Most people don't understand ...
PlaceofDis said:
every vote counts, i wasnt 18 in 2000 other wise i would have casted my vote back then as well, this seems to be a close election....hopefully this year wont have a fiasco with FL like the last election.....
The fiasco in Florida, actually wouldn't have mattered. Democrats made way too big of a deal out of this.
What "those that feel cheated" don't understand is that our forefathers did NOT establish this country as a democracy. What most people don't understand is that we DO NOT want a democracy in Iraq.
This country was established as a Republic.
By the way, if you're thinking Democracy = Democrat and Republic = Republican - the four terms are completely unrelated.
See, in 2000 - the Florida vote wasn't really even close - it was almost 14,000 votes. Gore would have had to come up with that many votes to win the popular election in the state.
Why this made a difference in 2000 was because Florida (unlike most states) actually makes their electoral college vote the same as the popular vote. Most states DON'T do this.
The electoral college, which is a process similar to a Republic, essentially let's people who KNOW what they are doing and are SUPPOSE to be unbiased in their political affiliation, represent EVERYONE - even those that did not vote. For instance - even if my home state of South Carolina had Kerry as the popular vote winner, the electoral college from my state would STILL give Bush the votes from our state - because this state, no matter how many people vote, is greater than 60% Republican/Conservative.
Don't base your vote on revenge, on misconceived notions about Iraq, or on someone's military service.
Both candidates have strong points and both have weak points. You honestly owe your country a duty to write down a good vs bad list for both candidates.
Take into account that there has been no "gold rush type" economic boom like Clinton was able to luck into [internet], any of the war Presidents were able to, or any of the Railroad or Gold Rush presidents were able to. There also have been no social revolutions [major] such Kennedy or Reagan were able to take advantage of .