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If you could vote in the US presidential election who would you vote for?
Posted October 27th, 2012 - 10:49 am by  from New York, United States (Permalink)would it be President Obama or Mitt Romney? My vote would be for President Obama. J
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Posted October 27th, 2012 - 12:58 pm by  from New Delhi, India (Permalink)Obama.... I just like that guy...
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Posted October 27th, 2012 - 3:53 pm by  from Langley, United States (Permalink)I voted for Obama, again. Cherie
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Posted October 27th, 2012 - 5:18 pm by  from Welwyn Garden City, England (Permalink)Obama. I have been to 20 States in America. Have had many American guests. I can see the difference. Poor Americans. There is no viable intelligent opposition with any integrity. Or morality.
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Posted October 27th, 2012 - 6:03 pm by from Langley, United States (Permalink)That's OK: we're used to it. Cherie
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Posted October 28th, 2012 - 1:54 am by  from Daylesford, Australia (Permalink)bugs bunny for president, anytime - sooo cool - free carrots for all! if he's not standing, then obama (second choice) from glorious daylesford, all abloom this spring roo :>)
Posted October 28th, 2012 - 2:13 am by from Langley, United States (Permalink)Interesting you bring up Bugs. Most voted for President over the years here in the US? Mickey Mouse! Wouldn't you know, we love to live in Disneyland! Cherie
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Posted October 28th, 2012 - 2:36 am by from Daylesford, Australia (Permalink)ah know, cherie, dahlink but always thought bugs was much more fun than mickey...so bugs it is :>) heaven, if there is one, help us all, if the us people vote in that romney and his friends... off now to go and frolic in the blooming meadows under blossoming trees, with my wallydog. we looooove spring!
Posted October 28th, 2012 - 2:30 pm by  from New London, United States (Permalink)I must say, no matter where one stands on this issue, your state representative is truly passionate about the issues and what's right for all of the people she represents and admirably argues her case.
Posted October 28th, 2012 - 2:57 pm by  from London, England (Permalink)Well - sitting here in Ho Chi Minh City and feeling very confused about nouveau Communism, all I can say is whoever you vote for, make sure you vote. What a privilege.
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Posted October 29th, 2012 - 6:25 am by  from Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Permalink)I see that many are pro Obama. Really, what are your " reasons for making the choice you do"? Or are some decisions the products of Masterful Marketing?! would like to read your opinions, expressed not only via one-two words ,but via 2-3 sentences. Even living so far from the USA I am receiving messages (Do not know Why? Are they Spams?...like this:  @"It's crunch time. We're planning ahead for Election Day, and we need to know how many people from your state will be able to volunteer to reach out to folks in nearby battleground states -- either on the phone or by taking a trip over there. The margin is certain to be close there. So I've got a quick question for you: Will you be joining? Commit right now to volunteer on Election Day. We'll be making calls and having conversations with voters to get them out to the polls. If everybody shows up to help get out the vote, I know we'll win this. That's why it's urgent that we have as many people from your state as possible reach out to folks in battleground states, in any way they can. So we need to know if you're in. Commit now, and let us know you'll be a part of this: http://my.barackobama.com/Volunteer-for-Election-Day Thanks, Mitch Stewart Battleground States Director Obama for America Halima
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Posted October 30th, 2012 - 2:50 am by from Langley, United States (Permalink)George You say, "As long as plants and animals don't get a vote,it's hopeless!" We speak for the animals to end their suffering, because they can't speak for themselves. You can be their vote. Cherie
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Posted October 31st, 2012 - 1:42 am by from Langley, United States (Permalink)Thanks for sharing. Cherie
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Posted October 31st, 2012 - 1:52 pm by  from Palermo, Italy (Permalink)its all so Hypocrite elections in here Europe and all over . Unfortunately most people do not realize that just 5 % of world population is commanding /leading us ! Politics today is a anarchy Unfortunately !
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Posted November 1st, 2012 - 2:39 pm by from Langley, United States (Permalink)I think that whole thing has to do with when one considers a fetus viable. Since I'm Orthodox Jew, I say a fetus isn't viable until the second year of medical school. Before then, the mother can do as she wishes. Cherie
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Posted October 28th, 2012 - 2:42 am by  from Napa, United States (Permalink)Obama, and I really, really hope he is re-elected....
