NEW 2012 FORUM FEATURE: "Who will hypothetical people vote for?" Omnibus Thread!

[opebo]

People like this don't really exist on the not-internet.

Yes, they all lost their jobs and houses long ago, and many have died off due to the ailments and mishaps which do beset the poor.  The few that do survive now live under the freeway-overpass, and voting is the furthest thing from their minds.

[opebo]

Ugh, off with his head!  But how he would vote.. I think he would be out of the country jet-setting and probably wouldn't get around to it.

[opebo]

Steven: 38 years old, lives in Madison, Wisconsin, has a public sector job and belongs to a union. Is divorced, has one child whom he does not have custody of, hires escorts on a regular basis, drinks alcohol almost every night, frequently uses marijuana, is not religious.

Won't vote.

Mike: 23 years old, recent college graduate, now unemployed, just quit his job doing pizza delivery but has a huge trust fund from very affluent parents in the Philly suburbs. Does work at temp agencies to pass the time, lives in Philadelphia, has a girlfriend but is not interested in marriage, spends most of his time going to hardcore and indie rock shows and getting drunk but doesn't do any other drugs, is not religious.

Won't vote, but I also find it very hard to believe he would work at all.

Jenny: 27 years old, went to a Christian university for two years before dropping out, works as a receptionist at a local accounting firm in Denver but is hoping to return to college soon. Attends an evangelical charismatic church with a mostly younger congregation, took an abstinence pledge in her teens but doesn't follow it and didn't with her last boyfriend, is pro-life but supports gay marriage, uses pot with her friends including some people in her church small group.

Won't vote.

Joe: 33 years old, lives a Seattle suburb, works at a bank. Is not opposed to gay marriage but does not care much about the issue, is vaguely pro-life but considers it a low priority, supports drug legalization but is personally straightedge, reads Ayn Rand and generally adheres to her philosophy. Supported Ron Paul in 2008 and 2012 but was also creeped out by some of the more cult-like supporters. Was engaged last year but ended up breaking it off, is vaguely religious and only attends church on holidays.

Will probably vote Mitt Romney.

[opebo]

I think he'd vote Dem. He's young and naive enough to fall for the Obama hype.

Hype?  The only thing he has to believe is that Obama is better than Romney, which if that is hype its like me putting on a job application that I can spell.

[opebo]

opebo would he be likely to be in Thailand now?

No, he's rich enough to afford the more expensive countries.  Thailand tends to be popular with middle to upper-middle class tourists.