Jump to content
Jambands.ca

US 2004 election thread


bouche

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 177
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

You say you want a revolution

Well you know

We all want to change the world

You tell me that it's evolution

Well you know

We all want to change the world

But when you talk about destruction

Don't you know you can count me out

Don't you know it's gonna be alright

Alright Alright

You say you got a real solution

Well you know

We'd all love to see the plan

You ask me for a contribution

Well you know

We're doing what we can

But when you want money for people with minds that hate

All I can tell you is brother you have to wait

Don't you know it's gonna be alright

Alright Alright

You say you'll change the constitution

Well you know

We all want to change your head

You tell me it's the institution

Well you know

You better free your mind instead

But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao

You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow

Don't you know know it's gonna be alright

Alright Alright

Link to comment
Share on other sites

The United States will become the ideal conservative country--all agendas that the Republicans had are a go. Our neighbours foreign policy will revolve around special interest groups... aka, the rich of the world get richer, the poor of the world get poorer.... The War in Iraq will escalate and continue for a full term--- the new "Vietnam"

Probable massive terrorist attack to follow in the next year... which could escalate/spiral out of control--although, that is merely speculation... Gas prices will soar military spending will soar...

Lots of happy white people in the States.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

but what about on the other side of the rift? the other half of the country? must be a lot of folks up at arms. and everywhere i turn the sentiment is the same... confusion & disbelief [and disgust & anger]... is it just that i surround myself with this kind of people?? so weird.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

It's no holds barred for that lying snivelling monkeyman. God think of it- he hasn't had to answer to anyone for his deceptions, lies and crookedness.

Now he's got carte blanche, anything goes now. And given that he doesn't have to worry about getting re-elected he's really going to go hog wild.

I fully expect him to get right back on the coke- he'll be showing up to news conferences with white powder smeared across his face.

I can't wait to read HST's take on the state of the union... the good doctor's bound to have an apocalyptic outlook now (ie. moreso than usual)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Bush has also won the popular vote by a large margin, even if Kerry ends up winning Ohio! Votes for Bush 58,296,120 (51%), votes for Kerry 54,778,889 (48%).

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I think this is the most sobering statistic. Most Americans really do want Bush in power.

Personally I think the most sobering fact is: out of some 293,027,571 people (July 2004 est.) only 113,075,009 votes got counted.

For the "Greatest Democracy" in the world that doesn't seem like a very acurate representation of the will of the people. Let alone the fact that most states seem almost evenly divded.

bush_devil_horns.jpg

Canada as a country has a way worse turn out rate in the last few elections in comparison America.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Canada as a country has a way worse turn out rate in the last few elections in comparison America.

Not true.

Canada's voter turnout, over the last five elections (% of eligible voters):

1988: 75.3%

1993: 69.6%

1997: 67%

2000: 61.2%

2004: 61% (this one is unofficial, the others came from Statcan)

This American election had the highest turnout in years, with around 60% of eligible voters voting.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I've got a great idea...just like they weight how many electoral college votes a state gets by population, individual votes should be weighted by intelligence of the person voting! So the millions of Johnny Rednecks down south who are saying we should just nuke everybody else might only count for a half or a quarter of a vote each, while all the people who actually know whats going on might actually count for 2 votes each. Whaddya think, do you think its too late to get them to recount this election??

:: :: :: :: ::

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I've got a great idea...just like they weight how many electoral college votes a state gets by population, individual votes should be weighted by intelligence of the person voting! So the millions of Johnny Rednecks down south who are saying we should just nuke everybody else might only count for a half or a quarter of a vote each, while all the people who actually know whats going on might actually count for 2 votes each. Whaddya think, do you think its too late to get them to recount this election??

