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If the election were tomorrow for POTUS

If the election was held tomorrow for POTUS ... your ballot?


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If the election was held tomorrow ... your ballot selection?

If I can find a 3rd party candidate I like and my state doesn't screw third parties this year then I will be voting for that 3rd party candidate.If I can not find a 3rd party candidate I do not like or my state will screw 3rd parties again then I will not be voting for president. Now I will be voting in other elections and ballot issues that will be going on that day.
 
Something is wrong with this poll. I'd have to guess by the number of conservative posts vs. progressive posts in various threads that the 'score' should be opposite what it is. How come?
 
Definately Not Obama.

Turning his back on border States in dealing with illegal immigration.
IMO, a poorly drafted health care plan.


Unlike the superbly crafted Republican bill....oh wait, there isn't one.
 
My answer was the same now as it was a couple months ago when a similar poll was started... the Libertarian guy. Only difference is I can now attach a name to him, Gary Johnson.
 
Definately Not Obama.

Turning his back on border States in dealing with illegal immigration.
IMO, a poorly drafted health care plan.
Arizona business (I moved there in '55 and still have a winter home there.) is pro illegal immigration. You don't understand the Good People of the East Valley. Why?
 
A choice between corporate shill No.1 or corporate shill No.2 doesn't seem like much of a choice at all. It's funny how conservatives believe in a multiplicity of choice in every area of activity except politics.

I think that there is quite a bit of truth in this..
 
I think that there is quite a bit of truth in this..

Of course there is...they are all corporate shills, think back on all the other Presidents you remember. This is the United States of America, where money is the basis of everything.
 
Unlike the superbly crafted Republican bill....oh wait, there isn't one.
Is not the Massachusetts HCR a "Republican " piece of work ?
I think it was, but then the tea-baggers have replaced the rational Republicans and they wish to set the clock back to their era - the 1600s - much like the Islamic extremists.
 
I completely admire and respect Jon Huntsman. I will be voting Obama ... yet Huntsman was the conservative that I would have considered.

Bumper sticker ... Obama 2012 / Huntsman 2016.

I support resolute intelligence. Both Obama and Huntsman are political centrists and the intellectual and patriotic superior of Romney.

Its amazing that you could vote for two political opposites when it comes to the issues........One is a strong fiscal conservative and the other is a big spender liberal....Maybe you support Hussein Obama spending and then Huntsman coming in 2016 and cleaning up the mess Hussein Obama made.........
 
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Its amazing that you could vote for two political opposites when it comes to the issues........One is a strong fiscal conservative and the other is a big spender liberal....Maybe you support Hussein Obama spending and then Huntsman coming in 2016 and cleaning up the mess Hussein Obama made.........

What an evil and diabolical plan. I bet that's it, NP! :lamo
 
It's looking likely that I will be voting for Gary Johnson this year. I just can't bring myself to vote for Romney. Even if I was in a toss up state, I'd still be voting for someone other than Romney.
 
I think Johnson of the Libertarian Party will do well this year. It should be one of the best years for a third party presidential candidate since Ross Perot ran.

I am thinking Gary Johnson this time around.

I am not happy with Obama or Romney for various reasons and Johnson may be one of those rare libertarian candidates that isn't insane. He has some radical ideas like fair tax, but that will get curbed by congress anyway, so its a safe bet.

Okay, I'm goodd now. If it was tomorrow I'd likely be voting Romney. If I wasn't in a swing state I'd likely vote Johnson.

The only viable choice is Gary Johnson. He will get my vote.

My answer was the same now as it was a couple months ago when a similar poll was started... the Libertarian guy. Only difference is I can now attach a name to him, Gary Johnson.

Gary Johnson

It's looking likely that I will be voting for Gary Johnson this year. I just can't bring myself to vote for Romney. Even if I was in a toss up state, I'd still be voting for someone other than Romney.

