into the Moratorium Lounge and sulk.
Re: How will (or did) you ultimately decide? (Poll)
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:12 am
by NellyLunatic1980
After 8 years of Bush, my #1 priority was competence.
Re: How will (or did) you ultimately decide? (Poll)
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:26 am
by andrewjackson
I'm not sure I understand "NOTA, voting 3rd party".
I'm likely to vote 3rd party but the reasons are, in fact, listed above. Sort of. It's a hard thing to narrow down to one choice.
Re: How will (or did) you ultimately decide? (Poll)
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:45 am
by Jeemie
NellyLunatic1980 wrote:After 8 years of Bush, my #1 priority was competence.
if that's the case, boy, did you EVER make a wrong choice!
Plenty of third-party candidates that show more competence than the two main candidates combined.

Re: How will (or did) you ultimately decide? (Poll)
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:47 am
by Jeemie
I'm with Marley.
There are plenty of reasons why I have chosen how I did...some of which aren't even listed as choices.
I went with NOTA- third party just for simplicity's sake...but I hope to get to a time where third-party options are taken more seriously than they are in this poll.
Re: How will (or did) you ultimately decide? (Poll)
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:53 am
by VAdame
All of the Above.
Re: How will (or did) you ultimately decide? (Poll)
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:05 am
by frogman042
Where is "I'm voting for the musilim terrorist because I hate America" selection???
---Jay
Re: How will (or did) you ultimately decide? (Poll)
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:25 am
by peacock2121
My reasons are not listed as one.
Re: How will (or did) you ultimately decide? (Poll)
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:37 am
by Jeemie
frogman042 wrote:Where is "I'm voting for the musilim terrorist because I hate America" selection???
---Jay
That would either be "choice of friends/associates/advisers" or "specific foreign policy stance".
What's really missing are the choices "racism" and "refuse to vote for a fake American".
Re: How will (or did) you ultimately decide? (Poll)
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:40 am
by WheresFanny
Most choices have a dark rose bar with a star or two, the popular choices get a pink bar with more fancy stars on it. I bet if a choice gets really popular, it will be sparkly!
Re: How will (or did) you ultimately decide? (Poll)
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:42 am
by NellyLunatic1980
andrewjackson wrote:I'm not sure I understand "NOTA, voting 3rd party".
You've never heard of Mr. Nota? He's the guy who runs for every office in Nevada every year but never wins any of them.
Mr. None of the Above.
Re: How will (or did) you ultimately decide? (Poll)
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:53 pm
by andrewjackson
NellyLunatic1980 wrote:andrewjackson wrote:I'm not sure I understand "NOTA, voting 3rd party".
You've never heard of Mr. Nota? He's the guy who runs for every office in Nevada every year but never wins any of them.
Mr. None of the Above.
I know what NOTA means. My confusion was why this was attached to "voting 3rd party". Why wouldn't a person chose a candidate based on the criteria listed even if choosing to vote 3rd party?
Re: How will (or did) you ultimately decide? (Poll)
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:53 pm
by mntetn
Hello, Mini! wrote:You forgot "All of the Above".
You must really like your candidate.
MarleysGh0st wrote:It is a bit unrealistic for us to pick only one reason.
Understood, but I was thinking that one would stand out, especially if one's decision is close, or at odds with one's normal party or philosophical affiliation.
andrewjackson wrote:I'm not sure I understand "NOTA, voting 3rd party". I'm likely to vote 3rd party but the reasons are, in fact, listed above.
Though I was not clear in saying so, I hoped to poll how people would choose between the two major alternatives. Third party suggests to me that both of the major alternatives had at least one "deal breaker". That's different, in my mind, from "tie breaker".
peacock2121 wrote:My reasons are not listed as one.
Well, I forgot "Won over by Bored flame wars". Perhaps others? *
* Just trying to be cute, and by no means implying that pea would be won over by the ongoing arguments here.
All this must be why I'm an engineer instead of a pollster.
I'm still finding it interesting in spite of the obvious flaws. Thanks for all your participation and input.