Feels good, too bad millions of morons voted for people who will stab them in the back and continue taking our money away and giving it to large corporations, canceling out my vote. Why should I have to deal with a loss of freedoms, money, and large potholes?

Tell us who you voted for, be honest..

CA, You “voted your conscience,” it appears, which is commendable.

I did not vote because the Texas primaries are on 4 March 2008 (I think that is the correct date).

I am a registered Democrat so I could not vote for Dr. Paul according to the corrupt rules in this utterly corrupt and insane election process. I voted for Obama to prevent the ridiculousness of Hellary. Black Power!

I am a registered Democrat so I could not vote for Dr. Paul according to the corrupt rules in this utterly corrupt and insane election process. I voted for Obama to prevent the ridiculousness of Hellary. Black Power!

I was going to vote for Paul, but that is because I thought we'd be irrelevant in the Democratic primary. Now it looks like I'll be voting for Obama.

I considered "jumping the fence" and voting for Paul (Massachusetts has open primaries) but then I realized I'm just not kewl enough. Heck, I don't even have any tattoos.

I couldn't vote for Ron Paul. Closed primaries here.

So I voted for Obama. Couldn't bring myself to vote for Hillary

Obama, January 19th. Happily.

sadly, people will vote for who they see on TV most often :(

We had some 700k people vote for Obama here in GA. I don't watch much TV, just the news in the morning and evenings. I have seen ONLY Obama commercials on TV.

Guess it paid off.

I didn't vote, I'm not familiar with primaries, as La didn't have them. Don't you have to be registered for a certain party to vote in them? I'm registered independent (or no party)

I'm not familiar with primaries, as La didn't have them. Don't you have to be registered for a certain party to vote in them?
It's up to the state party organization. Some states have closed primaries, in which only already-registered party members can vote; other states have open primaries, in which you just pick a ballot when you walk into the voting site. Similarly, some primaries are winner-take-all and some allocate delegates proportionally. The GOP tends toward the former while the Democratic Party tends toward the latter. Does anybody happen to know if that's mandated by the national party or whether states get a choice?

I couldn't vote for either party since I'm a registered Libertarian. :hmm:
I like Ron Paul too. Too bad he'll never get elected.
I commend CA. :nice:

I couldn't vote for either party since I'm a registered Libertarian.

Hmmm... here in IL they have open elections... you can vote for whoever you want regardless of your party affiliation (I'm Independant, btw).

My vote went to Romney.

It's up to the state party organization. Some states have closed primaries, in which only already-registered party members can vote; other states have open primaries, in which you just pick a ballot when you walk into the voting site. Similarly, some primaries are winner-take-all and some allocate delegates proportionally. The GOP tends toward the former while the Democratic Party tends toward the latter. Does anybody happen to know if that's mandated by the national party or whether states get a choice?

It can be both, but then the national party can decide if it will accept the delegates as legit at the national conventions. Traditionally, they do, but there is no specific Federal law forcing them to. I don't know of any state law tthat prevents 'winner takes all' primaries, as parties are quasi-private corporations, as long as they aren't violating any given states' election laws and the national party's delegate selection rules. A state party who goes against the Convention rules set by the RNC and DNC is just asking for trouble, though, as the Florida Democratic primary thing demonstrates.

The DNC will likely seat the Florida delegates, since most will go to the Establishment sponsored Hillary, even though it is clearly a violation of their rules. There was nothing in state law preventing state Democrats from their holding a primary any time they want, but there is also nothing illegal about the DNC refusing to recognize their delegates at the Convention, either.

GOP Rules (http://www.gop.com/About/AboutRead.aspx?Guid=a4cc4fcb-6043-4af2-860a-41ae912a2c42)


http://www.democrats.org/a/convention_2008/delegate/

Click on DELEGATE SELECTION RULES

Thanks, LPF. Neither party exactly makes the answer clear, but I particularly like the part in the Republican rules penalizing states that didn't support the Republican candidate in the last presidential election by awarding them fewer delegates in the next one. Charming.

I voted for Ron Paul, of course.

And I'm planning on keeping my Ron Paul bumper sticker in my car regardless of what happens, so that when McCain or Hillary start bombing Iran and running up the deficit, everyone driving behind me will know it's not my fault :P

Romney.

I could not vote in the Connecticut primaries because I am not registered with either party.

I wanted to vote for Barack Obama but he wasn't on the ballot here in MI, so I voted Uncommitted.

I would have voted for Ron Paul but since I am a registered independent, I could not vote in the primary in NY.

I still can't believe that Corporate Avenger and I voted for the same person, considering that we seem to agree on political issues roughly 5% of the time. I guess Ron Paul's message really does bring people together. It's too bad the Mainstream Media chose to ignore him.

Ron Paul is a doofus!

You posted the same thing in the other Ron Paul thread... Why is he a doofus?

Feels good, too bad millions of morons voted for people who will stab them in the back and continue taking our money away and giving it to large corporations, canceling out my vote. Why should I have to deal with a loss of freedoms, money, and large potholes?

Tell us who you voted for, be honest..


I didn't vote in the primaries. Why? Because we had to declare a affilation with either the Democrats or the Republican parties (no split voting allowed), I won't do that because I'm an independent. But I will vote in the general election in November and split my vote for what I see are the best candidates.
Voting for a candidate who has zero chance is like voting for your mother-in-law. Makes her feel wanted but still has no bearing on the elections.