balladofwindfishes
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There are only two people on the ballot who might be president
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United States Election: Nov. 8, 2016 |OT| Hate Trumps Love
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Elementary school by Exchange Place on Sussex. Been here for 3 general elections, never seen a bigger line.
talisayNon
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purseowner
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But that doesn't mean you have to vote for a potential winner. If your politics aren't represented by either of them, why vote for either of them? Not voting for third-parties based on this logic means that binary between potential winners will remain forever.
This isn't the time to be playing around with a protest vote though.
Even if a candidate from outside the big parties managed to become president, that candidate would likely have little power due to a lack of party support from the heavily entrenched big two.
How the hell did we elect Bush twice, then?
Screaming Meat
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Add one more for Clinton in Pennsylvania.
Gordon Shumway
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Nice! 🍺
valkillmore
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Good luck to my neighbors to the south on your election today. I have a vested interest in the results - I have a cousin & her family that live in Battle Creek, Michigan, and their family is split on the top two choices. I know full well how divisive this campaign has been as I've seen it cause rifts in my own family.
I hope, following the declaration of a victor, that the move to accept the results is fast & earnest, and that the healing can begin immediately.
Please, everyone in the United States, if you're eligible to vote, VOTE.
I hope, following the declaration of a victor, that the move to accept the results is fast & earnest, and that the healing can begin immediately.
Please, everyone in the United States, if you're eligible to vote, VOTE.
smokeandmirrors
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Voted in New Jersey. Lines weren't long but it picked up in the 5 minutes I was there.
My first two presidential votes were for the first black president and first woman president. What a time to be alive.
My first two presidential votes were for the first black president and first woman president. What a time to be alive.
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Judge got sick and didn't bring the papers to our polling station. Everyone in line is not amused. Apparently judge's husband is on way. My GF is volunteering with ACLU watching a polling location later and she's freaking out.
They just got here and line is getting pretty long.
Judge got sick and didn't bring the papers to our polling station. Everyone in line is not amused. Apparently judge's husband is on way. My GF is volunteering with ACLU watching a polling location later and she's freaking out.
They just got here and line is getting pretty long.
This race is a tug of war. One of the two contestants will win.
This is mathematical reality. Most people realize this. No amount of magical thinking will change this.
I'm at PS3 on bright street. Super long line!
RuinerPrime
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Hope everyone has a good and safe Election Day!
I work for a tv news station as a photographer, so it's gonna be a 10-12 hour day for me. Hope it goes smooth.
But when I see things like this, I get worried. :/
I work for a tv news station as a photographer, so it's gonna be a 10-12 hour day for me. Hope it goes smooth.
But when I see things like this, I get worried. :/
Cornbread78
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It's really not as simple as that for me; I actually know a lot more than you think and my own father is heavily involved in politics and holds public office.
With that being said, my line of work and my families lifeline, is constantly under attack by the Dems and more legislation could push things closer to losing that. Should I support that to choose a man that has no idea how to conduct himself as a President, but would not fight to take away your livelihood?
It's really not easy..
A reminder to everone: don't freak out if an exit poll comes out and doesn't look good for your candidate. They exist to determine demographic trends, not predict an election, and are adjusted after the fact.
They can be off by as much as 5% in either direction depending on where the exit polls are done and the mehodology behind them. Conversely, if an exit poll looks too good to be true (Clinton crushing in Arizona or Georgia, for intance), it probably is.
Try to keep your head, and focus on the polls coming in, and where they come from.
They can be off by as much as 5% in either direction depending on where the exit polls are done and the mehodology behind them. Conversely, if an exit poll looks too good to be true (Clinton crushing in Arizona or Georgia, for intance), it probably is.
Try to keep your head, and focus on the polls coming in, and where they come from.
Any country has the capacity for mass idiocy, including the USA. There are people in the UK who didn't vote in our Referendum as a protest (or who voted Brexit as a protest!) because they thought that Remain would smash it. Behold their success.
breadtruck
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Disappointed the OP doesnt have the third parties up there also.
Sure, they'll never win it, but they're on the ticket!
Sure, they'll never win it, but they're on the ticket!
But when I see things like this, I get worried. :/
Jesus...
Dastardly Jerks
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Don't fuck this up, dumbwads.
Love, Australia.
Love, Australia.
Where does your vote count? Is the last place you lived as a permanent resident?
SliceSabre
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Voting once I get off work today.
Massive Duck. C.M.
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We got Trump supporters and people still undecided on ELECTION DAY right here.
Take nothing for granted
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Wow! I live on Sussex across from Satis. I noped that line at 630 and decided to go after I get back from the gym. Hoping it calms down. JCGaf. Who knew?
Doominated
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Waited 30 minutes in line in a small town in NJ. Was one of two people there under 40 it felt like lol.
Ooh, great news! Looking good for Clinton there : )
NoblesseOblige
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Just once? I'm voting twice... maybe three times!
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High Five for JC! Go get a bagel at Wonder Bagels after to celebrate! I bet that line will feel like a breeze in comparison!
Yup, I've been voting in WA since I turned 18 even though I haven't been there since I was a minor. Just voted from Japan last month.
I'm telling Donald Trump.
#Rigged
Anyway, enjoy polling day over there. Here's hoping for a dramatic but exemplary example of democracy in action.
Tal Shiar Agent
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There was a Republican running unapposed in my ward so I wrote in Ben Affleck instead of voting for a member of the GOP.
VeryGooster
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VOTED LETS DO THIS HILLDAWG
No, this is not correct. It's the entire state's popular vote that decides where the electoral votes go.
Go vote!.
They're telling each other to not wear campaign clothing or red in general, because their ballots will be thrown away when they leave.
This is just the beginning of the rigged/conspiracy shit we'll see if he loses. They're already preparing for it. I don't have enough palms or faces.
WhateverItTakes
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Because if you have the choice between going to jail with torture, and plain going to jail, you probably want to help pick jail (Unless you're into that kinda thing...).
I can understand wanting a third party, but the presidential election is the least effective way to suddenly upend the status quo. It really takes years and years building together a coalition at the local level, with successful governance across the country, to build a following of loyal voters that can actually help convince the rest of the country to go another way than the usual system. Oh, and it'd help if the third parties in America actually had decent policies.
But for now, you have to pick between one of the two for a vote to have real consequence (asides from that whole 5% for federal funding thing I've heard about). Even if your politics aren't represented by these candidate likelyhood is that one of them will probably leave you with a better quality of life for you and your community than the other. So why not help that person win, instead of letting your vote be useless? You could end up regretting it...
Except in Maine and Nebraska
iRAWRasaurus
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Already voted for Clinton in Ohio.
Same
Same, but there are a good chunk of Trump voters here.
That is incorrect. A state's electoral vote is determined by the full popular vote within the state.
Even if you're in a state that splits its electoral votes (Nebraska and Maine), they each award half of their electoral vote total to the popular vote winner.
But only in special individual districts in those states. If one doesn't live in those special districts, it goes back to state wide popular vote.
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