Author Topic: Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.... (Read 1182 times)

_Schadenfreude_ · « **on:** August 24, 2003, 06:52:57 AM »

http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=AA40140D-FF3F-4B8D-AEB579CA3DBB57E7

Bluedog · « **Reply #1 on:** August 24, 2003, 08:03:02 AM »

ROTFLMAO.
The other 6% just didnt get asked?

NUKE · « **Reply #2 on:** August 24, 2003, 11:58:34 AM »

49% isn't "a majority of people that would not want Bush re-elected"

I just read that they did poll registered voters

Polls don't mean much really, as they can be easily manipulated .

Plus who cares?

Martlet · « **Reply #3 on:** August 24, 2003, 01:23:56 PM »

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Originally posted by NUKE
49% isn't "a majority of people that would not want Bush re-elected"

I just read that they did poll registered voters

Polls don't mean much really, as they can be easily manipulated .

Plus who cares?

49% of the votes still gets you elected.

Yeager · « **Reply #4 on:** August 24, 2003, 01:29:51 PM »

didnt klinton get elected on %46?

That little fella with big ears threw the election if I recall......

_Schadenfreude_ · « **Reply #5 on:** August 24, 2003, 03:34:42 PM »

Damn...only 4...still not bad catch for 30 seconds of work!

Sandman · « **Reply #6 on:** August 24, 2003, 03:36:34 PM »

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Originally posted by Martlet
49% of the votes still gets you elected.

Yep... you don't need a majority, just a plurality.

rpm · « **Reply #7 on:** August 25, 2003, 04:23:08 PM »

These polls are all lies! There are no dissatisfied citizens. The economy is in perfect condition. The infidels that dare speak against Bush will have their stomachs cut out and roast in hell.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #8 on:** August 25, 2003, 04:30:32 PM »

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Originally posted by Yeager
didnt klinton get elected on %46?

That little fella with big ears threw the election if I recall......

Actually 42%, the lowest EVER in U.S. history.

Frogm4n · « **Reply #9 on:** August 25, 2003, 04:34:30 PM »

Im sure they will start saying, " He only needed one term", after bush lose's the election badly. If its this bad already, wait till the democrats have a clear #1 guy. You have to remember, this 49 percent that will vote for anybody but bush.

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #10 on:** August 25, 2003, 04:39:23 PM »

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Originally posted by Frogm4n
, wait till the democrats have a clear #1 guy.

LOL!!!

I polled a few members of the AH community here last week. I took the opinions of 3 random players; Yeager, Lazs, and Marlet.

From this study, Ive concluded that 100% of the AHBBS supports the idea of striking the ban on assault weapons.

midnight Target · « **Reply #11 on:** August 25, 2003, 05:03:59 PM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Actually 42%, the lowest EVER in U.S. history.

Wrong again oh bimmer spewer....

1860 - Lincoln - 39.8%
1824 - JQ Adams - 30%

Ripsnort · « **Reply #12 on:** August 25, 2003, 05:08:03 PM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
Wrong again oh bimmer spewer....

1860 - Lincoln - 39.8%
1824 - JQ Adams - 30%

Source?

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #13 on:** August 25, 2003, 05:12:17 PM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Source?

http://www.berkeley.edu/

Chairboy · « **Reply #14 on:** August 25, 2003, 06:58:21 PM »

1860 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS (33 States in the Union)

Candidate Party Popular Vote Electoral
(% of total)* Votes
Abraham Lincoln Republican 1,865,593 (39.8%) 180
Stephen Douglas Democratic 1,382,713 (29.5%) 12
J.C. Breckinridge Democratic 848,356 (18.1%) 72
John Bell Constitutional Union 592,906 (12.6%) 39

The important piece of missing data was that there were four strong contenders unlike most elections last century that were basically two candidates.