Primary awesomeness

[Jenkins]

woooo cmon obama you got this baby!

 

[TomNook]

Cleverly, you also have to be 45 to be president.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

Cleverly, you also have to be 45 to be president.

it's 35 according to the constitution, article 2 section 1 to be exact, unless bus changed it

also you must be registered, so you can't be a felon unless your record is expunged and if you've been convicted of treason you may never run for office

Kennedy was 43 when he went into office

 

[iamnotincompliance]

"None of the above" is an option, it's called voting blank. Putting in a blank vote at least says you support the democratic election, but you couldn't choose/didn't agree with anyone. If You however believe simple general elections every fourth year is an illusion of democracy, or you don't believe they are conducted in a responsible way (or whatever reason) you can boycott the election.

None of the above is an option? Well, shows what I know, not having voted and all. In that case, I guess what I've been doing is boycotting the election, which actually is an illusion of democracy. In a democracy, we would vote directly for the candidates. Instead, we Americans live in a republic. We vote for the people who vote for the vote for the guy* in charge. That's the fantastic Electoral College, a remnant from ye olde days when the people were deemed too stupid to wield that kind of power, and looking around, it's a good thing it hasn't gone away yet. Interestingly enough, the Electoral College doesn't have to vote for the guy* we want them to vote for. They are allowed to vote for any candidate they want.

Well, I'll be. It seems I actually have a good reason for not voting. Thank you, Uskis.

 

[Anarchemitis]

The American Dream is a lie.

I'm also canadian, so it doesn't apply to me. All of our leaders are over educated wafflers whose primary mandate can be distilled down to "DO NOT ROCK THE BOAT"... and we like 'em that way.

Why Canadians seem not to do much about the political anything is that we're complacent; regardless of Liberal or Conservative, they do their job nicely and little changes, keeping us comfortable.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

"None of the above" is an option, it's called voting blank. Putting in a blank vote at least says you support the democratic election, but you couldn't choose/didn't agree with anyone. If You however believe simple general elections every fourth year is an illusion of democracy, or you don't believe they are conducted in a responsible way (or whatever reason) you can boycott the election.

None of the above is an option? Well, shows what I know, not having voted and all. In that case, I guess what I've been doing is boycotting the election, which actually is an illusion of democracy. In a democracy, we would vote directly for the candidates. Instead, we Americans live in a republic. We vote for the people who vote for the vote for the guy* in charge. That's the fantastic Electoral College, a remnant from ye olde days when the people were deemed too stupid to wield that kind of power, and looking around, it's a good thing it hasn't gone away yet. Interestingly enough, the Electoral College doesn't have to vote for the guy* we want them to vote for. They are allowed to vote for any candidate they want.

Well, I'll be. It seems I actually have a good reason for not voting. Thank you, Uskis.

yeah that's the fun part about the electoral college that not a lot of people realize they can vote for whomever they want and therefore the popular vote, aka the people's vote, means nothing

the funny part is if you suggest going by the popular vote alone, everyone is up in arms cause they think that california, new york and texas would determine the president, well since they are the largest states by population, they have a larger say because democracy is majority rules