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2012 Election
Nikolai:
--- Quote from: bainidhe_dub on 07 Nov 2012, 11:49 ---Nikolai- To get a sense of the candidates/parties, you can take a quiz at ISideWith.com. They include all 4 of the "third"-party candidates from this election so you get pretty comprehensive results. There's a lot of questions on a range of social, economic, and military issues.
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Nifty. Apparently I side most with Gary Johnson as a candidate, but the Republicans as a party. Not sure how that works, but cool, I guess? Yay for learning about politics!
ackblom12:
Makes sense, the Libertarians have a lot in common with the Republican party policy wise, technically. Do some more reading on the subject and actually see what you think of the stuff you find when you dig deeper into the parties and their voting and policy records though. It can get kind of nasty and worrying no matter which party you go with. for example, the Republican Party (aka the GOP) is pretty well known for anti-gay marriage, racist rhetoric and policy making and "traditional families". Not all Repubs are bad clearly, but it depends on if you can stand getting into the climate the current GOP has. Same with Dems, same with Libertarians, same with Green Party.
Papersatan:
Which is why I advocate for everyone voting for people and not parties.
Zingoleb:
I apparently match up with Jill Stein's policies almost 100%. I'm somehow unsurprised.
Lines:
--- Quote from: Papersatan on 07 Nov 2012, 12:30 ---You vote for a third party is not thrown out if you live in a state which has no chance of swinging
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Well...that's my problem. Ohio has ALWAYS been a swing state. We're kind of in a bind here. The majority of the votes come from the major cities, but if all of the liberals vote for a third party and everyone else continues to vote Republican, we lose. And if the rest of the country isn't also voting for that third party, then it's kind of like shooting ourselves in the foot.
I can post more later, but I've got to head to class.
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