Ichingcarpenter
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:17 PM
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6% who voted in Florida don't know who they voted for President! |
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Rachel just showed the poll. They don't know who they voted for president even after they voted.
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:18 PM
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1. AKA: I refuse to tell a pollster. |
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:44 PM
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18. My thought exactly ... |
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"I voted for ITS NONE OF YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS you hack!" would be my response.
:shrug:
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:18 PM
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2. Is this possibly referring to the vote switching problems? |
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I've been hearing reports that there's been problems in a few counties so it's possible that 6% just don't know because they don't even know if their votes registered correctly.
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:19 PM
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5. Florida is done on paper ballots that are scanned in. (kinda like the SAT answer sheet) |
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they are ashamed to say they voted for the white guy
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:42 PM
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afraid to say they voted for the black guy. Especially if their conservonut and/or racist friends or family are within earshot.
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:49 PM
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23. My thought exactly. Very likely these are white voters afraid to say they voted for |
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a black candidate.
I'd venture that 5 of that 6% goes to Obama.
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:19 PM
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6. We don't use touch-screens anymore |
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We have the bubble-in kind that you scan.
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:18 PM
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3. Well, it is Florida after all |
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Home of the hanging chad. :shrug:
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:18 PM
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:20 PM
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7. They didn't say that their vote was in question they said they couldn't remember |
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:20 PM
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8. I've been phone banking for Obama all week... |
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There are about 5% of those who voted already (early voting) who won't say who they voted for. I'm assuming they're McCain voters, because if they were Obama supporters.. they'd be happy to tell the Obama phone banker about it, right?
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:21 PM
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9. Yes... these "won't say" types are surely McCain voters |
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Speaks volumes that they are ashamed of the vote they cast.
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:44 PM
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If their nutjob racist family or "friends" are with them, they might be literally AFRAID to say they voted (or will vote) for Obama.
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:22 PM
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10. Well, I would like to see more of this poll she mentioned |
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After all its Florida and even has brain dead people that helped run Congress and the national agenda at times.
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:45 PM
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I run into types who say, "I'm not telling." And I am pretty sure it was Obama in at least one case, but he just didn't want to say.
But not "I forgot."
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:22 PM
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11. I Think They Just Won't Say |
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Edited on Wed Oct-29-08 08:24 PM by The Shadow
It's funny but I was talking to several coworkers today about voting and was surprised that 3 of 5 of us still held the old fashioned belief that you never talk about who you vote for. Talking further to them, all 3 said that that was how they were raised and even their mother and father would not discuss who they each voted for. My grandparents were like that as well. I think that's where the 6% I don't knows come from.
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:23 PM
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12. Let me make this clear: PEOPLE EXIT POLLS AND DON'T WANT TO SAY WHO THEY VOTED FOR |
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So they say, "don't know."
Florida votes on paper ballots. We fill in a circle on a page like we were taking a test in high school. We use black pens to fill in the oval. There are no touch screens. There are no chads. See name, fill in oval next to name. That's it.
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:23 PM
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13. Won't say who they voted for... |
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is that surprising? I know my parents always said "Never discuss politics or religion", and they really had a thing about their vote being nobody's business.
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:36 PM
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14. Yeah, right. They stood in line for HOURS, just to vote |
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for someone, but they can't remember who? I don't think so.....
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:38 PM
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15. that's why I don't trust exit polls |
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a lot of people don't want to discuss their vote.
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:43 PM
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standard repuke catchphrase since Iran-contra.
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:44 PM
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19. It begins with "Mc" and ends with |
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impending disaster looming. :scared:
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:45 PM
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21. I've said that myself, is polite for "none of your business, my vote is private" |
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:52 PM
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24. I found this phone banking too |
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but it was mostly older folks who really take the privacy thing to heart. Manny of them were confirmed Obama supporters who refused to say who they voted for.
The other volunteers also noticed it with the absentee ballot crowd, many of whom are older.
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