Do you have a ritual or celebration after/before voting? I think it's good to have. I have a simple one: BBQ local sausages and locally brewed beer to celebrate I have the option to vote
Do you have a ritual or celebration after/before voting? I think it's good to have. I have a simple one: BBQ local sausages and locally brewed beer to celebrate I have the option to vote
For me, I put on a sticker that says "I voted"! But BBQ sounds good, too.
Do the other honchos also have elector-people and valid campaign, since nobody here across da atlantic ever hears of them except the Democrat&Republican ones...?
If you put in some favourite guy's name in "number 5." how does that work as there are no electors then?
I usually vote for Green or Socialist candidates myself. How solid is this Stein?
Do the other honchos also have elector-people and valid campaign, since nobody here across da atlantic ever hears of them except the Democrat&Republican ones...?
If you put in some favourite guy's name in "number 5." how does that work as there are no electors then?
I usually vote for Green or Socialist candidates myself. How solid is this Stein?
Me? Well, usually on the elections day we take a nice morning walk to the assigned voting place which is a nearby schoolhouse in our case.
When the ballots are calculated later in the evening we'll watch the ongoing count in TV.
Depending on whether my candidate/party is winning or losing I might even go to the city to have a few beers later.
Me? Well, usually on the elections day we take a nice morning walk to the assigned voting place which is a nearby schoolhouse in our case.
When the ballots are calculated later in the evening we'll watch the ongoing count in TV.
Depending on whether my candidate/party is winning or losing I might even go to the city to have a few beers later.
Do the other honchos also have elector-people and valid campaign, since nobody here across da atlantic ever hears of them except the Democrat&Republican ones...?
If you put in some favourite guy's name in "number 5." how does that work as there are no electors then?
I usually vote for Green or Socialist candidates myself. How solid is this Stein?
If a 3rd party candidate gets electoral votes, they'll find him or her some electors to vote them. After all, if you get the largest plurality in a state, some supporter's gonna be willing to make an expense-paid trip to pull that lever. It hasn't happened since 1968, when segregationist George Wallace won 5 Southern (of course) states. (A decade later, he had a religious and political conversion, denounced his former ways, apologized publicly, and became a champion of civil rights. And if it was an act, it was something he kept up in word and deed until his death 20 years later.)
Unfortunately, Stein, like most 3rd party candidates (including Johnson the Libertarian) doesn't have really great qualifications or a deep understanding of "the system"*. Perhaps this is a self-fulfilling prophesy thing, since "everyone knows" that a 3rd party candidate can't win, no one who wants to make a concrete, actual, not-just-by-"influencing the debate" difference in politics chooses anything but R or D when selecting a party to affiliate with.
BTW, I don't doubt the sincerity of either Stein or Johnson, I just don't think either one should be president. They could -- and perhaps should -- try for mayor of a large city that's had a series of disappointing chief executives. If it works out, go for bigger. If not, at least you had a Rob Ford of a good time.
*Whether one considers this an asset (a badge of outsiderism) or a liability (naivete) is of course largely dependent on one's personal views.
