Today's the day that we citizens of the USA vote for our senators, represenatives, and other state and local officials...
I have one question, though...I know that there's Republicans, Democrats, and Independents...Though I'm pretty much sure there was other political parties as well (in the US)...Does anybody know how many there are and can you list a few besides the ones I just stated?
Independent covers everything that isn't Republican or Democrat.
There are a great number of independent parties. The Green party is one of the more well-known ones. The Libertarian is also another well-known third party. However, any party that is not Republican or Democrat is subject to the moniker of independent.
vote for communism :B
I was surprised I actually had to vote for some of the candidates...
there were about 7 people running unopposed
But we had 5 different candidates for state Governor, Dem, rep, Independent, Green, and the tax rebellion
Crap I forgot to vote! *bolts*
I only vote in polls, never elections. :shifty
Vote European! :eager
Quote from: Vidar on November 07, 2006, 04:21:06 PM
Vote European! :eager
Hear, hear. Be an arrogant, greedy and lowly bureaucrat you too!
I'm European. That alone should mean something.
... it means you're an arrogant, greedy, and lowly bureaucrat?
No. But it means I'm an untermensch. Now shut up and terror the Europeans. You want some decent people? Go to New Zealand, or Australia.
Been there.
Both of them.
nice folks.
would rather be there.
I did vote today. Not that it will do me any good, living in the Bible belt as I do.
Quote from: Damaris on November 07, 2006, 07:43:44 PM
living in the Bible belt as I do.
*shudders*
If there's one thing I can't stand, then it's organized religion. Institutionalized superstition!
I'll vote when there's someone worth voting for, that's my stance.
Actually, I was considering making this my first time voting, but I'm quite uneducated on the subject as a whole. There are at the very least 18 compound issues to vote on, where can I find out exactly what the hell they all mean? What if I don't want to vote yes or no, can I leave it blank? I know we want Bob Taft out of office as governor, but then who do I choose?
And most importantly, are the machines working this time? I swear, a counting device should be the simplest damn thing to make, but last I checked they still haven't gotten it right.
I wish I didn't have to vote :< It doesn't matter who I vote for in Australia- either way we're screwed.
Random fact- Australian people as a whole are some of the most generous in the world; however, our government is quite the opposite.
I can't vote, and even if I could, I probably wouldn't. :P
Vote anarchy. :smile
vote for RJ as ruler of the world, it's simple as that. a few muffins to keep people in line and everything would be alright...
Quote from: Aridas Soulfire on November 07, 2006, 08:31:27 PM
vote for RJ as ruler of the world, it's simple as that. a few muffins to keep people in line and everything would be alright...
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/hilaryous14/Tijuana-1.jpg)
Quote from: Hilary on November 07, 2006, 08:35:12 PM
Quote from: Aridas Soulfire on November 07, 2006, 08:31:27 PM
vote for RJ as ruler of the world, it's simple as that. a few muffins to keep people in line and everything would be alright...
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/hilaryous14/Tijuana-1.jpg)
No, I'm not sure RJ wants just tijuana.
Throw in all the Disneylands around the world, and we got a deal :giggle
Oh god, it's close as hell.
In the senate at least. The GOP is getting raped in the House.
Current status with many more raced yet to be called:
No possible GOP Pickups in the US Senate. At least 3 GOP Seats in the Senate will fall to Democratic challengers: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island.
Lieberman (I) will likely win in CT, creating a middle-of-the-road vote in the Senate. It is unknown who he will caucus with.
Bernie Sanders (I) will win the in Vermont Senate race, and will side with the Democratic Party in most anything. If anything, this self-styled socialist is to the left of most Democrats.
The House, thus far, is trending Democratic with a net 3 seat boost to the blue, but there are a lot of seats yet to be called so this is far from over.
Two Democratic challengers have taken out GOP incumbents in Governor races (Massachusetts, Ohio).
George Allen has a point over creepy-book-writer Webb in Virginia(GO CAVS! WOOOOO!).
VA SEN [91.53% IN]
R- ALLEN 1,042,414 49.82%
D- WEBB 1,024,756 48.98%
If you want live updates you can click here (http://election.cbsnews.com/campaign2006/index.shtml)
Its the CBS automatic update
It shows the current count in house and senate as well as govenors along with 2004's totals broken down by party lines along with the change
as of typing this it's Senate dems up by 3 House dems up by 10 Gov dems up by 5
Edit:
Okay sorry to do this but it's 10:18 here and the polls have been closed for an hour but they are still running govenors political ads
To answer a question before:
You do not have to vote in all the races if you don't want to. We abstained in all of the judge retention questions, as we knew nothing about the judges and didn't want to hurt or help them.
Next time you might want to call the election board and ask these questions. That's what they get paid the big bucks to do. It is hard to vote, though, especially when everything we tend to know about a person is them calling the other person a mean name. I hate that about politics.
That's why I don't bother watching commercials. Hard to get sucked into the mudslinging when I don't watch it.
Plus, I'm ultra-liberal. I vote Democrat unless it's in a race when my vote isn't as needed. Then I vote Green.
CNN, NBC: Democrats Projected To Win House
That alone will have the GOP worried. With control of the House comes control of committee assignments and subpoena power, which means that the Democrats can force people to testify under oath and force people to turn over evidence. That means investigation after investigation, exposed scandal after exposed scandal... if they do this right the next 24 months will be much like the last 3-4.
I doubt the GOP had any hopes of winning the house anyhow.
