Talk Elections

I'd vote myself of course, and I'd win because I'd actually get the religious right vote strange as that sounds and I am more moderate economcially than Kemp.

KEmperor/KEmperor

No, you are even more socialist than Kemp, as strange as it sounds.

+8.00 is more extreme than -6.88

Not in relation to the average american it isn't

The political compass gave opebo a positive economic score. Needless to say, I think the compass is broken.

I actually once took the test from the perspective of the average American and got something like -0.56 economically. I actually got a dead 0.00 on social issues.

It's incredibly hard to do things like that.  I've tried to get the most right-wing score possible and only gotten +8/+7.

What's the difference between a +6.88 score and a +8.00 score BRTD?

As for the poll, you thinking you'd win the religious right is laughable. Most of them care about economics as well and wouldn't elect a candidate who loved communism, especially not one that can't keep his sexual fantasies to himself. No, America will choose maturity every day.

KEmp campaign workers would just hang out in Minnesota strip clubs with hidden cameras until they caught BRTD getting a lap dance.

BRTD wins religious vote. Ok...funny....

KEmperor/KEmperor

The leadership do, but the rank and file are often to the left on economics. Look at Josh. The religious right will not vote for an atheist over a Christian, even a sex-crazed hardcore left wing Christian.


Whoever said I'd keep it a secret I go to strip clubs? Plus KEmp has admitted he goes to strip clubs too. Plus I doubt there are many people other than extreme intolerant prudes who would not vote for someone just because they go to strip clubs.


why would they vote for KEmp?

What a joke you are. One person is not a representative sample.

Actually what would likely happen is the religious right run their own candidate as a third party. Since the Republican vote is split I would win then.

You couldn't get 10% of the vote, so it doesn't matter if the Republicans split.

there's at least 40% of the population that would vote for whoever the Democrat is, and my views are quite mainstream in many cities.

No. Jesse Jackson would get more votes than you.

In what way is he more mainstream than me?

He isn't a total joke and a communist sympathizer. You'd be lucky to get 10% anywhere outside of DC. I don't even know that you could win DC. It would be awfully close in any event.

i would most certainly vote for the kemp, as would most other normal people.

and I'm not a race baiter. You actually think the blacks in DC won't vote for them. Or all those war protestors and raving anti-Bush people you see on the news?

KEmperor/KEmperor.

The idea that the religious right would vote for somebody who thinks communism is 'cool' and visits strip clubs regularly is laughable.  KEmp may not be religious, but as long as he were to lead a decent, upstanding life, that would be more than enough.

BRTD/KEmporer

Joe answered the question you asked me, BRTD

I'll ask you the above question again. What seperates KEmp from someone with a Economic score 1.12 points lower?

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VT is more liberal that Rhode island, how?

Also VT has a libertarian lean, so they wouldn't have too much trouble going for KEmperor.

Vermont elects a socialist to the House and they're libertarian? Tell me more.

My guess is Bernie's a cult hero of some type and that's why he wins.

James Jeffords certainly is/was a libertarian, and I don't know enough about their Gov to draw a conclusion, but most likely Douglas is too.

BRTD/BRTD

This is assuming he tones down the sexual comments.

The Religious Right would run third party giving BRTD the victory.

Vermont is socially libertarian. It is economically socialist.

I can see the campaign commercials now:

"BRTD is a man who asks the tough questions, questions like 'would you have sex with a hot communist rebel?' and 'have you ever had a lapdance?' - vote BRTD, the man who asks the tough questions!"

"BRTD is a man who asks inappropriate questions, questions like 'would you have sex with my grandma if she was a hot communist rebel?' and 'have you ever had a lapdance from my hot communist rebel grandma?' - vote KEmp, the man who doesn't ask questions that make you uncomfortable!"

BRTD is pretty in step w/Vermont socially and I think that would carry him to victory there.

Depends on what questions the +6.88 person answered differently. But they are obviously slightly more moderate.

So you illustrate the main flaw in the political compass. Someone can agree with the question just as much as someone else, but answer strongly agree, while someone else answers that they simply agree. The first person could end up with a very extreme score, while the second person gets a relatively moderate score. Their actual issues positions don't really differ.

the ri is working class and heavily catholic.

yes, vermont is more liberal than the ocean state.

Catholicism doesn't stop Boston from going 75% Democratic.

making them more likely to vote for me, the economically leftist candidate.

Have you guys forgotten the poll that says only about half of Americans said they would vote for an atheist? Pretty pathetic, but still true.

Against a communist sympathizer, the atheist wins easily.

KEmperor/KEmperor.

They'd prefer an atheist who is not a social degenerate and commie than someone who pays lip service to their religion and has a strip club obsession.

BRTD/Not Sure (Voted that KEmp would win).

You guys have to remember that KEmp is more pro abortion than BRTD is.  If BRTD toned down on the sexual rhetoric he could do okay with the religious right.

Kemperor/Kemperor  (low turnout)

boston is quite similar to rhode island.

boston and the ri are more democratic than vermont.

buti would argue that vermont is more liberal than either ri or boston.

make sense?