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CARLHAYDEN
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« on: July 22, 2005, 09:47:48 AM »

It really depends upon how an election is framed.

If one side takes an extreme position, they will antagonize the swing voters.

Today, with collectivist economics having been totally descredited, the issues which differentiate the candidates/parties are predominatly social issues, with national defense issues also being important.

Consider the following examples:

Abortion:

Candidate A says its a woman's choice, with NO restrictions.

Candidate B says ban ALL abortions.

Candidate C says abortion legal in some cases, regulated (or prohibited) in others.

Guess which candidate is supported by most of the voters?

Generally, Democrat Congressional candidates have taken the position of candidate A, while Republican Congressional candidates have taken the position of candidate C.

I can give a number of other examples, but they follow the same trend.
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CARLHAYDEN
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« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2005, 12:26:11 PM »

Smiley Where did you get those maps from?

More important, where are alaska and hawaii.
Alaska and Hawaiii do not count! thay dont even have counties.

Once again, you are wrong.  Hawaii does have counties.

True!

Moreover, Hawaii has a county where there are never any votes counted for President!
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CARLHAYDEN
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« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2005, 12:53:26 PM »

Smiley Where did you get those maps from?

More important, where are alaska and hawaii.
Alaska and Hawaiii do not count! thay dont even have counties.

Once again, you are wrong.  Hawaii does have counties.

True!

Moreover, Hawaii has a county where there are never any votes counted for President!
Isn't that county also the smallest in the country? Because I heard they have only something like 64 people in it.

It's a lepper colony.
and it's not really a county anymore IIRC.

Legally it is a county.  However, it has (I believe) only two officers.
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