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March 26, 2007
Balancing the polls
I'm feeling guilty after having asked the valued and sophisticated readers of this blog to choose between Newt Gingrich and Hillary Clinton, because I hope and pray such a thing never happens -- especially considering these two are the most unpopular candidates. I don't like to avoid reality, though, and much as I hate to force an unnatural choice on people, I thought I should at least make a stab at finding out how people might react to such a choice. The problem is that while Newt received 90% of the 22 votes cast, there's no way to tell how many people refused to vote. Thinking it over, it seems fair to give this blog's readers a chance to vote for at least a couple of other candidates in different hypothetical situations. Please bear in mind that I'm assuming Hillary will be the Democratic nominee, so I don't want to waste time asking people to vote on her Democratic opponents. (Furthermore, the fact that Hillary only got two votes in the earlier poll makes me suspect that not all that many readers are coming here to participate in Democrat-oriented polls.) So, keeping the above in mind, here are a few more scenarios -- three for the primary election, and two for the presidential election. Primary election
posted by Eric on 03.26.07 at 10:40 PM |
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I didn't choose in the 2nd and last poll. I'd rather not vote given only those choices. The others I voted for Fred Thompson, even though he voted for McCain-Feingold.
Looks like I might actually sit out 2008. Wouldn't be the first time I didn't vote. Democracy is over rated anyway. Why should I have the "right" to vote to take away other people's rights?