Mr. Creepy Books has a slim edge over Mr. Obscure Racial Slurs in VA.
VA SEN [99.75% IN]
R- ALLEN 1,162,327 49.22%
D- WEBB 1,170,686 49.58%
cording to CBS there are just 2 senate races that haven't been called yet leaving it 49 R, 47 D and 2 I
I think it would be truely amazing if those last two fell to the dems. You'd have no clear magority and for once you might actualy see people coming together to work things out
Quote from: thegayhare on November 08, 2006, 06:36:51 AM
cording to CBS there are just 2 senate races that haven't been called yet leaving it 49 R, 47 D and 2 I
I think it would be truly amazing if those last two fell to the dems. You'd have no clear majority and for once you might actually see people coming together to work things out
I read earlier that in the event of a tie the vice president can use his power to break the tie. I don't know how the senate works in the US, but in the UK parliment, when you have such a close tie the opposition can often win votes on particular issue - if they remain united while a few of the ruling party abstain.
One of the I's is a socialist from *surprise* Vermont, and the other's Joe Lieberman, who is comprehensively screwing over the Dems. He may side with the GOP on some issues, giving them the advantage.
Quote from: BillBuckner on November 08, 2006, 02:48:50 PM
the other's Joe Lieberman, who is comprehensively screwing over the Dems. He may side with the GOP on some issues, giving them the advantage.
Oh yeah, that's going to be really interesting. Lieberman didn't win the Dem. primary... but he still won the Senate seat.
It might be too soon to say for sure, but it looks like my uncle has won a position in the State Legislator. Last I checked, he was ahead in the polls, 53% to 46%. So it looks pretty damn good. If he does win, he'll be representiing Spokane and that whole area. And he'll be the second indian ever to be a State Representative in Washington.
Still too soon to be sure, but regardless. First good news I've heard in a long time.
Politics, meh. I liked the status quo. But not enough to vote to keep it in. Now I'll like the new status quo just as much. Pretty chaotic standing, honestly...
I didn't think Native Americans ran for office. I thought they just... well... the full-blooded ones... Casinos...
THEY RUN FOR FULL BLOODED CASINOS?!!!
Well, I guess we could always use more casinos. Filled with blood.
Mmm... bloodied casinos...
Isn't there a new 007 movie coming out... Er, never mind.
I think our country needs more Native American politicians crying over trash, though. Hopefully he will win.
Someone's got to cry over it.
*single tear* :'C
I heard that dude from the comercial was itailan or french....I hate when tv does that
Dangit, we got Rick Perry again. One should be allowed to vote against somebody, and not just for someone else. They did that during the Greek empire. Why not now?
Creepy Books has defeated Obscure Racist Comments.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/08/D8L993C82.html
The Web-Allen race just goes to show, people don't mind sexual perversions as much as they hate it when you happen to use one or two racial slurs (one so obscure I'm still not sure what it means) out of context. Though... wasn't Webb also the one accused of shouting racist things from a car as a teenager while firing guns? I haven't had the time to follow all the scandels. This election, there were too many to count, and I have to work. :p
Well, we'll see how the tune changes if he's caught acting out one of his literary scenes. *Charles then remembers the massive Democratic support for Jerry Studds after he was caught with a 17-year old* Oh... well... uhm, I guess NAMBLA will be growing in popularity in Virginia then... I had the misfortune of reading one of the passages from one of Webb's books... very close to vomiting afterward. I'm a furry weirdo... I've seen very twisted things... the single paragraph I read put me in shock and I hope I never see another word written by that freak again. I just sat there, repeating "Oh my god..." for several minutes. I would normally say go find the book yourself for proof. Trust me, you really REALLY don't want to. But if you feel so inclined, just remember I warned you.
Of course, NJ re-elected Bob Menendez... the second time our state of morons voted in someone under federal indictment for corruption, mob ties, etc. *the previous being Toricelli* And then after property taxes and taxes on everything under the sun soar again, and more billions of tax dollars in our state simply vanish without a trace, they'll all be complaining about it and the next voting cycle... they'll vote in the same people again. Having lived in NJ all my life, I can honestly say this state has a disproportionate number of complete idiots. They get raped by the state government every single time, then turn around and vote for them when they're promised "Oh we won't do it again!" We had a $6 billion school construction bill approved, which was then rasied to $12 billion. Only one school was ever built with the money, and it had to be torn down because it was built on soil that was contaminated with toxins. The rest of the money just kinda went away. A lot of politically connected contractors, lawyers, consultants, and 'assistants' became millionaires off that money. Now they want billions more to build the schools they didn't build last time. In the Camden, NJ school system alone, $300 million is GONE, and by that I mean no one knows where it went! :mowtongue
And what does this tell us gentelmen? Repeat after me: The Government is Bad, and Corrupt.
Governments are like perfume. Less is more.
Alondro:
From what I understand (info from reliable sources on this is surprisingly sparse), the books he wrote were about his experiences in Vietnam, and let me tell you, every bit of evidence on the Vietnam War I've ever seen says that it sucked. McCain had praised the novels, and I've even heard them being described as required reading for Marine Corps Officers. If that much is true, then it's highly likely that the attack, which was started by Drudge (a right-wing rumor monger with the integrity of wet pasta), is nothing more than a Republican hit piece. Like so many smears in politics (and especially the GOP), you're got to wear night vision goggles to see through the lies to what's really going on.
Now, Allen using racist slurs, well, we've got that on video tape.