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Hypothetical election poll

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by dangolegators, Feb 17, 2024.

Which option do you prefer

  1. I prefer Trump and I'll take my chances on a Trump/Biden matchup

    16.7%
  2. I prefer Trump but I'll take Haley for sure rather than take my chances on a Trump/Biden matchup

    3.0%
  3. I prefer Biden and I'll take my chances on a Trump/Biden matchup

    22.7%
  4. I prefer Biden but I'll take Haley for sure rather than take my chances on a Trump/Biden matchup

    22.7%
  5. I prefer Haley over both Biden and Trump

    34.8%
  1. l_boy

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    Because I know how you operate. You think you have set a trap and are going to roll me over with your superior intellectual skills by parsing the meaning of “endorse”. If that word triggers you substitute a word that you feel is more acceptable.

    Maybe “indirectly supporting” is more palatable.
     
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  2. danmanne65

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    I think Haley would be a better choice than trump and Biden except for I think we need more democratic appointed Supreme Court justices.
     
  3. l_boy

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    Agree. The biggest knocks on Haley are abortion and federal judges. She’s nowhere near perfect but the lesser of two evils vs Harris.
     
  4. docspor

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    wiggle out of this trap. I give you my word NOT to respond to your ans. How is not voting endorsing the winner? In fact, this'll be my last post on this thread.
     
  5. l_boy

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    Because by not voting for the lesser of two equals, you end up indirectly supporting the worse of the two. There is a reason that partisans want voters of the other party to stay home.
     
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  6. danmanne65

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    Not sure which thread to put it in but I have been a registered Republican in Florida since I moved back to Florida in 2001. I just got my registration card. Some poster said that me being a Republican was nonsense. I register that way because the Republican nominee wins most statewide elections. This way I have a small influence on this.
     
  7. homer

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    Write in Mickey Mouse so Iboy will be happy.
     
  8. l_boy

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    Nobody recognized my Rush reference. :(
     
  9. homer

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    I have no idea what you’re talking about so you got me there. lol

    My guess is Limbaugh
     
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  10. l_boy

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    freewill lyrics freewill lyrics - Google Search

    You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
    If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
    You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
    I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose Freewill
     
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  11. Orange_and_Bluke

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    I can hear the guitar playing while reading those lines.
     
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  12. PITBOSS

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    Nikki coming in stronger than expected. Frustrating she can't get more traction. Yes she's made off-the-wall comments but she would clock Biden or Kamala. NH at least talks about the deficit, pro-life but a pragmatic approach, and wants congress to work on a border deal. She would get my vote.
     
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  13. tilly

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    Still talking about Trump right Rick? ;) :D
     
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  14. tilly

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    No you aren't. You are using your right as a citizen to NOT vote for either terrible candidate.

    Outcome be damned. Vote (or don't vote) your conscience. That is what the right to vote is all about.
     
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  15. l_boy

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    Maybe some people are triggered by “endorse” (which I stand by) but at a minimum you are accepting whomever wins in a vote that you chose not to participate in.
     
  16. l_boy

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    Not sure what this means, but I’m glad she is still in the race, taking shots at Trump, and at least providing a different vision.

    early voting starts tomorrow in TX. I will vote R and Haley, but she will be lucky to get 20% of the R vote.
     
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  17. tilly

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    I would agree with the "accepting whomever" part, but we do that when we vote too. (Save the conspiracy theorists.)

    My guy loses (even if I vote) and I still "accept whomever". So to me, I would rather do the same thing with my conscience clear and the ability to look my kids (especially my daughters) in the eye and say I voted for neither.
     
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  18. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    I think he may have meant in the OP poll.
     
  19. l_boy

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    Then if both are equally bad (which I reject) vote third party. I’m not saying I am on a moral high ground here, because there are times when I haven’t voted but in my mind refraining from voting is basically just giving up and leaving it to everybody else. I don’t think telling your kids you don’t vote because you like neither is not a good message, but that’s just my opinion.
     
  20. citygator

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    Why would people take a chance on Haley if she can’t even manage a twitter account? I hate quoting redstate by the way. Ugh.

    Haley's X Account Fail Gets Even Stranger, With a Spree of Over 20 Posts in ONE Hour

    Social media can be a dangerous place for clueless politicians who lack self-awareness. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who is running for the GOP presidential nomination learned this the hard way on Sunday.

    Whoever is using the Tweetdeck/X Pro for her (whether it's their first experience with it or not) has messed up even more, with a marathon of simultaneous posts within an hour, as the alert X user wrote, with a week's worth of Haley messaging burned through.
     
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