US Poll Results

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Interesting thing about Montana right now is that the margin by which Burns is trailing is less than the number of votes won by the Libertarian candidate. Since I doubt many Libs would otherwise be voting Dem, the Libertarians may well cost the GOP the Senate.

[Nubclear]

Heh. Losing control of Congress isn't a bad result for the Republicans! Honest!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by trev
My understanding is that in year 6 of a presidency, there is always a swing to the opponent, that being the case, this is not a bad result for the republicans in reality, and certainly not a seachange in US politics, just a routine result.

2-term presidents tend to see their parties lose seats in year 6. But that's different from losing control of congress, which is much more rare, I believe.

[Wernazuma III]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
Interesting thing about Montana right now is that the margin by which Burns is trailing is less than the number of votes won by the Libertarian candidate. Since I doubt many Libs would otherwise be voting Dem, the Libertarians may well cost the GOP the Senate.

Libertarians possibly voting the GOP? I surely must learn more about American libertarians, seems so impossible to me, especially considering the authoritarian approach to civil rights by Bush's government.

[Nubclear]

10591 11251 8905 8274 8219 7428 6845 6895 7025 6852 6774 7516 7157

So far.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly


2-term presidents tend to see their parties lose seats in year 6. But that's different from losing control of congress, which is much more rare, I believe.

according to PBS, only the second time in the last 50 years.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Wernazuma III


Libertarians possibly voting the GOP? I surely must learn more about American libertarians, seems so impossible to me, especially considering the authoritarian approach to civil rights by Bush's government.

or many libertarians were people who used to vote GOP. Both are for (or used to be) less goverment. I even flirted with the libertarian ideology, but then realized it's not practical in the real world. But I have still lost faith with the GOP, so now I vote democrat sometimes .

[Drake Tungsten]

I surely must learn more about American libertarians, seems so impossible to me, especially considering the authoritarian approach to civil rights by Bush's government.

Bush's "authoritarian approach to civil rights" is largely a myth, albeit one popular amongst Europeans who think they know more about America than they actually do. It's really rather ironic, given that most European countries are far more authoritarian when it comes to civil rights than the US is, even under Bush's tyranny...

[Nubclear]

There was a report on privacy released a bit of time ago. I believe it said Germany secures information best, and the US doesn't

[Dis]

yeah it's germany's fault I can't play games with nazis in it.

[Drake Tungsten]

Germany is lacking in freedom of speech. France and the UK are the ones lacking in privacy.

[Nubclear]

Hmm. A large number of votes in Montana have disappeared. Regardless, here is the history I have for the dems lead there so far:

10591 11251 8905 8274 8219 7428 6845 6895 7025 6852 6774 7516 7157 7025 5752

And in Virginia:

11744 11528 7547

[Nubclear]

Hmm. All the votes in Yellowstone County have are no longer being reported, and Yellowstone is back to 0% :S

[trev]

2-term presidents tend to see their parties lose seats in year 6. But that's different from losing control of congress, which is much more rare, I believe.

according to PBS, only the second time in the last 50 years.

A misleading statement as there has been very few occasions in the last 50 years where a year 6 election has occurred with the president's party in control of congress prior to the election, possibly 4 occurences in this time in total, an American can possibly list the correct number, if so 2 out of 4 is 50%, so a relatively normal result.

[Drake Tungsten]

Give it up, dude. The GOP got its ass kicked...