Unpleasant Voting

YourSong

At work today, people are talking about the election yesterday.  Most were Obama supporters.  However, there are a few who want McCain to be president.  SOO, the voted for Clinton to take votes "away" from Obama.  The reasoning was that Obama was the guy who would get the most votes away from McCain, so they want to make sure he's not in the race later on.
Also, I found out if you go to your polling place, there is a print out of how your precinct voted in each issue. Kinda cool to me.

playindagamewell

i heard a lot of "sabatoge" type of voting was done and that was how hillary ended up "winning" over obama.

Jody81

My Grandma, who is R, told me that a couple of her friends who are also R's did this...so so wrong!!! Oh well, that is politics for you.

Jody81

Oh yeah, I also don't think this is why Hillary won. She was endorsed by our Governor and that also has a big something to do with it.

mrsjennosu

Ditto Jody. I don't think that there could have been enough people to cross party lines and do this to result in the large margin Hillary won by.

A lot of Ohioans respect Gov. Strickland (especially in SE Ohio where Hillary won 80% of the democratic vote) so I think his endorsement likely had more of an impact.

With that said....I don't agree with crossing party lines, but I bet this primary is no exception from other years.

Mrs.SabrinaM

I have to be honest I completely misread your title of this post.  I thought it said "unpleasant vomiting"  I thought "isn't always" 

LOL  I just had to take a moment to laugh at myself. 

However it's horrible that people have decided to try to play the system like that but it is politics, and politics are all about trying to play the system.

Rooette

Nice. Grown men and women treating our presidential election like American Idol or Survivor...get rid of the threat and your canidate will win.

wacissej2

This highly annoys me, but sadly it does happen quite a bit. However, for this primary I've actually heard of the R voters doing the exact same thing in other states but in reverse - voting for Obama with the hopes that Clinton wouldn't be in the general election. So clearly there are lots of opinions on which candidate has the best shot at winning in the end.

I agree though having both Strickland and Glenn endorsing Clinton really helped her win.

And yes, you're right, you can go to your polling place after they close and see how your precinct voted. We actually went last night but it must have been too early because they weren't posted yet. But we have done this in the past. It's nice to know how your neighborhood votes.

Temp536318000001135

I think the economy coupled with the Strickland and Glenn endorsements had the most to do with Clinton's victory.

Our Governor in AZ (who is quite popular and won very handily in her re-election campaign in 2006) is an Obama supporter but that wasn't enough to help him win the state.  The fact there is a high Hispanic population is why Clinton won Arizona on Super Tuesday.

Manday

In political science we call it strategic voting, and its a big question (when it occurs, who does it, why people don't do it all the time, etc). I mean, its completely rational for them to vote that way. That is one of the pitfalls of Ohio's type of primary. In some states, primaries are closed, which means that only people who are registered as democrats or republicans well before election day can vote in that primary.

kristylynn

I heard of people voting D when they are an R because they just want more investigating and time spent on researching Obama.  A number of things have come out from the Clinton campaign about Obama in the last week, that they think it will be nice to have some more time to learn about it, before he is given the nomination.

 

jannypie

yeah actually in Texas a lot of the conservative radio hosts were encouraging Rs to vote Clinton too. i was appalled too, but i guess from their stance it makes sense. wierd.

MikeAndSarah06

I am sure a lot of people vote across party lines to help push candidates into the ring that they feel will create more opportunity for their candidate.

I do have issues with media (and others) saying that people voted for XXX candidate because that person endorsed or because of gender or because of whatever.

I voted for Hillary Clinton because I feel she aligns with my beliefs on the issues I most closely identify. And I think she has the know how and drive to get the job done. I don't fit the profile of the typical Clinton supporter according to any poll I have seen (I make too much money, I am too young, I am too educated, etc.).
I would like to think we can stand up as individuals and vote for a candidate because we believe in his/her platform (or at least his/her platform over others) and we feel that person will do the best job in the office (whatever position he/she is running for).

Whoever made the Survivor reference was right. This country has become too accustomed to viewing things as popularity contests and games.

We aren't voting for the high school class president. If our biggest worry was having a crappy prom the "cool" factor of the candidate would be a legitimate reason to vote for somebody. We're voting for the leader of the free world. This person has to dig us out of a lot of crap... both here and abroad. Knowing (really knowing) where they stand on the issues and HOW they plan to act those out is really important.

So... stepping off my soap box.... I LOVE debating politics and love analyzing it... but I pray that more people in the US participate in these kinds of debates and open their eyes to the issues that really matter to THEM and THEIR lives... and stop listening to what a commercial says or a TV commentator personally feels.
Keep voting!