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If the election was held today

Donald Trump
0
No votes
Marco Rubio
2
13%
Ted Cruz
3
19%
John Kasich
0
No votes
Ben Carson
0
No votes
Carly Fiorina
0
No votes
Jeb Bush
0
No votes
Hillary Clinton
7
44%
Bernie Sanders
3
19%
None of the above
0
No votes
Someone else
1
6%
 
Total votes: 16

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If the election was held today...

#1 Post by earendel » Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:17 pm

For whom would you vote?
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#2 Post by Bob Juch » Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:19 pm

I get "invalid form" when I submit.
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#3 Post by WGAS in Gastonia » Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:22 pm

I am the only correct answer to any poll. I better start writing my inaugural address...

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#4 Post by christie1111 » Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:47 pm

I am hoping Bloomberg joins in. Otherwise I have no idea yet but never ever Trump.
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#5 Post by BackInTex » Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:55 pm

Bob Juch wrote:I get "invalid form" when I submit.

Dang! I wish the real ballot boxes worked that well. :P

Looks like you need to be using the subsilver2 interface.
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#6 Post by ten96lt » Wed Feb 10, 2016 4:30 pm

Can I vote for myself (notwithstanding the age requirement)?

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#7 Post by MarleysGh0st » Wed Feb 10, 2016 8:17 pm

Bob Juch wrote:I get "invalid form" when I submit.
Me, too.

Which candidate is responsible for this dirty trick?

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#8 Post by flockofseagulls104 » Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:12 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:I get "invalid form" when I submit.
Me, too.

Which candidate is responsible for this dirty trick?
I have been disenfranchised.
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#9 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Feb 11, 2016 1:15 pm

Bob Juch wrote:I get "invalid form" when I submit.
It fails no matter which browser I use. Must be a bug with the theme.
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#10 Post by danielh41 » Thu Feb 11, 2016 1:18 pm

Now that Rand Paul is out, I will probably be voting for the Libertarian Party candidate.

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#11 Post by Jeemie » Thu Feb 11, 2016 1:41 pm

Where's the "It does not matter" choice?
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#12 Post by Bob78164 » Thu Feb 11, 2016 4:41 pm

Jeemie wrote:Where's the "It does not matter" choice?
Where it belongs. Nowhere. If nothing else, it matters a great deal because of Supreme Court appointments.

The current Court is the most activist of my professional life. It's moving the law in a way that I really don't care for, and that I largely think is results-driven rather than driven by principled reasoning. A Republican President and a Republican Senate will likely solidify that tendency for the rest of my professional life. --Bob
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#13 Post by flockofseagulls104 » Fri Feb 12, 2016 7:02 am

Bob78164 wrote:
Jeemie wrote:Where's the "It does not matter" choice?
Where it belongs. Nowhere. If nothing else, it matters a great deal because of Supreme Court appointments.

The current Court is the most activist of my professional life. It's moving the law in a way that I really don't care for, and that I largely think is results-driven rather than driven by principled reasoning. A Republican President and a Republican Senate will likely solidify that tendency for the rest of my professional life. --Bob
You and I live in completely different worlds, Bob.
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#14 Post by Pastor Fireball » Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:06 am

If the election was held today, nobody would show up to vote because everybody thinks that Election Day isn't until November. :wink:
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#15 Post by Bob78164 » Sun Feb 14, 2016 8:39 pm

Bob78164 wrote:
Jeemie wrote:Where's the "It does not matter" choice?
Where it belongs. Nowhere. If nothing else, it matters a great deal because of Supreme Court appointments.
I swear, I had nothing to do with it. I wasn't even in the same time zone. --Bob
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#16 Post by lilclyde54 » Mon Feb 15, 2016 12:05 pm

Well, my civic duty to the board has been done. Voting completed.
I felt the change

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#17 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Feb 16, 2016 10:08 am

Bob78164 wrote:
Jeemie wrote:Where's the "It does not matter" choice?
Where it belongs. Nowhere. If nothing else, it matters a great deal because of Supreme Court appointments.

