do you think are ignorant people who vote a particular way because their daddy and everyone else around them does? I'm talking people who would support a guy just because he has an "R" next to his name and yells "Earnhardt!" and know nothing else about him. Or people who vote for a guy with a "D" next to his name because they assume all D's mean "pro choice, no religion". OR, though rare, my favorite is people who vote for a guy with an "I" next to his name because "they are smarter than all the idiots who buy" into the two party system.

Say we were to eliminate these voters somehow. Through a political competency test or any other means. How do you think the system would be different. An answer of "There would be a much larger democrat/republican majority because all republicans/democrats are ignorant" will not count without explanation.

7/13/2007 8:36:49 AM

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7/13/2007 8:45:00 AM

o yeah i know it's not new. but I had no idea what keywords to use to start searching.

7/13/2007 8:47:23 AM

most of the voting population, considering the system is set up to foster that behavior.

7/13/2007 9:38:10 AM

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"popultion"

For Republicans, I'd say between a quarter and a half. For Democrats, I'd say between a quarter and a half.

7/13/2007 2:11:19 PM

hershculez you are a dumb ass

quit making stupid threads

7/13/2007 2:53:34 PM

well over half for both parties

7/13/2007 3:32:37 PM

my highschool was like 95 percent republican

7/13/2007 3:44:27 PM

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"well over half for both parties"

7/13/2007 4:08:56 PM

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"Say we were to eliminate these voters somehow. Through a political competency test or any other means. "

You want to get rid of 50-75% of the voters? Then better be ready for a people's street revolution because only a small minority of the population is eligible to vote.

7/13/2007 4:12:41 PM

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"Say we were to eliminate these voters somehow. Through a political competency test or any other means."

This was done, as part of Jim Crow, to prevent black voters from being able to cast their ballots. It is unconstitutional, period.

7/13/2007 4:22:49 PM

SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!1

7/13/2007 4:41:32 PM

Only white land owning males should vote like the founding fathers intended?

7/13/2007 5:07:03 PM

I'd have to say it's pretty bad when you have college educated people voting based on which college team the candidate roots for

7/13/2007 6:36:06 PM

^ Well do you really want a UNC fan as senator or governor or President?

7/14/2007 2:04:29 PM

this is a big problem in my opinion, too many people vote for a damn party instead of a person who reflects their interests and views. for example my mom is an AVID democrat, but she votes this way becasue she thinks she is supposed to....yet if you asked her her stances on the issues, 90% of her views fall in line with republicans or conservatives...yet she still votes the way she thinks she is "supposed to". too many people vote this way

7/15/2007 1:44:30 AM

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"in my opinion, too many people vote for a damn party instead of a person who ... blah blah blah blah blah ... somethin' 'bout my momma ... "

so says Mister Republican18

lol

7/15/2007 10:49:34 AM

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"do you think are ignorant people who vote a particular way because their daddy and everyone else around them does?"

This sentence hurts my head.

However, as far as voting for who their parents believe in, I did a nifty survey in high school of about 180 students on their political views and their parents' views. Once all was said and done, kids mostly followed the beliefs of their parents, and they had a slight tendency to lean democratic (every category was shifted around 3-7% towards democratic). It even applied to the kids who had parents that didn't give a fuck about politics, their kids didn't either.

I don't know if this continues when people grow older, or if they have a tendency to turn into republicans once they hit some "magic" age point, but hey, just sharing a FWIW moment with you.

[Edited on July 15, 2007 at 1:31 PM. Reason : This post is best summarized as "People are Sheeple".]

7/15/2007 1:30:47 PM

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"yet if you asked her her stances on the issues, 90% of her views fall in line with republicans or conservatives...yet she still votes the way she thinks she is "supposed to". too many people vote this way"

Just remember, 85% of Republicans are Democrats who don't know what is going on.

7/15/2007 1:41:38 PM

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"so says Mister Republican18 "

ya know a lot has changed since i made that name like 7 years ago. just for the record

7/15/2007 6:18:52 PM

i bet ppl would chip in if you changed your name to Democrat18

7/15/2007 6:22:09 PM

i think conservative libertarian18 would make more sense

7/15/2007 6:23:55 PM

no ones gonna throw in a buck for that though

7/15/2007 6:42:24 PM

"conservative libertarian"

wtf is THAT???

7/16/2007 10:58:01 AM