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Posted October 28th, 2012 - 1:00 pm by  from Quetzaltenango, Guatemala (Permalink)I voted for Obama via absentee ballot.
Posted October 28th, 2012 - 2:27 pm by from New London, United States (Permalink)I have not yet voted, but I will on Nov 6th to re-elect President Obama.
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Posted October 30th, 2012 - 1:33 am by from Langley, United States (Permalink)
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Posted October 30th, 2012 - 2:42 am by from Langley, United States (Permalink)I try to remember "Red for Republican". Recently, it helps to think "Obama Blue". Cherie
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Posted November 2nd, 2012 - 12:13 am by from Langley, United States (Permalink)I'm with you, Karen. Those are my reasons, too. When people ask how i voted, I reply: "I'm a college educated woman. Are you kidding?" Cherie
Posted November 2nd, 2012 - 1:24 pm by from Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Permalink)@Cherie, "When people ask : If you could vote in the US presidential election who would you vote for? I answer: "I'm a college/university educated woman"... therefore am following/reading updates... But sometimes it is not easy to understand,but to predict?! The swing states: a round-up.The road to 270 Over the past two months, we have looked at the most important battlefield states where the presidential race will be decided. Put it all together, and what do you get? http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21565672-over-past-two-months-we-have-looked-most-important-battlefield-states-where?fsrc=scn/  Halima
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Posted November 2nd, 2012 - 7:28 pm by from Langley, United States (Permalink)I agree. This is where we solve the world's problems, one couchsurfer at a time! Cherie
Posted November 2nd, 2012 - 3:36 pm by  from Charlotte, United States (Permalink)I agree completely.
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Posted November 2nd, 2012 - 8:57 pm by from Langley, United States (Permalink)Sorry for being vague. I'm a victim of the American Political Machine. My reference is to the fact that, according to the pollsters, the most likely voter for Obama is a college/university graduate (probably white) woman. That's me. Cherie
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Posted November 4th, 2012 - 3:06 am by  from La Pine, United States (Permalink)mmmm... I was trying to make an observation regarding wealth world wide, I realize you may wish to believe the U S A is the only culprit, do not concern yourself ,I have no desire for your wealth,your investments are safe,
Posted November 3rd, 2012 - 6:43 am by from Langley, United States (Permalink)I voted for Obama 2 weeks ago. Cherie
Posted November 2nd, 2012 - 6:08 pm by from Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Permalink)hi Helga, I mean I read updates in Foreign Language,because our local media post not always updates. If something happened in Russia, you would like to read something first hand,am sure that you can not read in Russian. H
Posted November 2nd, 2012 - 2:02 pm by from Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Permalink)can someone comments this: Obama Secret Service bodyguard found dead in apparent suicide Rafael Prieto had been under investigation for an unreported romantic affair with a foreign national. How could this influence the voting? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/02/obama-secret-service-guard-suicide H
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Posted November 2nd, 2012 - 3:08 pm by from Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Permalink)If the US presidential election was global, which candidate would you vote for? Vote in our Facebook poll via http://econ.st/SDD3Ae https://www.facebook.com/TheEconomist/app_102068836552678?fsrc=scn/tw/te/co/ustab7 H
Posted November 2nd, 2012 - 7:25 pm by from Langley, United States (Permalink)Since you've mentioned it, I think that's one of the reasons why I like Obama: unlike Romney, he doesn't try to cram his religion down anyone's throat. Sure, he goes to church, speaks of sending prayers, but he leaves the rest of us to worship to who/what as we please. This continues into his morality issues, too: he doesn't put God in with abortion: he says that decision is between a woman, her doctor, her family, and her own conscience. Cherie
Posted November 2nd, 2012 - 7:16 pm by from Langley, United States (Permalink)I don't think it will affect the vote one way or another. Cherie
Posted November 3rd, 2012 - 7:45 am by from Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Permalink)Read today that: Exit poll: 80,000 Americans in Israel voted, 85% for Romney, 14% for Obama. @"According to an iVoteIsrael exit poll, half of the 160,000 eligible U.S. voters living in Israel voted absentee, of which an overwhelming majority selected Republican candidate Mitt Romney. That reportedly includes 7,500 registered in the swing state of Florida". http://972mag.com/exit-poll-80000-americans-in-israel-voted-85-for-romney-14-for-obama/58829/ and that: The Business Cycle Doesn't Care Who's President. @"On this graph showing the U.S. economy since World War II, the squiggly line represents GDP in trillions of dollars. The straight line is the average growth rate to 2007. Projecting the trend line to today, you can see how much the U.S. has lost in the crisis. Also, the limits of presidential power". http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-10-11/the-business-cycle-doesnt-care-whos-president?campaign_id=betteroff H
