Fred Thompson Has 1% Of Florida Vote!??!?

[Knightskye]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YiqVHiJMgfM&feature=user

Yes, it's the same video as in my other thread, but it needed a new title. They show Duncan Hunter and Fred Thompson's vote percentages. Duncan got 0% and Fred got 1%. People voted for him even though he dropped out... I don't get it... Lol, we have a "Welcome Thompson Supporters" thread, but they're still voting for Fred...

 

[georgem]

<sigh> guys, seriously, this is the stuff were up against. I don't know what else to say, everyday I have to fight my apathy, bc everyday the mountain looks bigger.

 

[txrep]

Those were probably absentee/early votes. He was still in the race. Think.

 

[Sutton]

Bear in mind that people have been able to vote for a couple weeks, and so some of these were probably cast before they dropped out.

 

[erkme73]

What I don't understand is why are tehy even on teh ballot? Shouldn't they be removed? Since 1/2 the voters in FL are blind as a bat, dumb as a rock, and dependent on others for the simplest of things, doesn't it seem like a trap to leave those names on the ballot? They have a hard enough time figuring out how to hit the VOTE button - let alone picking the right check box next to a name. Adding a few extra lines (right next to RP and Alex Keys) is just inviting mistakes.

 

[rp08orbust]

If Ron Paul dropped out before California (which I know he won't), I'd still vote for him.

 

[diesirae]

Those were probably absentee/early votes. He was still in the race. Think.

Bingo. People need to pay attention to how the primaries are actually conducted, instead of seeing something they can't immediately explain and begin lamenting the nation of "sheeple" God has cursed them with herding.

What I don't understand is why are tehy even on teh ballot? Shouldn't they be removed? Since 1/2 the voters in FL are blind as a bat, dumb as a rock, and dependent on others for the simplest of things, doesn't it seem like a trap to leave those names on the ballot? They have a hard enough time figuring out how to hit the VOTE button - let alone picking the right check box next to a name. Adding a few extra lines (right next to RP and Alex Keys) is just inviting mistakes.

Because it's expensive and time consuming to reprint hundreds of thousands of ballots?

 

[erkme73]

I suppose not all precincts are electronic - as mine was. But even they had candidates listed that were dropped out.

 

[qh4dotcom]

This just proves that the 1% who voted for Thompson plus the 36% that voted for McCain can't use their brains when voting.