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U.S. Presidential Election, 2024


Callie

U.S. Presidential Election, 2024  

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  1. 1. Did you vote in the 2024 United States presidential election?

    • Yes
      10
    • No (not an American citizen)
      4
    • No (citizen, but not eligible to vote)
      0
    • No (abstained)
      0
    • No (other)
      0
  2. 2. Whom did you vote for, or would have voted for, in the 2024 United States presidential election?

    • Kamala Harris (Democratic)
      10
    • Donald Trump (Republican)
      1
    • Chase Oliver (Libertarian)
      0
    • Jill Stein (Green)
      1
    • Other
      0
    • Nobody / None of these candidates
      1
    • Don't know
      1
  3. 3. What is your party affiliation in the U.S., or what would be your affiliation?

    • Democratic Party
      4
    • Republican Party
      3
    • Independent / Nonpartisan / Unaffiliated
      4
    • Libertarian Party
      0
    • Green Party
      1
    • Other
      0
    • Don't know
      2
  4. 4. Which of the following most closely matches your opinion of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris?

    • Very Positive
      2
    • Somewhat Positive
      4
    • Neutral
      3
    • Somewhat Negative
      3
    • Very Negative
      2
    • Don't know
      0
  5. 5. Which of the following most closely matches your opinion of Republican candidate Donald Trump?

    • Very Positive
      1
    • Somewhat Positive
      0
    • Neutral
      0
    • Somewhat Negative
      1
    • Very Negative
      12
    • Don't know
      0


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Q1 kind of presumes that you actually could vote early.  While I do fully intend to vote I can't yet (early voting here is Thur-Sat along with next Tues ).  So I'll answer this weekend after I actually do so 🙂 

 

/presuming of course that I don't get hit by a bus between now and then...

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This is as good a topic as any to ask questions about something that's always baffled me. Why do Americans track party affiliation? I'm not talking candidates having a party affiliation, I'm talking voters having a party affiliation. What's the benefit of having the system at all, and why do so many go along with it?

 

Though my days of not understanding American politics are certainly coming to a middle.

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Mainly because of the primaries I'd imagine.  The primary being where all the candidates of one party run against each other (generally in May) too see who will represent the party on the general election ballot (in Nov).

 

States decide if they want open (anyone can vote for any one party's primary) or closed (voters can only vote in the party that they've designated primary) primaries.

 

Of course arguments can be made both ways.  Open will let you go vote for the person you want to run no matter the party. Oooorrr... you could go cast your vote for the most outlandish character from the other party in hopes that that person gets enough votes to be the candidate against the politician you really like (looking for more sane in comparison), making their win more assured.

 

Closed. Only the people from the designated party vote . Theory being that they're the ones with a vested interest in putting forth the best candidate for the party in the general election and won't self sabotage by voting for the dufus.

 

The cynical part of me also realizes that it's a sorting tool for both parties.  When you have a limited amount of money available, you only bombard people with robo calls and mailed flyers who already said that they align with you...

 

Hope that helped.

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Right, I had forgotten about how y'all do primaries. That makes sense. Well, more sense. Still wild to me that it's different methods for each state.

 

Here (Canada), each party manages its own leadership election, with each party able to choose its own selection process: direct vote from members, weighted vote from members, a delegate system, etc.

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2 hours ago, Callie said:

Somehow, that's still outclassed in tackiness by the Trump campaign selling $60 leather bound copies of the Bible.

That's just a straightforward grift. I understand those, especially with stuff like Oklahoma essentially mandating a mass order of them. Funnelling public money into a party's coffers? Nothing is new under the sun.

 

The Fortnite thing is something different.

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