Who's voting for Obama again?

[UG]

my words will sound really fucked because I'm a social studies teacher, but it doesn't matter if you vote, and it doesn't matter who you vote for


I'm talking presidential election here

[Penneywize]

my words will sound really fucked because I'm a social studies teacher, but it doesn't matter if you vote, and it doesn't matter who you vote for


I'm talking presidential election here

unless you're undecided.

[Warpe]

my words will sound really fucked because I'm a social studies teacher, but it doesn't matter if you vote, and it doesn't matter who you vote for


I'm talking presidential election here

How close was that 2000 election in Florida again? Oh yeah...537 votes.

It matters.

[Numbr2intheWorld]

How close was that 2000 election in Florida again? Oh yeah...537 votes.

It matters.

Yeah and AA never wins cause this one time I got it in vs 72o and 72o won!

1) That was a very very rare occurrence and 2) Regardless of whether 5% of the US or 90% of the US votes we are still very likely to have the same outcome...

Your vote really doesn't matter.

[d0zer]

Your vote really doesn't matter.

One individual vote almost never matters in isolation, but the propagation of this attitude en mass does matter.

...quite the conundrum we have here...

[Lukie]

1) That was a very very rare occurrence and 2) Regardless of whether 5% of the US or 90% of the US votes we are still very likely to have the same outcome...

disagree.

if 5% of the US voted for a presidential candidate, the republican would win.

if 90% of the US voted for a presidential candidate, the democrat would win.

the above would very likely to be the case regardless if those percentages were based on total people or total eligible voters.

[IowaSkinsFan]

disagree.

if 5% of the US voted for a presidential candidate, the republican would win.

if 90% of the US voted for a presidential candidate, the democrat would win.

the above would very likely to be the case regardless if those percentages were based on total people or total eligible voters.

Your saying basically that the sample isn't random, that most people who do not vote are democrats?

[Renton]

Your saying basically that the sample isn't random, that most people who do not vote are democrats?

yep

[Lukie]

Your saying basically that the sample isn't random, that most people who do not vote are democrats?

that is correct.

[Lukie]

my words will sound really fucked because I'm a social studies teacher, but it doesn't matter if you vote, and it doesn't matter who you vote for


I'm talking presidential election here

explaining to people the statistical probability that their vote will ever matter has more of an influence than actually not voting.

i'm not saying you should or shouldn't vote, just making an observation.