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Originally Posted by Belenar
I agree on the lawyer part. It is very difficult for us non-Americans to understand how you can win the elections without getting the majority of the votes. What kind of a democracy is that? Gore got more votes than Bush an Bush gets to be the president ??? I guess it had something to do with the states, and their weight in the overall decision, but doesn't that prove the system to be wrong?
Whoever wins, I hope it is clear this time, and not as dubious as last time...
My favor goes to Kerry. Because I think if Bush get re-elected and behaves the same random-agressive way in international politics as het did in the past 4 years, the rest of the world is going to revolt against the US (and that would mean serious trouble, both political and economical, no?)
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the popular vote tally is not accurate, from what i've heard
if, say, in a particular state, there are 1 million votes to one guy, 3 million to another, and 1 million votes left to count, they stop counting, because there is no point. or that's what I've heard. is it true?
the way the media calculates the "popular vote" is just by adding up each state's reports.
makes sense i guess
but it doesn't matter, it is a union of states, where kerry has only the support of maybe a third of the states, maybe fewer, but since those states are bigger and have most influence by population, he could win.
i voted absentee for kerry, but i'm not so sure about it, i just voted for him...well, i dunno why. I think i like a lot of bush's policies better, but i guess i like change, can't tell you. Hell, i'm a college student now...i have to vote liberal, right?
I think i know which way jersey is gonna go anyway