Alaska Caucuses

[Nation]

Just an interesting little bit of information from the 3/20 Alaska caucuses:


John Kerry 47.75%

Dennis Kucinich 25.83%

Uncommitted 12.31%

Howard Dean 11.41%


Anyone think Kucinich may actually win a small state before the convention?

[angus]

Dennis Kucinich 25.83%

24 hours per day of unyielding daylight for six months, followed by six months of darkness, will do strange things to your voting habits.

right, swede?

[© tweed]

If I was voting in a small state like that after the nomination was decided, I might vote for Kucinich.

[Gustaf]

Dennis Kucinich 25.83%

24 hours per day of unyielding daylight for six months, followed by six months of darkness, will do strange things to your voting habits.

right, swede?

I live outside of the polar circle, thankfully.

[dunn]

Dennis Kucinich 25.83%

24 hours per day of unyielding daylight for six months, followed by six months of darkness, will do strange things to your voting habits.

right, swede?

I live outside of the polar circle, thankfully.

Stocholm?

[zachman]

I don't think Kucinich will win anywhere spare maybe Wyoming or South Dakota.

[Nym90]

Well, there is only 24 hours of light for 6 months and then 24 hours of dark for 6 months at the poles themselves.

[classical liberal]

The 6 month night and 6 month day thing happens everywhere withing the polar circles.

[© tweed]

My nephew is doing this chapter in science now.

[angus]

Nym and RWN both hold education up as extremely important.  I respect that.  I'd say my views on the subject are closer to Nym's, assuming RWN is serious, which may or may not be a valid assumption.  But in any case, RWN is correct in this case.  The earth tilts at 23.5 degrees (which is why the sun is never directly overhead unless you live between the two tropics).  So the long-day phenomenon is observed anywhere between the polar circles and their respective poles.  Very little of Sweden is inside; I was just giving Gustaf grief.  

[Nym90]

Yes, if you are north of the Arctic Circle, or south of the Antarctic circle, then you will have at least one day a year of 24 hour daylight and one of 24 hour darkness. If you are right on the circle, you'll only have this on the two solstices. The closer you get to the poles, the more days of each you get. If you are right at the North Pole or South Pole, the sun only rises and sets once a year--you get 6 months of daylight followed by 6 months of darkness.

[angus]

Ah, yes.  I see my wording was rather sloppy in the original post.  I knew it was an exaggeration as I typed it and assumed Gustaf would pick up on that.  sorry for the confusion.  Guess it's time for a drink.  This is that time of day when I get just too damned lazy to get up out of this chair and go home.  Shouda left over an hour ago.  Geez.  Tempus fugit!

[Gustaf]

Dennis Kucinich 25.83%

24 hours per day of unyielding daylight for six months, followed by six months of darkness, will do strange things to your voting habits.

right, swede?

I live outside of the polar circle, thankfully.

Stocholm?

Yes, or in a suburb, but clsoe enough.

Angus,

A reasonably big part of Sweden, geographically, is within the polar circle, but few live there...guess why...