:: :: :: :: ::

Here's the average IQ by state according to the Ravens APM:

AVG IQ AVG Income '00 Electoral

(1) Connecticut..................113 $26,979 Gore

(2) Massachusetts................111 $24,059 Gore

(3) New Jersey...................111 $26,457 Gore

(4) New York.....................109 $23,534 Gore

(5) Rhode Island.................107 $20,299 Gore

(6) Hawaii.......................106 $21,218 Gore

(7) Maryland.....................105 $22,974 Gore

( New Hampshire................105 $22,934 Bush

(9) Illinois.....................104 $21,608 Gore

(10) Delaware....................103 $21,451 Gore

(11) Minnesota...................102 $20,049 Gore

(12) Vermont.....................102 $18,834 Gore

(13) Washington..................102 $20,398 Gore

(14) California..................101 $21,278 Gore

(15) Pennsylvania................101 $20,253 Gore

(16) Maine.......................100 $18,226 Gore

(17) Virginia....................100 $20,629 Bush

(1 Wisconsin...................100 $18,727 Gore

(19) Colorado.....................99 $20,124 Bush

(20) Iowa.........................99 $18,287 Gore

(21) Michigan.....................99 $19,508 Gore

(22) Nevada.......................99 $20,266 Bush

(23) Ohio.........................99 $18,624 Bush

(24) Oregon.......................99 $18,202 Gore

(25) Alaska.......................98 $21,603 Bush

(26) Florida......................98 $19,397 Bush

(27) Missouri.....................98 $18,835 Bush

(2 Kansas.......................96 $19,376 Bush

(29) Nebraska.....................95 $19,084 Bush

(30) Arizona......................94 $17,119 Bush

(31) Indiana......................94 $18,043 Bush

(32) Tennessee....................94 $17,341 Bush

(33) North Carolina...............93 $17,667 Bush

(34) West Virginia................93 $15,065 Bush

(35) Arkansas.....................92 $15,439 Bush

(36) Georgia......................92 $18,130 Bush

(37) Kentucky.....................92 $16,534 Bush

(3 New Mexico...................92 $15,353 Gore

(39) North Dakota.................92 $16,854 Bush

(40) Texas........................92 $17,892 Bush

(41) Alabama......................90 $16,220 Bush

(42) Louisiana....................90 $15,712 Bush

(43) Montana......................90 $16,062 Bush

(44) Oklahoma.....................90 $16,198 Bush

(45) South Dakota.................90 $16,558 Bush

(46) South Carolina...............89 $15,989 Bush

(47) Wyoming......................89 $17,423 Bush

(4 Idaho........................87 $16,067 Bush

(49) Utah.........................87 $15,325 Bush

(50) Mississippi..................85 $14,088 Bush

[Host: The income-IQ correlation was inspired by the book "IQ and the Wealth of Nations," by Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhanen. The income statistics are now perhaps a decade old, but were apparently the only numbers available to the original compiler when the results of the '00 election became available (and this chart was made).

Commentary is welcome, send to gcharter@student.umass.edu]

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Here's the IQ voting correlation from this year:

State Avg. IQ 2004

1 Connecticut 113 Kerry

2 Massachusetts 111 Kerry

3 New Jersey 111 Kerry

4 New York 109 Kerry

5 Rhode Island 107 Kerry

6 Hawaii 106 Kerry

7 Maryland 105 Kerry

8 New Hampshire 105 Kerry

9 Illinois 104 Kerry

10 Delaware 103 Kerry

11 Minnesota 102 Kerry

12 Vermont 102 Kerry

13 Washington 102 Kerry

14 California 101 Kerry

15 Pennsylvania 101 Kerry

16 Maine 100 Kerry

17 Virginia 100 Bush

18 Wisconsin 100 Kerry

19 Colorado 99 Bush

20 Iowa 99 Bush

21 Michigan 99 Kerry

22 Nevada 99 Bush

23 Ohio 99 Bush

24 Oregon 99 Kerry

25 Alaska 98 Bush

26 Florida 98 Bush

27 Missouri 98 Bush

28 Kansas 96 Bush

29 Nebraska 95 Bush

30 Arizona 94 Bush

31 Indiana 94 Bush

32 Tennessee 94 Bush

33 North Carolina 93 Bush

34 West Virginia 93 Bush

35 Arkansas 92 Bush

36 Georgia 92 Bush

37 Kentucky 92 Bush

38 New Mexico 92 Bush

39 North Dakota 92 Bush

40 Texas 92 Bush

41 Alabama 90 Bush

42 Louisiana 90 Bush

43 Montana 90 Bush

44 Oklahoma 90 Bush

45 South Dakota 90 Bush

46 South Carolina 89 Bush

47 Wyoming 89 Bush

48 Idaho 87 Bush

49 Utah 87 Bush

50 Mississippi 85 Bush

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



×
×
  • Create New...