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Topic: OT-Politics Thread: please TRY to keep it civil, you damned dirty apes
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Cincydawg · « **Reply #19348 on:** October 05, 2022, 08:00:14 AM »

Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on October 04, 2022, 10:09:21 PM

What are these people voting on? If a candidate can literally be the opposite of everything you want him to be, is there any point where they don't vote for him?!? I see no valid reasoning here. What am I missing??

My overly simple model is that ~40% vote Dem no matter what and 40% vot Rep no matter what. They support their party the way we support our team. The 20% in the middle decide outcomes (along with turnout), and about half of that 20% doesn't pay much attention to current events.

I personally can't think of an elected official at the Federal level I admire and respect. I tend to think we'd be better off with the first thousand names in the Boston phone book.

FearlessF · « **Reply #19349 on:** October 05, 2022, 08:28:53 AM »

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847badgerfan · « **Reply #19350 on:** October 05, 2022, 08:59:14 AM »

Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on October 04, 2022, 10:09:21 PM

What are these people voting on? If a candidate can literally be the opposite of everything you want him to be, is there any point where they don't vote for him?!? I see no valid reasoning here. What am I missing??

Well, no vote has occurred yet, and most polls over the past decade have proven to be shams.

What are you missing? Easy answer to that. It's not about who people vote for. It's about who they vote against.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #19351 on:** October 05, 2022, 09:08:39 AM »

The polls I've seen for GA elections over the past decade have been pretty accurate for whatever reason. That doesn't mean this poll is close of course, but name recognition alone is a factor in elections. And I agree, voting for the perceived LOTE is often a major factor considered the candidates we often see on the ballot.

My guess is most freshman Senators vote party line anyway. So, even a bad candidate in YOUr party is going to vote mostly how you want him or her to.

Brutus Buckeye · « **Reply #19352 on:** October 05, 2022, 09:17:19 AM »

Quote from: longhorn320 on October 05, 2022, 02:52:24 AM

at least he knows not to look for dead people in his audience

Probably doesn't think that men can get pregnant either. So that elevates him to a much higher plane of intelligence than an entire political party.

longhorn320 · « **Reply #19353 on:** October 05, 2022, 10:23:16 AM »

Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on October 05, 2022, 09:17:19 AM

Probably doesn't think that men can get pregnant either. So that elevates him to a much higher plane of intelligence than an entire political party.

ZING!

Cincydawg · « **Reply #19354 on:** October 05, 2022, 11:30:13 AM »

Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on October 05, 2022, 09:17:19 AM

Probably doesn't think that men can get pregnant either. So that elevates him to a much higher plane of intelligence than an entire political party.

I think this is a very minority point of view by some very PC folks who don't want to state the obvious. It's not at all the view of an entire political party.

NorthernOhioBuckeye · « **Reply #19355 on:** October 05, 2022, 12:20:16 PM »

Quote from: Cincydawg on October 05, 2022, 11:30:13 AM

I think this is a very minority point of view by some very PC folks who don't want to state the obvious. It's not at all the view of an entire political party.

Then those that don't believe that need to be more vocal and take their party back from the nutjobs.

Honestbuckeye · « **Reply #19356 on:** October 05, 2022, 12:28:43 PM »

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Cincydawg · « **Reply #19357 on:** October 05, 2022, 12:34:39 PM »

Quote from: NorthernOhioBuckeye on October 05, 2022, 12:20:16 PM

Then those that don't believe that need to be more vocal and take their party back from the nutjobs.

I suspect "they" don't see a need to correct every outlandish thing some kook says, much as Republicans often don't see a need to rebut something an extremist associated with their party has said. For one thing, it calls attention to it, and for another, it would be nonstop. And of course it affords good grist for Fox News to highlight (or MSNBC in reverse).

Many news outlets to me seem to be almost entirely focused on what silliness someone in the other party may have done.

longhorn320 · « **Reply #19358 on:** October 05, 2022, 12:58:38 PM »

Quote from: Cincydawg on October 05, 2022, 11:30:13 AM

I think this is a very minority point of view by some very PC folks who don't want to state the obvious. It's not at all the view of an entire political party.

and yet no dem denounces it from the media or politicians

longhorn320 · « **Reply #19359 on:** October 05, 2022, 01:03:46 PM »

Quote from: Cincydawg on October 05, 2022, 12:34:39 PM

I suspect "they" don't see a need to correct every outlandish thing some kook says,

and thats why they will lose between 30 and 40 seats in the House from the midterm election

Mdot21 · « **Reply #19360 on:** October 05, 2022, 01:17:54 PM »

Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on October 04, 2022, 10:09:21 PM

What are these people voting on? If a candidate can literally be the opposite of everything you want him to be, is there any point where they don't vote for him?!? I see no valid reasoning here. What am I missing??

he's a celebrity and legend in the state. enough said. I think most 'Mericans vote for people they like, and that's pretty much it. How you think Arnie got elected governor of California and Trump elected as President. If they weren't celebs neither would've won. Same thing going on here for Walker- only reason he's in the race.

longhorn320 · « **Reply #19361 on:** October 05, 2022, 01:26:14 PM »

Quote from: Mdot21 on October 05, 2022, 01:17:54 PM

he's a celebrity and legend in the state. enough said. I think most 'Mericans vote for people they like, and that's pretty much it. How you think Arnie got elected governor of California and Trump elected as President. If they weren't celebs neither would've won. Same thing going on here for Walker- only reason he's in the race.

I'd vote for my cat if it would ensure GOP control of the Senate

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