The current Court is the most activist of my professional life. It's moving the law in a way that I really don't care for, and that I largely think is results-driven rather than driven by principled reasoning. A Republican President and a Republican Senate will likely solidify that tendency for the rest of my professional life. --Bob
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#18 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Feb 16, 2016 10:09 am

danielh41 wrote:Now that Rand Paul is out, I will probably be voting for the Libertarian Party candidate.
You do realize that Gary Johnson supports abortion "rights", don't you?
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#19 Post by tlynn78 » Tue Feb 16, 2016 12:31 pm

TheCalvinator24 wrote:
Bob78164 wrote:
Jeemie wrote:Where's the "It does not matter" choice?
Where it belongs. Nowhere. If nothing else, it matters a great deal because of Supreme Court appointments.

The current Court is the most activist of my professional life. It's moving the law in a way that I really don't care for, and that I largely think is results-driven rather than driven by principled reasoning. A Republican President and a Republican Senate will likely solidify that tendency for the rest of my professional life. --Bob
Thanks for helping me start my day off with a hearty laugh.
Ditto.
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#20 Post by Spock » Wed Feb 17, 2016 4:41 pm

Bob78164 wrote:
Jeemie wrote:Where's the "It does not matter" choice?
Where it belongs. Nowhere. If nothing else, it matters a great deal because of Supreme Court appointments.

The current Court is the most activist of my professional life. It's moving the law in a way that I really don't care for, and that I largely think is results-driven rather than driven by principled reasoning. A Republican President and a Republican Senate will likely solidify that tendency for the rest of my professional life. --Bob
What is your definition of an activist court? Your side won the 2 really big cases in the last little while. Gay Marriage and Obamacare. Are these examples of this court's activism-or does that term only apply to decisions that you don't like?

I ran across a paragraph in a book I am reading on Napa Valley that reminded me of Bob#'s post.

In explanation: Moskowite and Bob White are the 2 person minority on some 5 member county land use board or something. Varrelman is part of the 3-member majority block.
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>>>>>>>Moskowite glared at him as the proceedings continued. Moskowite was now championing a church that sought to build a school in the agricultural watershed, in contravention of the law, and the school was voted down. Bob White, the barber, deplored what he called political decisions.
"Does that mean our decisions are political," Varrelman asked, "Because they don't agree with yours?"
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#21 Post by danielh41 » Wed Feb 17, 2016 4:51 pm

TheCalvinator24 wrote:
danielh41 wrote:Now that Rand Paul is out, I will probably be voting for the Libertarian Party candidate.
You do realize that Gary Johnson supports abortion "rights", don't you?
Yes, and it is the one big thing he and I disagree on. I did talk with him about it when I met him in 2012, and we did agree that Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton were, legally and Constitutionally speaking, horrible decisions. But if the choice is between Trump, Sanders/Clinton, and Johnson, I don't have much choice but to vote for Johnson.

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#22 Post by Bob78164 » Wed Feb 17, 2016 6:50 pm

Spock wrote:
Bob78164 wrote:
Jeemie wrote:Where's the "It does not matter" choice?
Where it belongs. Nowhere. If nothing else, it matters a great deal because of Supreme Court appointments.

The current Court is the most activist of my professional life. It's moving the law in a way that I really don't care for, and that I largely think is results-driven rather than driven by principled reasoning. A Republican President and a Republican Senate will likely solidify that tendency for the rest of my professional life. --Bob
What is your definition of an activist court? Your side won the 2 really big cases in the last little while. Gay Marriage and Obamacare. Are these examples of this court's activism-or does that term only apply to decisions that you don't like?
A decision that is logically incoherent, particularly when it overrides the political branches. Obamacare certainly doesn't qualify on that score.

And in my view, the same-sex marriage decision was an inevitable consequence of right-to-privacy decisions beginning with the overruling of Bowers v. Hardwick and running through the invalidation of DOMA. That's why the post-DOMA decisions were nearly unanimous in overruling proscriptions of same-sex marriage. It's not particularly coherent because, in my view, Justice Kennedy is unwilling to acknowledge that sexual orientation should be considered a protected class for purposes of Equal Protection analysis. But if you conclude that it is, the decision is easy.

The voting rights decision, though, expressly overruled a Congressional finding on an issue that the Fourteenth Amendment expressly commits to Congress. It's hard to get much more active than that. --Bob
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