Archive for March, 2009

Rapid Smart asked: The only reasons I see that someone might vote for Palin/McCain are:
- You are brainwashed
- Your controlling husband tells you too
- You hate America
- You are a racist
- You vote Republican since your parents did
- You earn more than 250,000 dollar a year
… are there any other reasons, and why are you [...]

heavysarcasm asked: I think if only the great minds of Hollywood where left alone to choose our country’s leaders, this would be a great country, one worth being proud of. After all, most Americans are too busy watching movies, sit-coms and reality TV to know any better.
Could our next president maybe mandate that only Screen [...]

Gabriel V asked: With the news of multiple voting I suspect it is a doctine being followed by Obama’s supporters. So fair question…how many times do each of you have to vote to guarantee a win?

Benazir B asked: When we gave vote to a leader,somtimes we gave on personality basis,what is actual criteria to decide either we should give vote to that particular person or not?

kp.eric asked: Texas and Arkansas allowed women to vote only in the primaries, instead of presidential elecctions. What statement might these states have been making through their decisions?

mj.obrien asked: I’m not old enough to vote but I am looking for information to do an essay for school. I heard before you can use the electronic voting machine, you must enter a code? What is that code and how many digits are there to it? What is there to do afterwards? Does the [...]

Kesha S asked: My cousin has lost her registration card. She looked online to see if she could pull up her information, but she noticed that her address was not the same. Will she still be able to vote and if so what does she need to do?

lmatthew11 asked: I am a registerd independent and feel I should be able to vote in the republican AND democratic primaries. Is this possible, and if so how?

Gabriel V asked: With the news of multiple voting I suspect it is a doctine being followed by Obama’s supporters. So fair question…how many times do each of you have to vote to guarantee a win?

How does the electoral vote system work?

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

markyyy - NMH asked: I’m new to the USA, can’t vote, but I’m just curious about something.
For example:
Texas has a population of 23,000,000 and 34 electoral votes.
Oregon has a population of 3,700,000 and 7 electoral votes.
So Texas has 6x more people than Oregon, but only about 5x more electoral votes.
How were these electoral votes [...]