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What's Your Presidential Batting Average?
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I've been able to vote first in the 1988 election when I was 19. With the most recent election, I'm 3 out of 6, so I'm batting .500. What is your average?
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Clinically Insane
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Clinton: Yes
Dole: No
Browne: No
Kerry: No
Obama: Yes
.400?
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Last edited by subego; Nov 9, 2008 at 10:37 PM.
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This is my ninth presidential election since 1976. I'm 6 for 9 or .667. My three losses were the two Clinton wins and Obama. Yes, I voted for Jimmy Carter in 1976, the only Democrat presidential candidate I have ever voted for. I was young and stupid. In fact, besides Carter, I have only voted for two other Democrats since 1976. One a state senator and the other a state assemblyman where local issues and support are typically more important than party affiliation.
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Originally Posted by macforray
I have only voted for two other Democrats since 1976. One a state senator and the other a state assemblyman where local issues and support are typically more important than party affiliation.
If you've only done it twice in 32 years, I wouldn't exactly say it's typically more important.
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If you've only done it twice in 32 years, I wouldn't exactly say it's typically more important.
Re-phrase: I've voted for these two in more than one election over many years (always winners). Yes, "typical" is certainly open for interpretation and discussion.
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I'm just messin' with ya.
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I'm batting 1.000, and have been since I first voted in 2000.
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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My historical average going back to 1952 is .400 (6 out of 15).
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45/47
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I am 2 for 2.
Clinton in 1996
Didnt vote
Didnt vote
Obama in 08
And I only was wrong with one CA proposition this year.
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Turned 18 in '96, voted against Clinton, against Gore, against Kerry, against Obama. So, I am 2-4. Actually, I am 0-4 really, because I feel like I lost with Bush.
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1.000 - voted for Obama in 2008.
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Originally Posted by Sage
0. I’m a Libertarian.
I would also consider myself a libertarian (though not a Libertarian), yet I'm still batting 1.000. Despite the fact that I may not think that any of the cadidates are ideal, I do sometimes find that one candidate is clearly better than the other(s). I'll admit, however, that of the three Presidential elections that I've been eligible to vote in, I skipped one because I did not see that there was any candidate who was clearly better than the others out of any of those run by any parties.
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Originally Posted by placebo1969
I've been able to vote first in the 1988 election when I was 19. With the most recent election, I'm 3 out of 6, so I'm batting .500. What is your average?
I'm about the same age as you and became eligible to vote in the same election. I'm also 3 for 6. I bet we're either exactly the same 3 for 6 or exactly the opposite.
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Always vote for the sure loser, that way you can always bitch about the results.
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Originally Posted by CreepDogg
I'm about the same age as you and became eligible to vote in the same election. I'm also 3 for 6. I bet we're either exactly the same 3 for 6 or exactly the opposite.
That sounds about right.
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1988 - Voted for Dukakis out of youthful naiveté regarding political identification (In hind-sight I wished I voted for George H.W. Bush)
1992 - Voted For Clinton
1996 - Voted For Nader as an anti-Clinton protest
2000 - Voted for Gore
2004 - Voted for Green Party (Voted for McCain in my state primary though; He probably would have gotten my vote if he had obtained the Republican nomination)
2008 - Voted For Obama
So I am 2/6 or .332
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1992- Perot
1996- Clinton
2000- Bush
2004- McCain (write in)
2008- Ron Paul (write in)
Two out of five, not bad! I decided in '04 that I was done being forced to choose between the lesser of two jackasses. In lieu of not voting as silent protest blah blah blah, I decided to just start writing in the person I would actually like to see in the job. Still utterly pointless, but I sleep with a clear conscience.
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Posting Junkie
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2004 - Bush
2008 - McCain
.500
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I'm 3 for 5. And it's telling that the two that lost (Gore and Kerry) I wasn't exactly thrilled with.
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1984: Reagan
1988: Bush 1
1992: Perot
1996: Dole
2000: Nader, Browne or Buchanan. Don't even remember which one.
2004: Kerry.
2008: Obama.
3 outta 7, .429 with the rounding.
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Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
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