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KodiakJag · 10-26-2019, 03:46 AM

(10-25-2019, 03:16 PM)ferocious Wrote:
(10-25-2019, 03:07 PM)KodiakJag Wrote: That's an awful lot of red land area. Alaska is 100% red as well, and is bigger than Texas, California, and Montana combined.

Factoring that in, probably 90-95% of US land is red.

It's a good point, I guess, but land doesn't vote. And, electorally speaking, that is an almost somewhat accurate representation of where we were in early November of 2016. That is to say, 3 years ago. It is where we are today that has you nervous, no?

(10-25-2019, 03:18 PM)ferocious Wrote:
(10-25-2019, 03:16 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Well yeah, but nobody important lives there.

Sarah Palin does. Oh, I see your point.
Never mind.

I was just making an observation, but yeah, land doesn't vote.

As a true swing voter, why would I be nervous? I support the candidate, not the party.

In 1988 I voted for Bush Sr. I was 20 years old and in the military.

Ross Perot got my vote in 1992 and 1996.

I voted for Bush Jr. in 2000 & 2004 because he's a likeable guy.

I voted libertarian (Barr) instead of supporting the John/Sarah dysfunctional clownshow in 2008.

In 2012, my mother was stumping hard for Ron P., only to see him get the shaft here. Paul actually spent time and came up here and should have won the state's electorals if it weren't for the seriously corrupt Alaska Republican Party based here in Anchorage, who basically bent to Romney and wrote off the heavy support for Paul here locally. I wrote him in anyway.

For 2016, as a protest vote I wrote in Bernie's name (yes, Bernie Sanders) because I did not respect or trust either DT or HRC and voting for the least slimy candidate has never been my thing.

If the democrats put someone on the ballot worth voting for, I would have no problem supporting them. Sadly, the ones that would appeal to people like me (ie., Tulsi) will never get enough support from their own party. I still might write her in...we'll see.

If you or anyone else want to be a party-line voter, I don't hold it against them. To each their own.

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