Mississippi State House Race Decided By Drawing Straws

[Commander Wallace]

I think when the time comes to vote, most people will be looking for the " none of the above "

[vienna]

The truly sad thing about a an awful lot of these elections, people aren't necessarily voting for the best of the best but, rather, the best of the least; there is also the vote as a means of keeping an abysmal choice from possibly winning: I don't think a goodly proportion of the voters who cast their ballot for Obama in 2008 did so because they really liked Obama, it was because they really disliked the GOP ticket (McCain/Palin). I was all set to vote for McCain until Palin was placed on the ticket. The thought of that bonehead a heartbeat away from the Oval Office was too frightening to even consider and, I think, an awful lot of other serious voters felt the same sentiment. The option of voting for a third party only gave the chance, in a plurality election, the crippled GOP ticket might win by siphoning off votes from the only other serious choice; not voting was also a non-starter for the same reason. Maybe coin tosses, straw pulls, or other chance methods would actually be just as effective given the caliber of candidates being foisted off on the voting public...


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[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by vienna

Maybe coin tosses, straw pulls, or other chance methods would actually be just as effective given the caliber of candidates being foisted off on the voting public...
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And guess who still gets the short straw, John Q. Public.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by vienna

The truly sad thing about a an awful lot of these elections, people aren't necessarily voting for the best of the best but, rather, the best of the least; there is also the vote as a means of keeping an abysmal choice from possibly winning: I don't think a goodly proportion of the voters who cast their ballot for Obama in 2008 did so because they really liked Obama, it was because they really disliked the GOP ticket (McCain/Palin). I was all set to vote for McCain until Palin was placed on the ticket. The thought of that bonehead a heartbeat away from the Oval Office was too frightening to even consider and, I think, an awful lot of other serious voters felt the same sentiment.
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You can include me in your population. It has been many years since I was able to vote FOR a candidate. All I seem to do these days is vote against a candidate. That's a pretty sad situation to be in.

One of these days, one of the parties will offer me a candidate I can actually vote for. The only thing that is certain is that it won't be in 2016.

I mean Crikey! These are the best of the best that the parties can offer me? Really? These clowns are the best in the entire US? Maybe this is the end of the US empire.

[Jimbuna]

Surely an improvement on how it used to be settled

[em2nought]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Surely an improvement on how it used to be settled

Two life long gov't payouts go in, one comes out. What's not to like here?