Interesting level of support here for Gary Johnson. I wonder how much this will be reflected in the general public. Obviously the general public doesn't know as much about Gary Johnson as people at DP do, but if this level of support is any indication, maybe he could at least crack 2-3.%
 
Interesting level of support here for Gary Johnson. I wonder how much this will be reflected in the general public. Obviously the general public doesn't know as much about Gary Johnson as people at DP do, but if this level of support is any indication, maybe he could at least crack 2-3.%

Woo-hoo! Hot damn! 2-3% of the vote, that will show all those non-libertarians!!!
 
Its amazing that you could vote for two political opposites when it comes to the issues........One is a strong fiscal conservative and the other is a big spender liberal....Maybe you support Hussein Obama spending and then Huntsman coming in 2016 and cleaning up the mess Hussein Obama made.........
What is your point in referring to him by his middle name? Yes, it is his middle name... so what? It's not like he chose it. It's not like he uses it in daily life. It's not like he was born after people like Saddam came to power, and his parents chose it for that reason. Hence, it doesn't mean anything... AT ALL. It's simply juvenile crap, and clearly demonstrates a complete and utter lack of discernment and object thinking ability on your part.


Interesting level of support here for Gary Johnson. I wonder how much this will be reflected in the general public. Obviously the general public doesn't know as much about Gary Johnson as people at DP do, but if this level of support is any indication, maybe he could at least crack 2-3.%
Meh. Probably not much.
 
Woo-hoo! Hot damn! 2-3% of the vote, that will show all those non-libertarians!!!

Well considering the lack of exposure they get, its fairly impressive.
 
Well considering the lack of exposure they get, its fairly impressive.

Their radical positions are a much bigger obstacle.
 

President Barack Obama, Senator, Elisibeth Warren & John Kerry, undecided on Representitives... :peace

If the election was held tomorrow ... your ballot selection?
 
Interesting level of support here for Gary Johnson. I wonder how much this will be reflected in the general public. Obviously the general public doesn't know as much about Gary Johnson as people at DP do, but if this level of support is any indication, maybe he could at least crack 2-3.%

Libertarian and 3rd party candidates in general always have a higher familiarity rate and support from those that are politically minded because they are the ones that are most hooked into politics enough to actually think about them. I imagine the reality is that the Libertarians will pull in their normal amount of votes or MAY have a successful campaign for them....which would be topping 1%
 
Libertarian and 3rd party candidates in general always have a higher familiarity rate and support from those that are politically minded because they are the ones that are most hooked into politics enough to actually think about them. I imagine the reality is that the Libertarians will pull in their normal amount of votes or MAY have a successful campaign for them....which would be topping 1%

zyph I dont know if I can agree with your statement that libertarians are more hooked into politics...theres many dems and traditonal gopers that are tuned into politics just as well....libertarians the way I view them have dual goals....some I think are genuinely good for the country and some I think are totally nuts...libertarians ever since I can remember knowing anything about them consistently get the same 8-11% support over the years Ron Paul stayed right in that bracket...I predict his son will do worse down the road...hes insane
 
Libertarian and 3rd party candidates in general always have a higher familiarity rate and support from those that are politically minded because they are the ones that are most hooked into politics enough to actually think about them. I imagine the reality is that the Libertarians will pull in their normal amount of votes or MAY have a successful campaign for them....which would be topping 1%

It might be a little different this time around, as it seems that the Daily Show and Colbert are giving some time to Johnson as he states his goal of getting enough votes to get the libertarian party into the presidential debates for 2016. How much of an effect that will have, who knows. But it'd be nice to have a third voice, any third voice, heard.
 

At least here at DP he's running neck & neck with the Romney-Bot. Funny though, he doesn't make much Impression on the polls, or at least the pundits aren't reporting any level of support. Is he doing better than the reporting suggests, I wonder? :peace
Interesting level of support here for Gary Johnson. I wonder how much this will be reflected in the general public. Obviously the general public doesn't know as much about Gary Johnson as people at DP do, but if this level of support is any indication, maybe he could at least crack 2-3.%
 
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