I'm a member of SF, so it's natural to vote for them. However, I'm always "watching out" for other parties. They may surprise. Søvndal did do a very good job, though, so it will take a lot from the other parties to make my vote change
I'm pretty sure I'll vote for Socialdemokratiet, at least I know I'll stay on the socialistic side of the spectrum. I'm pretty new to politics and I'm not a member of any parties like you, so I'll vote for the parties, that exercise the ideology that appeals to me the most, I could end up voting for SF aswell.
CrueTrue wrote:
I'm a member of SF, so it's natural to vote for them. However, I'm always "watching out" for other parties. They may surprise. Søvndal did do a very good job, though, so it will take a lot from the other parties to make my vote change
You?
I feared that you were liberal, Mike. Glad to meet you at the red side of life
A_Schleck wrote:
Actually I agreed most with SF by 73%
I was actually a bit shocked that Socialdemokratiet doesn't want to lower the 24-years rule.
If they said they would remove it, they would lose a lot of their middle voters and also be very vunerable to attacks from the right wing.
And in fact, all parties accept the 24-year-rule, except Enhedslisten. Even Ny Alliance accepts it.
Edited by CrueTrue on 27-10-2007 12:41
The election is happening as i speak here in Australia and Labor has been declared the new government, taking the title from the Liberal party with relative ease, as expected. Probably the main surprise is that the Prime Minister seems likely to lose his own seat in parliament
rodda wrote:
The election is happening as i speak here in Australia and Labor has been declared the new government, taking the title from the Liberal party with relative ease, as expected. Probably the main surprise is that the Prime Minister seems likely to lose his own seat in parliament
so howard fails to become a five term prime minister
and that smarmy bastard costello finally gets to lead a party :x
bring back pauline hansen (not)
Edit: looks as though i was totally wrong there, costello has stepped down Edited by rodda on 27-11-2007 04:53
Crommy wrote:
In England, any party has a chance of winning - its not like America
Although only 2 parties are ever going to win
There is nothing in the American system that says that we only have a two party system. However the only two parties who ever get elected are the Dems and Republicans. Its been that way since Andrew Jackson. Parties like the Independents and the Green Party do a lot better on the state level.
The electoral system in most states is an all or nothing deal. If the majority of the state votes one way all of the elctoral votes go to that party(there are exceptions) which is why there are elections in which one candidate gets the popular vote and the other wins on electoral votes.
Super Tuesday is Upon US! Super tuesday is important because both major American parties hold primaries in 22 states including California. The runners from each party takes with him or her the percentage of each states delegates from to the each parties national convention and at the convention each party picks its nominee for the presidency. What do I think about the Candidates?
The Dems:
Barrack Obama: His promises of change may be the key to his success. His civil service record can only be beaten by one man. Yet will his relative inexperience bring him down.
Billary Clinton: Clinton has the experience And I mean a lot of experience. She has been around FOREVER but didn't have the balls to dump Bill after he gots caughts wit Monica y'all know what I saying mmm hmm.
The Republicans:
Mitt Romney: Isn't really offering anything we haven't heard before.
Ron Paul: This crazy guy is SOOOOO far right that the republicans don't want to claim him. He wants the US to abide strictly to the constitution, AND back up every American Dollar with Gold. What this would mean is no more foreign aide to other countries, no more foreign intervention at all and the dollar would be worth something.
John Mcain: Probably the most likely guy to come out of Super Tuesday with a clear lead in the Republican Primaries. He is a more moderate republican but is still conservative. He beats out obama in his service for his country as he spent years in the Notorious Hanoi Hilton prison camp during the Vietnam war after being shot down.
My Predictions: Obama will come out of Super Tuesday in the lead becasue Billary is just a scary mutherfucker.
McCain will remain the republican front runner cause Ron Paul is too crazy and Mitt Romney is Morman
The Dems will still be up in the air after tonight. All of the states are proporitional, so neither can get a huge lead.
On the Republican side, McCain will likely come out far ahead. He leads in all 7 of the "winner take all states" (including New York, which has a lot of delegates). That combined with keeping close in the proportional states will give him a clear lead.
I usually never comment politics on forums, but anyway: I've been following the American election closely through both American and Danish media, and I've been waiting for this Super Tuesday for a long time. As you guys say, it seems like McCain will take the win for the Republicans. He seems to be a "true" Conservative, which I guess is one of his advantages. I don't really care who wins since I basically disagree in pretty much everything they say.
On the Democratic side, it's a lot more exciting. Hillary vs. Barrack. They agree on a whole lot of stuff, so in fact, it's not important who wins. That being said, I tend to like Hillary Clinton more - why? Because she's more "political". Barrack Obama tends to be some sort of new "Martin Luther King", speaking about dreams and how the world would be if everything was perfect, instead of speaking about how to solve the problems Bush and his government has started. Clinton is more down to earth, in my opinion.
Anyway, that's just my two cents. As long as a Conservative guy doesn't win again, I'm happy. I cried when George Bush was reelected -- yes, I'm serious -- so please, a Democrat!
I'm disappointed that all the media over here focuses on is whether the next President is black of a woman, and how huge a step that is - for crying out loud, it's not sex or race, it's the person and their policies that matters.
Doesn't sound like they are going to miss him