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Posted November 4th, 2012 - 5:13 am by from Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Permalink)Hi Matthew, Assume that many CS here @"Love to have Cadence's visit"! @"I would love to have you visit and sit on the porch. We could talk politics without harm to each other. I actually do look at both sides of the issue",I too wish host Cadence and, of course, other 50s+ Travellers! Halima
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Posted November 6th, 2012 - 5:02 am by from Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Permalink)US economy. Would the recovery be stronger with Mitt Romney as president than with Barack Obama? http://www.economist.com/debate/debates/overview/240?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pr/postdebateuseconomy Halima
Posted November 6th, 2012 - 9:23 pm by from Langley, United States (Permalink)The US economy will be better with a Democratic Congress. Who's president doesn't matter as much. Cherie
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Posted November 9th, 2012 - 11:33 pm by from Charlotte, United States (Permalink)George - Let me add, that they should also think a bit before they vote for someone whose solution to slow recovery under Obama is to implement the same basic policies that Bush had, and which played such a large role in creating the problem.
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Posted November 11th, 2012 - 10:02 pm by from Quetzaltenango, Guatemala (Permalink)In the days since the election, I have talked with several of my Rio Grande Valley neighbors about how they voted. The responses are not at all surprising. If we are having the conversation in Spanish, Obama. If we are having the conversation in English, Romney. The counties along the Rio Grande, which separates Texas from Mexico, went to Obama. The majority of people in those counties are Spanish speakers. Texas as a whole went to Romney. The majority of Texans are English speakers. Sometimes I wish people were not so predictable.
Posted November 6th, 2012 - 2:21 pm by from Charlotte, United States (Permalink)On the issue of whether or not a single vote counts: Amnesty International (for those not aware, an international human rights organization) began with polite letters expressing concern for a particular prisoner of conscience. The organization has been successful in improving many prisoners' situations and even in having them freed. No individual letter did this alone. It was the 20,000 letters that did this. However, if no one had sent an individual letter, there wouldn't have been 20,000. We are all in this together. (It's not a democracy if you don't vote.)
Posted November 6th, 2012 - 3:06 pm by from New York, United States (Permalink)day 9 without power and I am walking over to our local primary school that is closed and flooded to cast a paper ballot. They have set up tents on the lawn of the school,I hear. I also heard they 'ready to eat' military meals that I heard you can 'pop' to make the meal hot. A couple of my work colleagues have eaten them and say they are ok. Just want them for my sons,don't have much of an appetite at all but have been drinking tons of hot coffee. The red cross came through when I was at work and my son said we didn't need any thing but dog food! So we have a giant bag of dog food. When you don't have power to know what is going on you hear a lot of talk 'on the street'. Don't know how true it is though. In NY you can vote in ANY polling place by paper ballot. Going to the polls with my 3 sons. My son Jack,18,a history buff, will be voting for the first time. 'Wild horses' couldn't keep me away from voting in this election. Really don't know how the election is going to go. In my neighborhood many people are voting for Obama. At my furniture store, in a minority neighborhood people I work with and customers I have asked are just not voting at all. I can't understand this but afraid this does not bode well for President Obama. Tomorrow we are scheduled to have a Nor'Easter rain/snow storm. Judy
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Posted November 6th, 2012 - 4:55 pm by from Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Permalink)Judy,you are brave,wish you go through this unpleasant post flooding situation sooner. Good save you and your relatives. US Embassy Tashkent @usembtashkent tweeted just now: Join us for our celebration of the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election at the Miran Hotel in Tashkent tomorrow! Details: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151462726004186&set=a.10150173225719186.353523.9631659185&type=1&theater asked them how to register. Halima
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Posted November 7th, 2012 - 3:24 pm by from Langley, United States (Permalink)Judy I can't imagine "camping out" like you have! My thoughts are with you and all the others enduring this. Big hugs Cherie |